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Drone strike kills No. 2 Al Qaeda leader in Pakistan

Wiggen said:
Well, it's always good to be certain before you start your mourning period.
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We've been in Afghanistan since 2001. I've read countless MSM articles with similar headlines. Doing a rudimentary Google search, or that thereof NYT archives, will yield results of this trend. I've become desensitized to headlines such as these because I already know that someone else will replace so-and-so that was just killed in said US sponsored military strike. Hell, when we killed #1, someone assumed that role immediately following his death. So yeah, congratulations on the accomplished mission America, which I disagree with anyway, but how many more #2's have to die before al Qaeda is 'permanently' defeated?
 
When are we going to stop violating Pakistan's sovereignty? OBL...I get. Some guy we never heard of?
 
Wiggen said:
One way to stop this would be for the Pakistani government to kick all of the Al Quaeda terrorists the hell out of their country. However, since a sizable percentage of the Pakistani intelligence corps activily supports them, this would be difficult.
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Yeah, something which happened to be completely ignored by the 9/11 Commission Report.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
How many times have we killed number 2 now? I'm starting to think you get chosen as the next number 2 if you piss number 1 off, it's like a death sentence.
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When #2 gets zapped the list moves up making #3 become new #2, #4 become new #3 and etc. Who is #1? They must hide very well.
 
Erod said:
Geez, don't mess with American military and CIA capability. We can find a cockroach under any rock in the world sooner or later.
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Yeah, that's probably the fourth or fifth time that Number Two guy (Kenny, the al Qaida) has been killed. :roll: Is there any doubt that guy is getting sick and tired of being killed every other month?


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Blue_State said:
When are we going to stop violating Pakistan's sovereignty?
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Just as soon as they stop providing a safe haven for the world's biggest terrorist network.
 
They've become a meme like the Star Trek red shirts to me.

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Wiggen said:
Just as soon as they stop providing a safe haven for the world's biggest terrorist network.
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What house do you live in?
 
Wiggen said:
Just as soon as they stop providing a safe haven for the world's biggest terrorist network.
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Agreed. Also, I think there is some faux protesting going on there. It would seem an unlikely coincidence that the air defense radar was turned off the very night our SEAL team paid a house call to Osama bin Laden. The Pakistani government is split between those who want to prevent further hostilities and those who want to wage a religious war. Is there any doubt that we are still giving Pakistan millions of dollars worth of aid?
 
Jango said:
Yeah, something which happened to be completely ignored by the 9/11 Commission Report.
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What in the hell does the 9/11 Commission report have to do with anything?

If you don't believe that the Pakistani Intelligence Network is hand and glove with Al Quaeda - and in fact may control them - then I'm guessing you probably think Pakistan didn't know Bin Laden was living in their country for five years.

You are either naive or American lives don't mean nearly as much to you as those of terrorists. I'd guess the latter.
 
Rising Sun said:
Agreed. Also, I think there is some faux protesting going on there. It would seem an unlikely coincidence that the air defense radar was turned off the very night our SEAL team paid a house call to Osama bin Laden. The Pakistani government is split between those who want to prevent further hostilities and those who want to wage a religious war. Is there any doubt that we are still giving Pakistan millions of dollars worth of aid?
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I have no doubt there are elements within Pakistan that are sympathetic to U.S. interests. Unfortunately there is a sizable faction that clearly is not and welcomes the presence of these terrorists in their midst.
 
Jango said:
What house do you live in?
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Could somebody who understands cryptic, nonsensical comments give me a translation?
 
Wiggen said:
I have no doubt there are elements within Pakistan that are sympathetic to U.S. interests. Unfortunately there is a sizable faction that clearly is not and welcomes the presence of these terrorists in their midst.
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True just as it is true there is also a sizeable faction which hates the terrorists and sides with us against them.
 
Wiggen said:
What in the hell does the 9/11 Commission report have to do with anything?

If you don't believe that the Pakistani Intelligence Network is hand and glove with Al Quaeda - and in fact may control them - then I'm guessing you probably think Pakistan didn't know Bin Laden was living in their country for five years.

You are either naive or American lives don't mean nearly as much to you as those of terrorists. I'd guess the latter.
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Simple: the American government was aware of the ISI being involved with the Taliban and al Qaeda prior to 9/11 happening, which happened to be omitted from the Commission Report entirely, and has since been on the outside of public knowledge in the US-Pakistan relations sphere.

And really, you had to go there and assume something? Way to make yourself look like it, man.
 
Wiggen said:
Which terrorist network is it that the U.S. provides a safe haven to?
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Regulating your nationalism and patriotism helps answer that question.
 
Rising Sun said:
So you believe all military personnel are terrorists? Interesting. I disagree, but find such an opinion to be fascinating.
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No, and it is my fault for not being more specific. There is no way that I am suggesting that you or Wiggen or other people who served in the Middle East were/are terrorists. US military men and women have nothing to do with foreign policy. They go where they are sent and do what they are ordered to do.

The ones who give the orders are not the ones who die.
 
Wiggen said:
Just as soon as they stop providing a safe haven for the world's biggest terrorist network.
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Not sure if you have looked around lately, but we are becoming the most open terrorist network in the world. We just have cooler bombs that fly in on stealth UAVs.
 
Wiggen said:
Perhaps you could list for us the actions undertaken by the U.S. Military that met with your approval. Certainly killing Al Quaeda terrorists doesn't seem to be one, considering how all of you true leftists wring your hands with dispair every time it happens.
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:roll:
Oh god...

WW2
Killing Osama Bin Laden (sure i wish he would of be kept alive for trial but the hazy details are that he was grabbing for a gun so had to be shot)
Civil War
Revolutionary War

BTW sorry that i pissed you off so much because i question a report when its not independently verified, and there was a incident that came out with a conclusion that this man has been killed, but in fact he was still alive.
 
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Wiggen said:
What in the hell does the 9/11 Commission report have to do with anything?

If you don't believe that the Pakistani Intelligence Network is hand and glove with Al Quaeda - and in fact may control them - then I'm guessing you probably think Pakistan didn't know Bin Laden was living in their country for five years.

You are either naive or American lives don't mean nearly as much to you as those of terrorists. I'd guess the latter.
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Your reasoning is a bit wobbly. Talk to us about knowing where bin Laden was 11 years ago and Washington ordered the US military and CIA to stand down. Pakistan knew where bin Laden was. So did we. I'm guessing you didn't know about that.

You are either naive or American lives don't mean nearly as much to you as those of terrorists. I'd guess the latter.
 
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