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Author Topic: Don't you know there's a war on?  (Read 72935 times)

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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #760 on: November 30, 2012, 07:02:06 AM »

It was enough to make John Baird recall diplomats from Israel, West Bank and the UN.

But then, what else would we expect from this ham-handed crony?
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #761 on: December 20, 2012, 01:51:19 PM »

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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #762 on: January 09, 2013, 11:05:13 PM »

Counterfeit parts made in China are even making their way onto military aircraft, where they might cause a "catastrophic failure" during a combat mission

I... does anybody in charge care about anything anymore? Like are we even bothering to try and do anything right?
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #763 on: January 10, 2013, 09:26:59 AM »

That costs money.
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #764 on: January 21, 2013, 12:48:58 PM »

So, I'm hoping this comes to nothing (and given that Obama seems to want some of his legacy to be "Didn't get involved in any new wars", that seems hopeful for now), but I just want to say this somewhere for the record:

Would it not be the bitterest of jokes if the US were to once again become involved in a hopeless morass in an unimportant foreign country.

After being begged by the French to join them in a (neo)colonial war, which they have been losing.

Where the the enemy is a local gaggle of extremist ideologues.

Who raise the mostly-hollow spectre of an international bogeyman that spawned them?
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #765 on: January 21, 2013, 01:58:35 PM »

As far as justifications go, "They kidnapped and possibly shot our citizens" is a lot more concrete than "We thought they looked scary."
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #766 on: January 30, 2013, 09:24:56 AM »

American Jews are settling in the West Bank against international law.

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To encourage Jews to illegally settle there, the Israeli government subsidizes home purchases and offers reduced rates for leasing land, in addition to the perks all new Israeli citizens get such as free health care, upward of a 90 percent reduction in property taxes, tuition waivers for earning advanced degrees, and a payment of about $14,000 spending money for a family of five. The first installment is paid on arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport—in cash.
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #767 on: January 30, 2013, 09:27:17 AM »

Illegal settlement encroachment has been going on for oh.... fifty years now? Longer?
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #769 on: February 11, 2013, 10:38:56 PM »

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
(with a ribbon on your bumper, not anything that costs more than a couple of bucks, obviously)
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #770 on: February 12, 2013, 01:31:26 PM »

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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #771 on: February 12, 2013, 02:07:46 PM »

It's insincere for me to complain about this, but it seems like veteran's care and retirement plans get cut from the defense budget more easily than production projects.
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #773 on: March 19, 2013, 08:50:39 PM »

Newly released Johnson tapes notably include proof that Nixon deliberately sabotaged the Vietnam peace talks to win in 1968.

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Why did Johnson refuse to break the news? In part, it would mean admitting that he had bugged several ambassadors’ phones, which also might not sit well with the American public. Johnson informed Humphrey of Nixon’s actions, though he ultimately decided not to make the announcement in the vain hope that he was on track to win anyway.

I can't really improve on Mark Evanier's comments:

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That was one of the amazing things about Nixon: Just when you thought your opinion of the man couldn’t get any lower, he’d always surprise you.  It’s somehow comforting to see he’s still at it.
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #774 on: March 19, 2013, 09:21:39 PM »

That is a hell of a thing. God damn.
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #775 on: March 20, 2013, 12:16:32 PM »

Always nice to be reminded why the guy is up there with Richelieu on the list of moustache-twirling cartoon historical villains. Except as a more worldly, venal evil.

And then we get the irony of looking back at everything else he did and realizing that compared to what we have now the boogeyman was practically a liberal. Way to found the EPA and a bunch of other stuff, you satanic fucking werewolf.

Shit. I was being just a touch sarcastic, but that is about as close as you can get to literal sympathy for the devil.
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #776 on: April 07, 2013, 04:48:23 AM »

The story of how drones came to be used and how the CIA shifted from intelligence-gathering back to targeted assassinations

This is the shorter version. The full length story is suppposed to be coming out soon.
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #778 on: May 29, 2013, 04:54:14 AM »

The best part: Al Qaeda has expense reports.
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Re: Don't you know there's a war on?
« Reply #779 on: May 29, 2013, 06:09:06 AM »

I know! Everybody I know has been laughing at that one.

The trivial minutiae of boys playing at being men.
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