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| How Cold Blooded Are You?; A way to deal with terrorists | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 14 2005, 11:43 PM (507 Views) | |
| cmoehle | Feb 15 2005, 05:28 PM Post #16 |
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Just make sure it's justified and not a mistake. |
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| tomdrobin | Feb 15 2005, 08:59 PM Post #17 |
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Corky I'm having a hard time following the logic here. For example if we know the town of Mosul harbors terrorists. And, then we spray the anthrax. When the people come to us for the antidote, how do we tell the terrorists, terrorists sympathizers and innocent people apart? Perhaps we should spray with "truth serum", if it ever and still does exhist. Now killing everyone in the area would perhaps accomplish the goal, but it would definitely be a bad PR move. I do not have a problem with targeting specific locations that are known to harbor terrorists, with cruise missles, smart bombs and the like. Particularly if it is a high profile terrorist like Osama. But, whole cities/communities is a bit of overkill. |
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| wolfe59 | Feb 15 2005, 09:12 PM Post #18 |
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I seem to remember hearing one general wanted to eliminate towns like Mosul and a couple of other known terrorist towns on the opening days of the war when it would have been less noticed as being targeted. They could have used the excuse of misguided bombs or something to that extent. I wonder how many US soilders would be alive today if they would have went ahead with that plan. Could have taken out a good deal of the bad guys while also taking out some innocent ones. |
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| corky52 | Feb 15 2005, 10:13 PM Post #19 |
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Tom, Come out, be identified or die. Population manipulation and control is the name of the game. Tags for various things last a long time, you could tell a lot. |
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| tomdrobin | Feb 15 2005, 10:39 PM Post #20 |
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Corky I can't imagine the terrorists "coming out", in that situation. Part of their advantage is blending in. Now you could use the threat of total community aniahlation to force the people to "give up" the terrorists in their midst. |
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| corky52 | Feb 15 2005, 10:49 PM Post #21 |
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Tom, If they die because they don't come that is a pretty effective in stopping the terrorists. If we catch them because they're afraid to die, also good. |
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| feddoc | Feb 15 2005, 10:55 PM Post #22 |
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Yup, I would. Key words for me are antidote and cure. Terrorists get neither. Cold blooded....perhaps. Then again I would like to know where pentax lives too.....don't worry, the acid and bacteria would be good for your roses. :kiss: |
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| pentax | Feb 15 2005, 10:55 PM Post #23 |
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"SOME"???
http://lexicorient.com/e.o/mosul.htm Is that what Humanity is to you??? Are you ALL RIGHT???
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| roboots | Feb 15 2005, 11:40 PM Post #24 |
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That's biological warfare. It's both illegal and immoral. Sounds like the bottom of the barrel. |
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| pentax | Feb 16 2005, 01:01 AM Post #25 |
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Can't argue that one, roboots.....
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| roboots | Feb 16 2005, 01:36 AM Post #26 |
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Of course. The "town" of Mosul has a population of only 640,000.It would only take a few hundred thousand misguided bombs and wouldn't even catch anyone's attention. The opening days weren't even a war and so far as I know it's still not a war. The popular term has been liberation. |
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| cmoehle | Feb 16 2005, 05:55 AM Post #27 |
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Tom's "how do we tell the terrorists, terrorists sympathizers and innocent people apart?" can't be answered can it. |
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| eb belote | Feb 16 2005, 06:54 AM Post #28 |
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we perty good at dropin leaflets . give time limit to leave village then drop a scaled down newtron bomb. black flag |
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| cmoehle | Feb 16 2005, 12:17 PM Post #29 |
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And if that was their reasoning? WWJD? |
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| eb belote | Feb 16 2005, 04:13 PM Post #30 |
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it is well that war is so terrible. we should grow fond of it. rel fredericksburg 12-13-1862 i reckon some angels tote swords for a reason |
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