How to Win the War on Terror

[winsor 186]

"Do not take counsel of your fears."

General George S. Patton

[Kennedy 0]

He who would pun would pick a pocket.

But you've got a point. Technically it's the war or terrorism. Or terrorists. But the Feds are fond of relating war on actions or ideas instead of targets. Makes the war unwinnable when there are no conditions for victory.

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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[Belgian_Draft 0]

Just start blaring Justin Beiber songs at them. Our boys will be home in short order.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

[Kennedy 0]

You do know we already have a problem with them doing the suicide thing, right?

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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[nanook 1]

Oh. Right then. . .
ABBA?

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[winsor 186]

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He who would pun would pick a pocket.

But you've got a point. Technically it's the war or terrorism. Or terrorists. But the Feds are fond of relating war on actions or ideas instead of targets. Makes the war unwinnable when there are no conditions for victory.

You entirely miss my point.

The way to lose the War on Terror is to be phobic. If we opt to live in fear, and to let our fears be the basis of our decisions, then Terror is the victor.

The way to defeat Terror is not to be terrorized. Don't be a pussy. Lay off on the hysteria. Grow a spine.

Since we live in a world that caters to cowards, terrorists have the upper hand.

[popsjumper 2]

Tell it to the Homeland Security cowards.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[Kennedy 0]

Damn, I thought you were trying to be funny. My bad.

But as to your "grow a spine" solution, I have to say there's a bit more to it than that. I don't think many would call Israel spineless pussies, but I don't think anyone wouldnsay they won the 'war on terror.'

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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[winsor 186]

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Tell it to the Homeland Security cowards.

They are professional cowards. If everyone quits being afraid of their own shadow, Homeland Security is out of a job.

[winsor 186]

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Damn, I thought you were trying to be funny. My bad.

But as to your "grow a spine" solution, I have to say there's a bit more to it than that. I don't think many would call Israel spineless pussies, but I don't think anyone wouldnsay they won the 'war on terror.'

Serious as a heart attack.

Israel is not fighting a "war on terror," it is a war of survival. As such, El Al security bears precious little resemblance to TSA.

Terrorism only requires two things:

1) Terrorists

and

2) The Terrorized

I, for one, will not live forever, but will not live in fear. I also do not buy into the idea that, because there are some assholes out there intent upon wreaking mayhem upon me and anyone who looks like me, I should relinquish any and all rights to another group of assholes who rely on the the first group of assholes for justification.

I realize that if you have to tell anyone to quit being a pussy you're wasting your breath, but this bunker mentality wore thin a long time ago.


BSBD,

Winsor

[rushmc 18]

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He who would pun would pick a pocket.

But you've got a point. Technically it's the war or terrorism. Or terrorists. But the Feds are fond of relating war on actions or ideas instead of targets. Makes the war unwinnable when there are no conditions for victory.

You entirely miss my point.

The way to lose the War on Terror is to be phobic. If we opt to live in fear, and to let our fears be the basis of our decisions, then Terror is the victor.

The way to defeat Terror is not to be terrorized. Don't be a pussy. Lay off on the hysteria. Grow a spine.

Since we live in a world that caters to cowards, terrorists have the upper hand.

And buried in your, hitting the nail on the head, comments are the losses and erosions of our personal freedoms under the guise of more security

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[SkyDekker 1,123]

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Serious as a heart attack.

Israel is not fighting a "war on terror," it is a war of survival. As such, El Al security bears precious little resemblance to TSA.

Terrorism only requires two things:

1) Terrorists

and

2) The Terrorized

I, for one, will not live forever, but will not live in fear. I also do not buy into the idea that, because there are some assholes out there intent upon wreaking mayhem upon me and anyone who looks like me, I should relinquish any and all rights to another group of assholes who rely on the the first group of assholes for justification.

I realize that if you have to tell anyone to quit being a pussy you're wasting your breath, but this bunker mentality wore thin a long time ago.

Amen preacher...where do I send my money

I do wholeheartedly agree with you.

[Andy9o8 0]

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He who would pun would pick a pocket.

But you've got a point. Technically it's the war or terrorism. Or terrorists. But the Feds are fond of relating war on actions or ideas instead of targets. Makes the war unwinnable when there are no conditions for victory.

You entirely miss my point.

The way to lose the War on Terror is to be phobic. If we opt to live in fear, and to let our fears be the basis of our decisions, then Terror is the victor.

The way to defeat Terror is not to be terrorized. Don't be a pussy. Lay off on the hysteria. Grow a spine.

Since we live in a world that caters to cowards, terrorists have the upper hand.

And buried in your, hitting the nail on the head, comments are the losses and erosions of our personal freedoms under the guise of more security

Agreed.
To which I'll add - and I apologize for the thread drift - that this mania that the management end of Corporate America has toward drug-testing all employees, no matter what the job duties (as well as the sheep that go along with it) are bred out of more or less the same mentality.

[rushmc 18]

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He who would pun would pick a pocket.

But you've got a point. Technically it's the war or terrorism. Or terrorists. But the Feds are fond of relating war on actions or ideas instead of targets. Makes the war unwinnable when there are no conditions for victory.

You entirely miss my point.

The way to lose the War on Terror is to be phobic. If we opt to live in fear, and to let our fears be the basis of our decisions, then Terror is the victor.

The way to defeat Terror is not to be terrorized. Don't be a pussy. Lay off on the hysteria. Grow a spine.

Since we live in a world that caters to cowards, terrorists have the upper hand.

And buried in your, hitting the nail on the head, comments are the losses and erosions of our personal freedoms under the guise of more security

Agreed.
To which I'll add - and I apologize for the thread drift - that this mania that the management end of Corporate America has toward drug-testing all employees, no matter what the job duties (as well as the sheep that go along with it) are bred out of more or less the same mentality.

Not that I disagree with you but
Can you expand?

I am not sure I see the relationship

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[winsor 186]

Agreed.
To which I'll add - and I apologize for the thread drift - that this mania that the management end of Corporate America has toward drug-testing all employees, no matter what the job duties (as well as the sheep that go along with it) are bred out of more or less the same mentality.

[Kennedy 0]

I agree. I much prefer wars be limited to actual enemies that can be identified, located, and defeated. If anyone were to describe the conflict between the USA and the cave-dwellers we call terrorists without using big scary words it would be a joke.

The war on drugs, the war on crime, and the war on terror are excuses for the most horrendous government actions (against its citizens) of the last fifty years. In addition to tearing down liberty and freedom, the all too common (unintended?) consequences result in more power for the things they are supposed to be fighting.

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I realize that if you have to tell anyone to quit being a pussy you're wasting your breath, but this bunker mentality wore thin a long time ago.

Damn right.

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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[nigel99 144]

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Agreed.
To which I'll add - and I apologize for the thread drift - that this mania that the management end of Corporate America has toward drug-testing all employees, no matter what the job duties (as well as the sheep that go along with it) are bred out of more or less the same mentality.

Not that I disagree with you but
Can you expand?

I am not sure I see the relationship

[shropshire 0]

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Walt Kelly, as "Pogo Possum," observed: "We have met the enemy, and he is us."


BSBD,

Winsor

Very nice post.