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Forum: Political Threads 11-01-2013, 07:55 AM
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Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
If you are Hilary, and the 4 killed Americans...

If you are Hilary, and the 4 killed Americans were your employees, you also don't shriek that "it doesn't matter" how they were killed. How does that make the families feel, that the boss of their...
Forum: Political Threads 05-17-2013, 04:27 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
"You're taking this personally rather than simply...

"You're taking this personally rather than simply look at it from the perspective of the Libyan people."

And from where does your keen insight into the feelings of the Libyan people come from?
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Forum: Political Threads 05-17-2013, 04:22 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Can you show me support for that? you said...

Can you show me support for that? you said before that they weren't sent in due to the fact that they weren't armed (after you said they weren't sent in because they didn't exist).

How is an...
Forum: Political Threads 05-17-2013, 06:07 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
"The context for the word is obviously from the...

"The context for the word is obviously from the perspective of those being invaded."

I agree. And in any rational perspective, we helped the people in Iraq, we did not conquer them. Spence, is...
Forum: Political Threads 05-17-2013, 06:01 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Spence - Now, you're saying that since...

Spence -

Now, you're saying that since there wasn't an armed garrison in Libya, there was no cavalry to send.

Spence, in these situations, you don't need an entire airborne division. A few...
Forum: Political Threads 05-16-2013, 03:35 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
It's certainly possible that if this started out...

It's certainly possible that if this started out as an anti-video protest, that hours later, it morphed into a military asault.

So the use of mortars, hours later, doesn't necessarily mean it...
Forum: Political Threads 05-16-2013, 03:11 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
"I said the reason we don't have a large garrison...

"I said the reason we don't have a large garrison of troops in Libya..."

Is that what you said? I don't think so. Here is an exact quote of what you said...

""I think people have become so...
Forum: Political Threads 05-16-2013, 07:25 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Were there Marines at the embassy in Tripoli? If...

Were there Marines at the embassy in Tripoli? If so, I wonder what they wanted to do, and what they were told...
Forum: Political Threads 05-16-2013, 06:19 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
(1) Stevens may have declined military help weeks...

(1) Stevens may have declined military help weeks before the attack. But he asked the State Department for extra security before the attack. Not only was this request denied, his security force was...
Forum: Political Threads 05-16-2013, 06:13 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
No? What's this, then? From 05/11, at 3:01...

No? What's this, then? From 05/11, at 3:01 PM...

"I think people have become so used to the US acting with impunity in Iraq and Afghanistan that they believe we can just do what ever we please....
Forum: Political Threads 05-14-2013, 07:33 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Spence, since yuo know so much about teh...

Spence, since yuo know so much about teh hearings, why won't yuo provide the evidence to support yoru claim that the Libyan government prevented us from sending special forces in, or your other...
Forum: Political Threads 05-13-2013, 08:30 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Before these hearings, I hadn't heard what Hicks...

Before these hearings, I hadn't heard what Hicks (the #2 man in Libya) had to say, nor had I heard what the head of security there had to say.

Just because what is being said doesn't sit well with...
Forum: Political Threads 05-13-2013, 08:30 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Before these hearings, I hadn't heard what Hicks...

Before these hearings, I hadn't heard what Hicks (the #2 man in Libya) had to say, nor had I heard what the head of security there had to say.

Just because what is being said doesn't sit well with...
Forum: Political Threads 05-13-2013, 01:47 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Another key point. You at least mobilize what...

Another key point. You at least mobilize what you have, and move some kind of force toward Libya, so they are closer if you should decide to send in the cavalry.

If the closest help is on Mars,...
Forum: Political Threads 05-13-2013, 11:19 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Gates also could not comment on why the request...

Gates also could not comment on why the request for additional security, before the attack was rejected. Nor did he comment on the alleged cover-up in blaming the video.

Spence, I concede that...
Forum: Political Threads 05-13-2013, 11:12 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
You call it "very good perspective" , and you...

You call it "very good perspective" , and you call Marc Steyn's perspective "malarkey". You don't offer one shred of support for why one guy's perspective is "very good", and the other guy's...
Forum: Political Threads 05-12-2013, 09:12 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
I would think you'd be very sympathetic to that...

I would think you'd be very sympathetic to that tactic, ye of the "we didn't send in special forces because the Libyans wouldn't let us" fabrication...

You really don't see any irony in that...
Forum: Political Threads 05-12-2013, 08:24 AM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
He quotes the New York Times, but Marc Steyn is...

He quotes the New York Times, but Marc Steyn is full of malarkey! Nor does he specify one thing that is demonstrably false...it's just malarkey cuz it paints the Messiah in an unfavorable light, and...
Forum: Political Threads 05-11-2013, 07:03 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
OK, so now Spence is denying that he claimed in...

OK, so now Spence is denying that he claimed in made up that Al Qaeda was n Libya. Here is what you posted, an exact quote...

"I don't see how you can describe Libya as a "hotbed of terrorism" in...
Forum: Political Threads 05-11-2013, 06:54 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
I'm not sure what you mean, and it's doubtful I...

I'm not sure what you mean, and it's doubtful I care.

Spence, you said I fabricated the notion that Al Qaeda was known to be active in Libya. You said I fabricated the notion that military...
Forum: Political Threads 05-11-2013, 06:43 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
"I love all these fantasy hypotheticals " ...

"I love all these fantasy hypotheticals "

It's not a fantasy hypothetical. Going back to at least Vietnam, helicopters have been used thousands of times to rescue Americans that are pinned down...
Forum: Political Threads 05-11-2013, 06:41 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
"The Libyan government didn't want US uniformed...

"The Libyan government didn't want US uniformed troops on their soil"

Did you just make that up? What's that, reason #8 why no soldiers went in (there were none, there were some but they weren't...
Forum: Political Threads 05-11-2013, 02:31 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
"what would have happened if a Blackhawk came in...

"what would have happened if a Blackhawk came in loaded with troops and it was hit with an rpg?? "

You drop them a mile from the mob, and they are there in 10 minutes. Infantry tactics 101. We...
Forum: Political Threads 05-11-2013, 02:28 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Spence, I asked you for proof of your position,...

Spence, I asked you for proof of your position, that the special forces troops were involved with other priorities at th etime (something more vital than the lives of the Americans at the annex. ...
Forum: Political Threads 05-11-2013, 01:01 PM
Replies: 296
Views: 90,338
Posted By Jim in CT
Except I most certainly am not...

Except I most certainly am not...
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