Is the war on terror creating more terrorists?

[likwid]

Think with me here for a moment.
Civilian casulties are really high at the moment.
Fact of war.
Constant propaganda put out by the insurgents etc. blaming the US.
Watching your family getting blown up.
(In the case of Palestine, money being given to your family so they don't starve to death for what you did.)

All the links lead back to depraved poverty stricken groups.
You get your house blown up.
You get your family shot at.

What do you do? Sit around and watch it happen?

[Nebe]

of course it is.

[likwid]

I guess ironic war is cool now.

[Homerun04]

no doubt about it.....the "have-nots" have a new weapon now in their quest for equality.........terrorism.

[likwid]

Well terrorism has been around since the beginning of time.
Its not like its a new concept.

[Nebe]

so has imperial tyranny

[ThrowingTimber]

you put a 14 million dollar f15 up against a five dollar bike with a rocket launcher duct taped on and its tough to balance the $$$ out.... <fin>

[Nebe]

durka durka

[likwid]

bakka lakka dakka street


durqa durqa mohammed jihad

[Raven]

insurgents are drafting children....14 -15 -16

kids there: knew how to rebuild an ak 47 at 7 years of age.

our soldiers will have the responsibility of having to kill them also.

[Nebe]

But the oil companies are making so much money! why ruin such a good thing.

[NaCl H2O]

I'm mailing them my beach buggy

[likwid]

Originally Posted by NaCl H2O

I'm mailing them my beach buggy

make sure to send it postage due.

[outfished]

That's the ticket.

[likwid]

"And now, for the rest of the story."

timesonline.co.uk

Brazilian's family claim police altered their story
By Daniel McGrory
THE family of the Brazilian man shot dead by marksmen who mistook him for a suicide bomber revealed last night how police have changed their account of the incident.

As the body of Jean Charles de Menezes was flown home to Brazil for his funeral later today, his cousin said that senior officers at Scotland Yard have retracted claims that the 27-year-old electrician was acting suspiciously, so officers had no option but to open fire.

Vivien Figueiredo, 22, said police told her that he was wearing a lightweight denim jacket and not some bulky coat that could have hidden an explosive belt underneath. Detectives also claimed immediately after the shooting that Mr Menezes had refused to heed shouted warnings by armed police and vaulted the ticket barriers at Stockwell Tube station.

Now police say that he used his travelcard to gain access to the station. Ms Figueiredo said: “They are saying he did absolutely nothing wrong when he was killed, so why don’t they say all this publicly.”

Police shot the electrician seven times in the head and once in the shoulder at point-blank range.

The family claim that Mr Menezes’s death forced Scotland Yard to change its shoot-to-kill orders. In yesterday’s arrest in Birmingham, the family point out that police used a Taser stun gun. They want to know why a similar weapon was not used last Friday.

Ms Figueiredo also expressed anger at reports that one of the officers involved in the fatal shooting had gone on holiday with his family, paid for by the Metropolitan Police.

She said: “It is not right that this person should now be enjoying his holiday when we are suffering.”

Alex Pereira, 27, another cousin accompanying the coffin on the flight home, said: “The officer must be brought back and show the world he did something wrong”. Senior officers emphasised that the independent investigation into the incident was continuing.

A vigil marking one week since Mr Menezes’s death will take place at 5.30pm on Friday in Parliament Square. A service will be held at Westminster Cathedral at the same time as his funeral in Brazil.

[Navy Chief]

It's very sad about the Brazilian guy that was shot.

Question: How many civilians were killed in the strategic bombing of Berlin and Hiroshima?

There have always been civilian casualties of war. How about all the folks that died here on 9/11.

Smart bombs have created the words "collateral damage". Perhaps the problems in Iraq were caused by not enough collateral damage.

Flatten the entire place, make it a big sheet of glass then the problem is ended.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Navy Chief

Flatten the entire place, make it a big sheet of glass then the problem is ended.

We certianly wouldn't have to worry about a free and democratic Iraq then would we

Collateral damage happens, but given that now a majority of Americans believe our motivation for War was suspect...it's no suprise to see so many so bent out of shape.

What Bush and Company is clearly too arrogant to realize is that people are much more forgiving when they think you're honestly doing things for the right reasons. Little lies make big lies when death is on the line.

-spence

[spence]

Originally Posted by Navy Chief

Flatten the entire place, make it a big sheet of glass then the problem is ended.

We certianly wouldn't have to worry about a free and democratic Iraq then would we

Collateral damage happens, but given that now a majority of Americans believe our motivation for War was suspect...it's no suprise to see so many so bent out of shape.

What Bush and Company are clearly too arrogant to realize is that people are much more forgiving when they think you're honestly doing things for the right reasons. Little lies make big lies when death is on the line.

-spence