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Skriven 2006-12-12 10:14:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MIMI GALLANDT
Ärende: Home-grown terrorism
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Hello Mimi,

>JH>That mall is 38 miles from where I live.  If you think that didn't
>JH>send a cold chill down my spine, you'd be wrong.  There is nothing
>JH>strategic in this are except for the nuclear power plant at Byron.
>JH>Imagine what we'll have to dea with if the Democrats cut and run
>JH>from Iraq.  They'll follow us home like puppies following a
>JH>kindergartner.

>LL>Did the British "cut and run"?  AFAIK, the Brits are still in Iraq.
>LL>BEFORE AND AFTER being bombed in London.

>LL>The Spanish also got hit.  While in Iraq.  But the Spanish wisened
>LL>up, pulling their forces out after the bombings in Madrid.  Had they
>LL>done so sooner, it is likely no bombings would have taken place.

>LL>The French got the message after the bombings in Madrid, choosing
>LL>not to send any troops at all to Iraq.  That is probably why the
>LL>Eiffel Tower is still standing.

>LL>When will the anti-democratic right grow up and accept the fact that
>LL>terrorists will hit us on our shores at the time of their choosing?
>LL>That is what they did on 9-11.  And that is what they will do in the
>LL>future.

>LL>It makes no difference if the President of the United States is a
>LL>Democrat or a Republican.  It makes no difference which political
>LL>party controls the Congress.  Terrorists will hit us on our shores
>LL>at the time of their choosing.  All we can do is try to protect
>LL>ourselves the best way we know how.  And pray.

>JH>You're not only a coward, but you're a stupid coward.  If you admire
>JH>the damn French so much, why don't you just go and live there.  I'm
>JH>sure you'd fit ri in with the rest of the surrender monkies.

>LL>Europeans, including the French, have dealt with terrorism for decades.
>LL>The Red Brigades in Italy.  The Basques in Spain.  Black September in
>LL>Germany.  The list goes on.  Americans have only recently begun dealing
>LL>with terrorism, having had to find out the hard way on 9/11 what
>LL>dedicated terrorists are capable of doing.

MG>The French did not have to deal with the Red Brigades, the Basques
MG>or Black September.

Basque separatist groups, such as the ETA and the ST, are active in
southwestern France.  Several Muslim groups are also active, including
al-Qaeda.  Action Directe, an anti-NATO organization responsible for the
1986 murder of Georges Besse, is active.  There is even a Jewish group,
known as Kahane Chai, designated as terrorist by Israel, the EU, and the
USA, that is active in France.

>LL>Sylvester Stallone starred in a movie dealing with this subject years
>LL>ago.  The issues brought up in that movie are still relevant today.

>LL>Rather than sending our troops on a fool's errand, we should be
>LL>protecting what is really important - America itself.

Why was it so important for the US to invade Iraq?
Why is it so important for the US to remain in Iraq?
Why is it that Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar remain
free and at large?  Why is it that America remains
at the mercy of the same thugs who hit us on our own
shores on 9/11?

Could it possibly be due to the incompetency of the Bush administration?
If so, that might explain at least part of the reason why the American
people chose to vote for Democratic candidates for Congress in the past
congressional elections, giving the Democrats a majority in both houses.

--Lee


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