Why do people buy the idea that enemies can be bombed into submission?

Harrekin

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If that were a question, i'd say "that's a trick question."

Cops in america ARE TERRORISTS.

They all agree to commit unjust violence against innocent people (i.e. cannabis), in exchange for what i consider relatively low compensation.

This whole "war on terror" thing needs to include our own usurped government, as well as the mercenaries it employs to oppress the populace.
I thought you were RobRoy for a minute reading that...
 

reasonevangelist

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"Why do people buy the idea...?"

Because they're force fed, repetitively (e.g. fox news, cnn), and don't have the time or expertise to discern what is or isn't actually true, partly because they lack the ability, and partly because the truth is obscured by design, while being partly substituted with disinformation, in order to make the largest possible number of people think whatever the controllers and social engineers want them to think.
 

Harrekin

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"Why do people buy the idea...?"

Because they're force fed, repetitively (e.g. fox news, cnn), and don't have the time or expertise to discern what is or isn't actually true, partly because they lack the ability, and partly because the truth is obscured by design, while being partly substituted with disinformation, in order to make the largest possible number of people think whatever the controllers and social engineers want them to think.
All trolling aside, there isn't a big plot.

The Govt are just inept ideologues, its not a nefarious plot, they're just stupid.
 

reasonevangelist

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All trolling aside, there isn't a big plot.

The Govt are just inept ideologues, its not a nefarious plot, they're just stupid.
Well i disagree. But it's not so much a "plot," as it is a dynamic methodology, which responds to changing conditions to keep the cattle moving in the directions they want.

But there are also a lot of "members of government," who aren't the ones in control, who are indeed just stupid. And all those stupid people just makes it really easy for those in control to keep manipulating things into their favor.
 

Harrekin

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Well i disagree. But it's not so much a "plot," as it is a dynamic methodology, which responds to changing conditions to keep the cattle moving in the directions they want.

But there are also a lot of "members of government," who aren't the ones in control, who are indeed just stupid. And all those stupid people just makes it really easy for those in control to keep manipulating things into their favor.
But but...Corporations are people too!!!!!
 

earnest_voice

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True, 15 of the 19 terrorist were from Saudi Arabia, however, 2 were from UAE, one Egyptian, and the other from Lebanon.
But the mastermind behind the 911 attacks was from Pakistan and everyone of them had one thing in common, all were affiliated with Al Queda.
Intelligence (not RIU members) tell us that isis is substantially larger, more brutal and much more funded than Al Queda

I don't like war and I certainly don't like the idea of our military men and women being killed, with that said, your claim that it is fear mongering is pure conjecture.
My questions is, what are the consequences should you be wrong?
You know bush classified a report into foreign involvement by state actors, apparently there is some serious evidence to implicate the house of saud. but onto isis, they are much more dangerous than AQ ever was simply because ISIS is comprised of ex iraqi army officers, many of who have been trained by us.

http://foreign-intrigue.com/2014/09/voices-from-the-front-2/

Major R. is an active duty Iraqi Army Infantry officer with over 10 years of service in the Iraqi Army, joining the Iraqi Army with a belief in a free Iraq. He has led Iraqi Army Infantry Platoons and commanded an Infantry company in Baghdad, Iraq during the surge and awakening. He fought against both al-Qaeda and Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) groups and currently is contributing to the fight against ISIS/IS (Islamic State). What makes this interview even more compelling is that Major R is an ethnic Kurd from Ninevah province, where his family is currently in territory occupied by IS.


Q: When ISIS does attack, are they attacking like a conventional Army, or are they attacking like an insurgent force?A: They have great tactics. They have choices when they attack. They will use different engagement lines, and different weapons in ways that you would never expect from an organized Army. They will use their RPG and then transition to their PKM machine guns directly. This speaks to their tactics and their training. When I see (the US army) using the AT-4 and then transition to the 240’s directly, that means you’ve been trained well.
 

Padawanbater2

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My questions is, what are the consequences should you be wrong?
Less Americans die, less money is wasted/transferred to the military industrial complex, more international credibility is gained for not waging another pre-emptive war based on scare tactics from politicians, and if we are eventually attacked, the entire international community will rally around us once again to go in full force, and at that point, I, and many others would likely be on board with an offensive strike against the Islamic State. But as American citizens, we have to remain vigilant that war is a racket, we can't always believe and accept the information coming out of Washington, and we have to conduct ourselves strategically when it comes to engaging the enemy, not do exactly what they want and exactly what they're planning for, that is simply fucking stupid, if I could be so frank.

Cops in america ARE TERRORISTS.
I agree;

https://www.rollitup.org/t/official-fuck-the-police-thread-examples-of-police-brutality.557777/

Police murdered a childhood friend of mine for answering the fucking door with a knife in his hand he was cutting up
vegetables for dinner with on a no warrant search of his step dads house. I abhor police.
 

Glaucoma

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Baseless claim that basically amounts to "if we don't fight them there, they'll come here". All that is is fearmongering. It's the rhetoric the Bush administration used to get us into Iraq.


And now it begins..

Saying people don't want war on their front lawns is baseless? Seems pretty universal to me. So much in fact, that when local people decide to participate because of it, they overwhelmingly choose to fight against the invaders.


"Do we just look away until they take down a building or two of ours?"

15 of the hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, why aren't you concerned with that country? Why don't we go to war with them? Your fear of one extremist Islamic State but not the other seems inconsistent.
There's an UncleBuck shitfest if I've ever seen one.

Where did I say I wasn't concerned?
Where did I imply fear of any kind?

Any other misrepresentations you care to pull out of your ass?

And your reasoning could potentially be used to justify perpetual war. If you are always afraid of being attacked, you will always be engaged in waging a war. Perhaps we should examine the reasons terrorists want to attack us in the first place.

Nothing potential about it, it is used to justify perpetual war. America has become quite prissy about it, too, because we have way more to lose than any of our opponents do. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, that's just how it is.

We already know quite a few reasons why terrorists want to attack us. Many of them make a video on the subject. Stop pretending like you've never seen or heard one.


The war industrial complex is an international racket designed to make people money, not protect Americans or promote human rights or liberate people or any of that fairy tale bullshit the politicians and political pundits tell you. If it were, we would be in many African countries liberating people, we'd be in North Korea, we'd be fighting Saudi Arabia. It's all bullshit.

Don't buy into the bullshit.

Blah blah blah. ILLUMINATI!

I particularly liked the notion of being in N. Korea. That's a good one!


And just something to think about.. This entire sub is filled with people who oppose the government, right and left, but as soon as that exact same government tells you we have to fight the Islamic State, all of a sudden something changes and they become right over night. Those same suits who lie day in day out right to your face are the same assholes pushing for war.

Why do you think that is?

<Illuminati picture here>
Because nobody here wants any chance of war/terrorism in our front yards.


We do nothing and let the Middle East do what the Middle East usually does (blow itself up), we save American soldiers lives, we save money, and we save face in the international community. Sure there will be chance of attack, but that same exact chance of attack exists if we wage more war, nothing changes. They are still a threat regardless of what we do, why should we give them exactly what they want? It makes no logical or rational sense.
That's some impressive daydream gibberish. "Just leave!"

I also like the imaginary, yet specific "exact same chance of attack exists" statistic you got there.

If they want our blood and we aren't there, where will they go to get it? We've already sown these seeds and been down this path. There is no running away from it. And yes, it will only continue to add fuel to the fire and give them more reason to recruit. But what other option is there? Just leaving isn't one. They will continue to suck us into a long, drawn out battle because that's all they can do.
 

Padawanbater2

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Where did I imply fear of any kind?
Saying people don't want war on their front lawns is baseless?

Because nobody here wants any chance of war/terrorism in our front yards.

If they want our blood and we aren't there, where will they go to get it? We've already sown these seeds and been down this path. There is no running away from it. And yes, it will only continue to add fuel to the fire and give them more reason to recruit. But what other option is there? Just leaving isn't one. They will continue to suck us into a long, drawn out battle because that's all they can do.
:dunce:

You are afraid an army of roughly 30K people will bring war to America's doorstep, America having the largest military force the world has ever seen, combined with the coalition forces of NATO

You are suggesting/supporting going to the enemies battleground, exactly what they want us to do, waging an indefinite war, exactly what they want us to do, losing more American soldiers lives, exactly what they want us to do, and financially bleeding our country dry, exactly what they want us to, when we could stay home, defend our country and remove ourselves from Middle Eastern affairs that have nothing to do with us, exactly what they don't want us to do because they know they can't attack us at home.
 

NLXSK1

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Its a hard question and not knowing all of the information the govt knows. I couldnt even attempt to explian why
we cant just resolve this problem.
So in my ignorance my best plan is to not let people attack without attacking back 10fold
However since much of this is about resources and religeon. I see no end in sight.
So again my best plan would to be shred them grom the air and accept our miniscule losses and mourn the dead on both sides.
rspecially the civillians.
Ask Israel how that is working out for them...
 

NLXSK1

Well-Known Member
:dunce:

You are afraid an army of roughly 30K people will bring war to America's doorstep, America having the largest military force the world has ever seen, combined with the coalition forces of NATO

You are suggesting/supporting going to the enemies battleground, exactly what they want us to do, waging an indefinite war, exactly what they want us to do, losing more American soldiers lives, exactly what they want us to do, and financially bleeding our country dry, exactly what they want us to, when we could stay home, defend our country and remove ourselves from Middle Eastern affairs that have nothing to do with us, exactly what they don't want us to do because they know they can't attack us at home.
12 men armed with box cutters killed over 3000 people and did over a billion dollars worth of damage to the USA. They can attack us at home, they are attacking us from home.

I am not worried about 30K troops taking over America. I am worried about the suitcase bomb getting put into the daycare center.

They just found ISIS Terrorists plotting attacks in Australia!! If you think coming home and leaving them alone will work, well just listen to their preaching... They want to kill every last one of us.
 

jahbrudda

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Less Americans die, less money is wasted/transferred to the military industrial complex, more international credibility is gained for not waging another pre-emptive war based on scare tactics from politicians, and if we are eventually attacked, the entire international community will rally around us once again to go in full force, and at that point, I, and many others would likely be on board with an offensive strike against the Islamic State. But as American citizens, we have to remain vigilant that war is a racket, we can't always believe and accept the information coming out of Washington, and we have to conduct ourselves strategically when it comes to engaging the enemy, not do exactly what they want and exactly what they're planning for, that is simply fucking stupid, if I could be so frank.
Obviously you didn't get the part where I asked, should you be wrong about the fear mongering.
 

charface

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As far as their friends and family replacing them on the terror scene.
Refer to solution #1
we can borrow more money from the fed reserve.
 

schuylaar

Well-Known Member
and..

How Women Changed the Outcome of the Election

There has been much discussion about the demographic makeup of the 2012 electorate, and one thing is clear: Women’s voices determined the outcome of the election. Across the board, women made the difference. Here are seven key facts about women voters and the gender gap in the 2012 elections.

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With women deciding the presidential election, and with record numbers of women in both the House and the Senate, policies helping women must now be on the front burner. Women determined the outcome of the way the government looks, and it is time for lawmakers to answer the call of the majority of voters in the country and make sure economic fairness, pay equity, and issues of work-family balance are on the top of the policy agenda.

star trek was ahead of its time with ANGEL ONE:wink:

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/report/2012/12/12/47916/how-women-changed-the-outcome-of-the-election/
 
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