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so is it safe to say that being in a wheelchair made cheney a bitter and antisocial person?
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As far as the other groups go, the Tamil Tigers and Hamas are both organizations with plenty of criminal elements and a long list of terrorist actions and human rights violations. I'm not sorry to see both are having severe problems this year. But both sides are up against modern armies who are less than careful about how they go about attempting to wipe them out, so the other sides in the equation (Israel and the Sri Lankan Government) shouldn't get off scot free either. Civilian casualties have been high in both cases. A larger problem is both organizations are more than capable of waging terror/insurgency actions for years to come, so there will be no lasting victory as long as there's no peace.
Speaking of terrorists (and I mean Cheney)...
Former VP Dick Cheney warns of nuclear attack on United States under President Obama
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 7:56 PM
Yes - It's only a matter of time
No - Cheney's gone over the edge
WASHINGTON - Dick Cheney isn't finished scaring the bejesus out of America.
The former vice president warned Wednesday that there's a "high probability" the U.S. will get nuked by terrorists during President Obama's watch.
"The ultimate threat to the country [is] a 9/11-type event where the terrorists are armed with something much more dangerous than an airline ticket and a box cutter - a nuclear weapon or a biological agent of some kind," Cheney told Politico.com from his latest undisclosed location - his new Virginia office.
Cheney said that "perhaps hundreds of thousands of people" would perish in such a strike, and that "there's a high probability of such an attempt."
He also appeared to miss his role defending ex-President George W. Bush for "the dark side" of fighting terrorists. In his first interview since leaving office, Cheney described that effort to protect the country as "a tough, mean, dirty, nasty business."
"We're not going to win this fight by turning the other cheek," Cheney added.
The ex-veep had little kind to say about Obama's plan to shut down the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay.
Cheney griped that Democrats "are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist" than protecting the U.S. from Osama Bin Laden's gang.
Some think "if we just go talk nice to these folks, everything's going to be okay," he said. "They're optimistic . . . We were."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...former_vp_dick_cheney_warns_of_nuclear_a.html
So, now that Islam and the Jihad movement has had this huge victory over the west...
The parliament just ended a lengthy discussion on the matter. I watched online. Was relieved to hear well-informed opinions which realizes that this isn't a black-and-white fight between good and evil. Obviously they must reflect their constituents, but regardless, thank god that not everyone interprets these stories in such simplistic terms.
The Sri Lankan government is very good at PR, and covering up their own terrorism. Also good at painting the rebels as a group that just sprung up out of nowhere and decided to engage in war for the fun of it. And people actually believe it.
No, there is not a declared war between the West and the Islamic world. And yes, the vast majority of Muslims are just trying to live their lives peaceful and enjoyably, just like the rest of us.Dude, when are you going to stop making yourself look like an ignorant xenophobe? You're not really that dumb are you? Do you really think there is a war between the Islamic world in general and the West?
IIRC, it was the British that started the mess by importing Tamil labourers to Ceylon from their homeland in Tamil Nadu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_NaduYes, the Sinhalese government essentially started the whole mess with their discriminatory practices a few decades ago and gave the Tamils there a reason to push back.
Ignorant?Dude, when are you going to stop making yourself look like an ignorant xenophobe? You're not really that dumb are you? Do you really think there is a war between the Islamic world in general and the West?
IIRC, it was the British that started the mess by importing Tamil labourers to Ceylon from their homeland in Tamil Nadu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu
Can't we all just get along?Now, Ganja, that was an "ignorant xenophobe".
Most every major conflict across the globe today involves militant muslims
Same goes for Fiji, which has been experiencing civil unrest very similiar to Sri Lanka, in that the descendants of ethnic-Indians brought in as labour by the British are now fighting against the native Polynesian Fijians for power.I was thinking more in terms of the present conflict but of course it is true that without Britain importing Tamils the tensions would not have occurred.
Now, Ganja, that was an "ignorant xenophobe".
No, there is not a declared war between the West and the Islamic world.
Look at the Islamic bombings of the London train and bus systems, they killed a few dozen people, and the next day the Brits swept up the mess and carried on with their lives. That's hardly going to inspire more backpack bombers to Islam.
f I was an everyday Muslim, and looked at this picture of Western and Islamo-fascist attacks and counter-attacks, I'd certainly think there was an undeclared war on between the West and the Islamic world.