I wouldn't consider FOX news to be a reliable source, but I'm sure it holds some truth. If that's true we'll have to start going after the grunts and not settle for taking out a higher-up every couple of months. It only takes 2 guys and a good plan to cause 9/11, think of what a few thousand well-coordinated fanatics would be able to pull off.
it just kinda makes me all skeptical. as long as bin laden is out and about, we get to bomb someone, claiming they're hiding bin laden. and now that there's so many more al queda members, there will be more combatants to chase and kill.
It isn't just Fox that is reporting that Al Queda is groing stronger. It is an Associated Press release. Fox would look stupid if they did not acknowledge it. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20040526/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida
well, yeah, i understand that. but as long as there's "terrorists" out there to battel, the farther our standards for attack will fall. i'm kinda feeling odd about it. both sides seem to feed off each other so incredibly well.
it's like drawing a line in the sand. everyone has to choose a side, whether they really wanted to or not. oh well, it was bound to happen sometime, there's just entirely too many people on this planet.
George Tenet recently testified that in the last 12 months, at least 24 major new terrorist groups have formed, counting only those comparable in size to al-Qaeda. If the goal is lots and lots of dead Americans- and massive contracts for Halliburton, then the President is doing a good job. If you want lots more dead Americans and like war-profiteering, vote for Bush. It's just that damn simple.
I see this as 'good news' in the sense its bringing things to a boiling point. Maybe the better expression is that its 'drawing lines in the sand'. Al Quaida is no doubt on a big push, a final recruitment drive. They have to - because now their members are getting killed off. They NEED to start rallying for everything they got. 18,000 now declaring where they stand and stepping up is a lot better than 18,000 lying low and taking their time. Ok.. we dont really yet know what these numbers really mean.... but I suspect they are an indicator that people are now gonna put up or shut up. Hopefully, thats 18,000 terrorists to be 'ended' in the next few years too.
18,000 members?? That adds up to 1,296,000 job opportunity's for young virginsin the near future (though the Koran states that young virgin boys are just as acceptable as young virgin maidens).
"it's like drawing a line in the sand. everyone has to choose a side, whether they really wanted to or not" Guess you've never lived in a desert. Drawing a line in the sand is like pissing in the wind. Before you know it, the line is gone & "the enemy" is all around you. That is what's happening now. Everyone is America's enemy.
well, yeah. it's a slap in the face of people who were before just trying to get by. you don't draw a line without people getting fucking pissed at you. now people who didn't want to "pick a side" have to.
