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Originally posted by Phoenix
Now noctu, If I had a newspaper in France that said blow up the trains of the evil overlords "and" had the means to do it. Even an eglitarian social democratic society such as France would have shut me down and probably arrested me, whatcha going on about then?
Originally posted by namehere
now if iraq was a free nation i might agree but its a war zone, it has no real government yet and that newspaper was helping stir up trouble to endanger the troops there so dont act like its a big issue.
Originally posted by Seekerof
My comments that you quoted in this thread were made for a purpose and that purpose was that those conjectures saying that Saddam and AL-Qaeda wouldn't work together because of secular differences is seemingly defunct...would they not? Both the SUnni and the Shi'ite have MAJOR secular differences BUT they are reported to be working together? Would that not indicate that secular differences then are "null-n-void" when it comes to a common enemy...as would also be the case with Saddam and Al-Qaeda?
Originally posted by Flinx
Originally posted by Seekerof
My comments that you quoted in this thread were made for a purpose and that purpose was that those conjectures saying that Saddam and AL-Qaeda wouldn't work together because of secular differences is seemingly defunct...would they not? Both the SUnni and the Shi'ite have MAJOR secular differences BUT they are reported to be working together? Would that not indicate that secular differences then are "null-n-void" when it comes to a common enemy...as would also be the case with Saddam and Al-Qaeda?
The Saddam and Al-Qaeda connection has nothing to do with topic of this current thread, so why bring it up? I find it strange that you could make the connection between these two War on Iraq-related things.
Here's some "logic" for ya: I think that since things are not going so well for US forces at the moment, and people might start to question the wisdom of invading Iraq and the admin's handling of the occupation, you wanted to subtly insert the idea of terrorism and Osama into the discussion of this insurgency. As we know the idea of Osama evokes a raw emotional reaction in people and makes them think of the WTC, rubble, the American Flag, and Bald Eagles crying.
That emotional reaction therby reinforces the idea that the invasion was just and we're fighting terroists (al queda) in Iraq.
Of course as newly transformed right-wing douche Dennis Miller used to say on his HBO show: "That's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
Originally posted by Seekerof
ATS archives are your friend.....don't be afraid to use it.
Whats even more shocking is that this "connection" is always being refered Bush....no mention of the intelligence documents or records of the previous administrations......
Seems to me that those anti-war, anti-Bush propaganda 'machines' have been doing a fine job...wouldn't you think?
seekerof