Originally posted by caltour:
Originally posted by Dan Nixon:
the bad guys (and good guys) ARE listening to everything we say. I guess the real question is what DO we say. I do know we should not use terms like "quagmire" or "we are war criminals" or "prisoner abuse"..


Dan, are you saying that we should not allow open discussion of Bush's decision to invade Iraq? Are you saying we should not allow dissent re: the war in Iraq?



He's saying that the time for that is after the troops come home. You can hang GW from the tallest tree in your town & I'll provide the rope if you present a good enough argument, but until the men & women in uniform are out of harms way, you are giving the NMEs of the U.S. the idea that their tactics are succeeding. You're giving them the impression that they can divide the nation & erode support for the effort, & therefore they will continue to perform their evil deeds when they otherwise would quit. And yes, I am saying that if the nation were united in the effort (now that we are in fact there), the terrorists & their potential recruits would quickly see the futility of their methods.

There will be the few hard-core retards, but recruiting would be near impossible without evidence of any effectiveness.

Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.