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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:55 PM Original message |
The ‘War on Terror’ Spreads to Africa |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. AFRICOM is actually a fairly decent idea |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If this is not neo-colonialism, then what is? |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yeah this reeks of Journalistic Integrity |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What factual material |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yeah I am sure us "leaving" Africa is going to go over |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The "vested interest in security in Africa" that you speak of |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Your g-d damn right it is our economic interest at stake |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Puh-leeze! |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Got another talking point for me |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Eat, drink and be merry, pal. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Peace out |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. I hope you stay safe. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. BIngo! n/t |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. more bases = expanding bases.....we are not the world's police. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. The 'war on terror' itself is the biggest terrorist... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Shock Doctrine! |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. you want a real joke? |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It is in Germany until a good site can be found in Africa |
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Lord Wortherington (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. The United States knows franchising. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Nothing to do with arms dealing |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Propaganda |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well I am in the Military |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. That does not make you any more knowledgable than the |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It makes me fairly knowledgeable about the motivations for |
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Lord Wortherington (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Care to explain to me why Israel is in EUCOM |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. For the same reason that Egypt is in CENTCOM |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. In fact, just as a note, I once wrote a pretty extensive |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Yeah, and I could talk up "No Child Left Behind" |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Several DUers |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. But you keep screaming propaganda everytime I make a point |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Do you have any clue what those "operations" are? n/t |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I "have a clue" about many of them yes |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Petroleum interests are opening up in a big way. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Fine, you keep painting your hands red and crashing |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. That wasn't me. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I remember my political arrest |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. A lot of people are arrested lately for exercising free speech |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Major General Smedley Butler on Interventionism |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. MAJGEN Butler has his opinion |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. These are not merely opinions |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. And perhaps you're looking at things from a different |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. War on Terror? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. Can you say petroleum, kids? n/t |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Heck we'd nuke 'em for their bananas. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. kick |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. A dreadful idea, appropriately rejected by the most important countries in Africa |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. Emm not so sure about |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
47. Emm......,ot so sure bout this one |
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