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RobertEarl

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54. 94% approve?

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 08:14 PM

Sep 2014

Damn, back in 2001, we were the 10%. Now we are down to being the 6%?

Not making progress, are we?

It sure is tempting to throw in with the bloodthirsty warmongers. Especially since there are so few of us peaceable folks left. But in the end, for me, it comes down to this: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", so I guess I'll just keep hanging with the good folks.

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Khora-Who? [View all] markpkessinger Sep 2014 OP

Erect Bogeyman, wave flag, start bombing, send troops, and talk about peace. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #1

What did Bush do on August 6, 2001? blm Sep 2014 #2

Dismissvely told his CIA briefer "All right. You've covered your ass, now." and went fishing Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #45

Bush was criticized for ignoring the threat of AQ before it was too late oberliner Sep 2014 #3

Yes, and I'm sure the administration will be forthcoming soon with the details of Khorasan's plot . markpkessinger Sep 2014 #5

Um--I think if you want some background on Khorasan, you should familiarize msanthrope Sep 2014 #12

Enjoy YOUR war. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #60

And your point is ..................??? Martin Eden Sep 2014 #15

Maybe these people were actually planning a terror attack? oberliner Sep 2014 #21

Nah, it's much easier to complain about the President regardless of which decision he makes. Throd Sep 2014 #25

Maybe, maybe Not (planning an attack on US soil) Martin Eden Sep 2014 #27

Killing the people who were in the process of planning 9/11 would have prevented 9/11 oberliner Sep 2014 #31

Then we would have had to bomb the USA, or Germany, or Saudi Arabia (places the plotters were) Martin Eden Sep 2014 #49

so how many other countries should we preemptivly attack? liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #28

None oberliner Sep 2014 #32

They've actually done terror attacks--these are the guys who did the Cole, the Limburg, the msanthrope Sep 2014 #33

I'm willing to give the President the benefit of the doubt. We on DU dont know everything. 7962 Sep 2014 #34

Isn't that exactly what he did? oberliner Sep 2014 #35

Well--we are already familiar with these guys, and their plots. Think Anwar Awlaki. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #38

True oberliner Sep 2014 #39

Well, no, but these dudes are kind of used to shit falling from the sky unannounced. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #41

They've been saying for 2 weeks now that hits in Syria were needed. 7962 Sep 2014 #40

Wasn't that in regard to ISIS? oberliner Sep 2014 #56

Maybe the best way to prevent attacks by foreign bodies... MrMickeysMom Sep 2014 #62

The only thing missing are the props leftstreet Sep 2014 #4

Excellent summation of our Imperial policies in the ME and now Africa also. sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #6

Do you think the president should reveal all the intelligence information he has? GusBob Sep 2014 #7

The U.S. Government has cried wolf so many times they have lost any credibility. Maedhros Sep 2014 #29

Important post. woo me with science Sep 2014 #48

Thank you! n/t BuelahWitch Sep 2014 #55

She's The Avatar. But that's not important right now. nt DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2014 #8

Yes it is important! FrodosPet Sep 2014 #57

Finally! DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2014 #58

We didn't start airstrikes because of beheadings. We started them because ISIS took TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #9

David Khorasan whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #10

Isn't it a song by the Clash? Maedhros Sep 2014 #53

Um..Khorasan's been around for a decade plus. Just because you never heard of them msanthrope Sep 2014 #11

How long have US Intel agencies been around? n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #13

Well, I'm watching TURN: Washington's Spies on AMC, so I'm going to say msanthrope Sep 2014 #14

When did you first hear the name Khorasan used? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #16

Jihadists have been using the Khorasan name for a very long time. Xithras Sep 2014 #19

When did you first hear it used as the name of a specific group? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #20

"Khorosan Group" is an American given name. Xithras Sep 2014 #42

Thanks for the explanation. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #46

Applied to this group? I want to say 2004 or thereabouts. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #23

Do have a reference in the MSM for it? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #24

Well, If you take a look at UN Resolution 1267, the various members of it started msanthrope Sep 2014 #30

Khorasan Group is what US intel calls them - they are al-Qaeda hack89 Sep 2014 #44

This group is believed to have 50 members rusty fender Sep 2014 #17

Read up on the BA bomb plot--it was these dudes. That's why the BBC is taking this msanthrope Sep 2014 #43

I would tend to agree with you. It might appear we are being....... wandy Sep 2014 #18

The head of Khorasan was identified by the UN in 2005 as an AQterrorist. If what you are saying is msanthrope Sep 2014 #36

It is just curious that they suddenly are in the spotlight. Probably their........ wandy Sep 2014 #47

Huh. So Obama had 6 years to do something about them? leftstreet Sep 2014 #50

Obama used the last 6 years to drone strike the shit out of them in Yemen. You think msanthrope Sep 2014 #51

Excellent summary of the con job. Thank you. woo me with science Sep 2014 #22

Maybe the Mongols could lend a hand. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #26

Khorammanuel Goldstein Man from Pickens Sep 2014 #37

Or watch the "Clanging Of The Swords Part IV" FrodosPet Sep 2014 #59

Those beheadings were the New Pearl Harbor of the 20-teens. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #52

Yes, we forget that a new Generation of Kids who know nothing but War (over somewhere) KoKo Sep 2014 #64

94% approve? RobertEarl Sep 2014 #54

Here you go ... GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #61

I ain't buying it either... MrMickeysMom Sep 2014 #63

Excellent post. Kick and rec + $312,500 per hour nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #65