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Name: Jose
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| "Afghanistan has made great strides since being liberated five years ago, but that progress is now at risk. The United States and our NATO allies have made a commitment to prevent the Taliban from taking over Afghanistan again. We intend to keep it." [SECDEF Robert Gates, 12/18/08] Although my fellow soldiers were entertained by the USO performers, I was more interested in what Admiral Mullen had to say: CNN: Up to 30,000 new troops to be sent to Afghanistan
BBC: US increases Afghan troop pledge And so it begins.  Hallelujah! | | |
| The Mushroom Doctrine would prevent the sentence from being broadcast in the United States. You can rest assured knowing that our censors (the Federal Communications Commission) would ban the screening due to its graphic content. Of course, I honestly don't care if our sheltered people see it or not. The message, after all, is not intended for them. Furthermore, the FCC prevents (or discourages) the media from broadcasting a lot of things. Do you remember the moral outrage over Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction? Considering the social conservative outcry, one would think that her nipple would herald the End of Days. Oh, and how can we forget about ABC's reluctance to air "Saving Private Ryan" in 2004. The furor over the Super Bowl fiasco prompted the FCC to placate the conservatives' fragile sensibilities by threatening the networks with hefty fines. Obviously, this made the media nervous about airing questionable material. As a result, many ABC stations pulled the program from its scheduled Veteran's Day slot. The act was nothing short of pathetic. The very social conservatives who supported Bush's unlawful war of aggression, staunchly opposed a film that featured a dramatic, yet accurate representation of combat. Why? Because it was too obscene. (shaking head) ….stupid, stupid, stupid people. I was reminded of the scene in "Apocalypse Now" when Colonel Kurtz said: "They train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write fuck on their airplanes because it's obscene!" This is the world we live in. Anyways, since I'm discussing censorship, I thought you'd like to know that Faux News routinely censored and attacked Ron Paul. I guess Rupert Murdoch, a despicable entrepreneur of neoconservative propaganda, didn't dig what the good congressman had to say. (Ron Paul censored on 01/10/08) (Ron Paul: the censorship continues pt.1) (Ron Paul: the censorship continues pt.2) (Ron Paul: the censorship continues pt.3) (Ron Paul: the censorship continues pt.4) Chris Wallace, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Kristol, Brit Hume... these propagandists were on overdrive when it came to painting Ron Paul as an unhinged and unpatriotic lunatic. Not only did Faux try to smear him, they also restricted his coverage, and unfairly limited the number of supporters that wanted to attend the Faux-sponsored debates. This, by the way, is the network that prides itself as being fair and balanced.  | | |
| Ameneh Bahrami, a 27-year-old Iranian woman, was blinded and horribly disfigured in 2004 after a spurned suitor threw sulfuric acid on her face. Majid Movahedi confessed to the attack saying, "I decided to splash acid on her face so her husband would leave her and I could have her." This is how this lunatic expressed his so-called love: 
(sigh)  Anyways, Movahedi was arrested, tried, and found guilty of this heinous crime. When asked about an appropriate sentence, Bahrami told the court that she wanted, "to inflict the same life on him that he inflicted on me." Asked by the judge if she wanted Movahedi's face to be splashed with acid, Bahrami replied, "That is impossible and horrific. Just drip 20 drops of acid in his eyes so he can realize what pain I am undergoing." The court did not deem this request unreasonable. Honestly, I can't say that I feel bad about Bahrami's sentence. Women are mercilessly beaten, maimed, raped, and killed because of ultra-conservative Muslim extremism. The advocates of this radical and dangerous ideology have shown themselves to lack the intelligence and moral compass needed to live amongst the civilized. These fanatics are brutes. Wild animals. Quite frankly, I think I've had all I can take from these barbaric cave-dwellers. I really, really do. The Taliban regime is comprised of some of the most contemptible ultra-conservative Muslim extremists on the planet. They are zealots. Fanatics who will do anything to advance their wayward agenda. There is no standard of moral decency that these brutes would not breach for the sake of their peculiar religious dogma. Even fellow Muslims are not immune from attack. Recently, the Taliban recruited several men to target young women in Kandahar. These zealots were instructed to spray acid on the face of girls who were trying to get an education. You see, the Taliban doesn't want Muslim girls to learn the skills needed to be independent. The Taliban doesn't want Muslim girls to realize that it's not okay to be beaten for having the audacity to demand that they be treated better than dogs. It's obvious that Taliban militants have little regard for their own lives since they're so eager to die for their crazy beliefs. However, fear is a powerful motivator. Movahedi will be a living reminder of what happens to radicals who violate the brand of Islam that best represents the ideals adhered to by most Muslims. The fact of the matter is that most Muslim nations condemn what happened to those Afghan girls. We need to capitalize on that sentiment in order for us to incite the general citizenry to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda for us. The 10 men arrested for spraying acid on the face of those school girls should be given the exact same sentence as Majid Movahedi. The mainstream media should be invited to film the spectacle so that the entire world can see that we're through playing games with these extremists. If the Muslim world can accept the decision of the Iranian court, it will also accept the decision of the Afghan court. I say that it's well past time that we used sharia and fear to our advantage. (Afghan teacher wants acid thrown on her attackers) By the way. The 10 men arrested for the acid attack were Afghans who had traveled from Pakistan. Shocking. | | |
| On September 15, 2006, Bush said that dispatching our special forces into Pakistan was a strategy that wouldn't work. Nevertheless, Bush doesn't want to piss Zardari off by sending more than a handful of troops into the region because of his concern that, "it could cause a rift with Pakistan." In other words, we can't dispatch a few troops into Pakistan because the administration thinks it's too risky, and we can't dispatch a lot of troops because Zardari doesn't approve. As if that wasn't enough, our "allies" in Pakistan have been ordered to shoot us if we trespass into their so-called sovereign territory. Never mind the fact that we have irrefutable evidence that the Taliban and al Qaeda leadership are operating out of the FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas). Although Bush didn't have any regard for international conventions when he invaded Iraq, our incompetent Commander-in-Chief now believes that our conventional ground forces can't respond without first being invited into the country harboring the Taliban and al Qaeda leadership orchestrating the very attacks that are killing our troops in Afghanistan. As I've already pointed out, this political nonsense is not stopping us from doing what needs to be done with our UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). However, if our special forces run into trouble in Pakistan, they're on their own (thanks to Bush and Zardari). (Zardari confirms that force will be used to repel border incurssions) Let me acquaint you with Operation Red Wing. On June 28, 2005, a four-man SEAL team led by Lieutenant Mike Murphy was conducting a LRS (long range surveillance) mission in the Kunar Province. The SEALs ran into trouble, and requested immediate support. The extradition element was comprised of unconventional forces out of Bagram. My question is: Why weren't any A-10s dispatched? 
I want you to read the official summary of what happened: (Operation Redwing) "The heavy weight of the [Longbow] attack helicopters slowed the formation's advance prompting the MH-47 [Chinook] to outrun their armored escort." A Chinook has a top speed of 196 mph. An A-10 has a top speed of 518 mph. This is a heavily armored aircraft especifically designed for CAS (close air support). Of course, I should point out that A-10s aren't typically attached to unconventional units. With that in mind, I'll let you ponder over why the rescue mission was so clandestine. All I can tell you is that many good men died fighting the Taliban on June 28, 2005. (Taliban video of the aftermath) Oh, it just warms my heart to know that our conventional forces in Afghanistan are rendered impotent by Bush and Zardari. Conventional troops have to sit idly by while their brothers-in-arms are getting killed by cave-dwellers being helped by our so-called allies.  It's nothing short of sickening. Yet, these are the games we have to play because of our dumb-ass administration. (The true face of our so-called friends in Pakistan) | | |
| On March 20, 2003, Bush waged an unlawful war of aggression against a sovereign nation that had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. On May 10, 2005, a Georgian national threw a hand grenade at him. On December 14, 2008, an Iraqi national threw a pair of shoes at him. Progress. | | |
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