Comments on: Perspective http://www.smirkingcynic.com/?p=49 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:58:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Nicho http://www.smirkingcynic.com/?p=49&cpage=1#comment-31 Nicho Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:09:50 +0000 http://www.smirkingcynic.com/?p=49#comment-31 We weren't intervening in the region before 9/11? Yet we shouldn't have abandoned Afghanistan in 1989? O_o If your own characterization of our funding Osama wasn't enough of a clue how wrong you are, perhaps I'm not the one who needs to go back and check. We've been intervening in that region since Jefferson, my friend. It only got worse when it was discovered how much black gold that region holds. And regardless of the fact that your hero Ann Coulter once clearly stated, "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity," which pretty much contradicts your assertion that we weren't try to convert anyone through fear or death, it doesn't matter what our intentions are; it only matters what they perceive. When it comes to global politics, perception IS reality. We weren’t intervening in the region before 9/11? Yet we shouldn’t have abandoned Afghanistan in 1989?

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If your own characterization of our funding Osama wasn’t enough of a clue how wrong you are, perhaps I’m not the one who needs to go back and check. We’ve been intervening in that region since Jefferson, my friend. It only got worse when it was discovered how much black gold that region holds.

And regardless of the fact that your hero Ann Coulter once clearly stated, “We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity,” which pretty much contradicts your assertion that we weren’t try to convert anyone through fear or death, it doesn’t matter what our intentions are; it only matters what they perceive. When it comes to global politics, perception IS reality.

]]> By: Robert http://www.smirkingcynic.com/?p=49&cpage=1#comment-30 Robert Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:47:39 +0000 http://www.smirkingcynic.com/?p=49#comment-30 Those security policies bite, don't they? I can't even check my personal email because of them. Contrary to popular belief, it does not make me more productive. I know, thee are those who do no work and check myspace and stuff all day, but a quick 2 minute check on my email is better than me having to make 10 phone calls, right? Interesting post. I would like you to go back and check...we WERE NOT intervening in the region, other than politically, before 9/11. That is the crucial point. We should have been. We should never have abandoned Afghanistan in 1989. But the fact is that we did, and it isn't like we had nohing else going on. That damn Berlin Wall fell and distracted us a bit, did it not? We have not been at war with Islam, and our response to 9/11 is no more a fault of the Crusaes than Pearl Harbor. We weren't trying to convert anyone through fear of death. We probably should have swung a stick in the region a little earlier, though. Those security policies bite, don’t they? I can’t even check my personal email because of them. Contrary to popular belief, it does not make me more productive. I know, thee are those who do no work and check myspace and stuff all day, but a quick 2 minute check on my email is better than me having to make 10 phone calls, right?

Interesting post. I would like you to go back and check…we WERE NOT intervening in the region, other than politically, before 9/11. That is the crucial point. We should have been. We should never have abandoned Afghanistan in 1989. But the fact is that we did, and it isn’t like we had nohing else going on. That damn Berlin Wall fell and distracted us a bit, did it not?

We have not been at war with Islam, and our response to 9/11 is no more a fault of the Crusaes than Pearl Harbor. We weren’t trying to convert anyone through fear of death. We probably should have swung a stick in the region a little earlier, though.

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