Ego, Pride, and Selfishness prevents listening to arguements from

[opihimoimoi]

what we consider 3rd world peoples. Thus we didn't listen to the warnings by OBL.

I guess we took it personal. I can see it now, "Nobody is gonna tell THIS President what to do."

Who winning who?

Lets tally the score. The Osama guys lost a couple thousand and a few million bucks.

We are losing Billion$ and if we add the security, the time lost, etc etc, its into the trillion$. Osama is winning big time bet on it.

[jpgray]

1. This is why we don't respond to Iraq's big 'GET OUT' message

We instead respond with 'we must harden our resolve' bullshit, and around and around we go. :(

[opihimoimoi]

4. Denial?? Can we spell it? Do we know the meaning even?

[Cloud]

5. Yeah

Remember, after almost 60 years we still have troops in Germany and Japan. We will have troops in Iraq for a long time to come. Maybe even establish a few permanent bases there. Count on it.

[Arianrhod]

2. Pardon my language here, please, but

what we are seeing is the playing out of what George Carlin calls "The Big Dick Theory of Politics". This game is particularly dangerous when played by someone with an inferiority complex who suddenly obtains a large amount of power. Or by a religious fanatic with the same power. But when the two characteristics mix. . . .

[opihimoimoi]

3. It (the mixture) creates a serious lethal condition followed often by dire

consequences. The gullible sheep fall for the spin shit and it continues.

Come, our tee time is next; we in the hole.