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AnotherMcIntosh

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34. A claimed war against Terror can never end because Terror cannot surrender. Endless MIC profits.

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #26)

Mon Jul 8, 2013, 12:29 PM

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Fuck the War on Terror. [View all] kentuck Jul 2013 OP

Preach, brother! Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #1

And fuck the war on drugs while we're at it! polichick Jul 2013 #2

It may be replaced with Cold War II soon... Junkdrawer Jul 2013 #3

yep Kentuck, a war on a noun without borders..never ending and fueled by a thirst for profit xiamiam Jul 2013 #4

Ok, you talked me into it railsback Jul 2013 #5

I am sure they thank you for your endorsement. kentuck Jul 2013 #6

Interesting you draw hackers into the "war on terror." morningfog Jul 2013 #7

I didn't know hackers were specific to only a certain amount of activity railsback Jul 2013 #10

You are the one who suggested that wiping out hackers would need to be morningfog Jul 2013 #17

Interesting railsback Jul 2013 #18

Wait. You're "Right"? morningfog Jul 2013 #21

This is why the Snowden train is off the tracks railsback Jul 2013 #25

You see... ForeignandDomestic Jul 2013 #13

Yes, I suppose we could all be Gomer Pyles railsback Jul 2013 #20

So, you are saying that hackers can committ acts of terrorism through hacking? morningfog Jul 2013 #22

LoL. railsback Jul 2013 #24

You assume that every activity a "terrorist" may engage in needs to be halted morningfog Jul 2013 #28

You're doing all the assuming here. railsback Jul 2013 #43

"that viruses can be used to wipe out entire networks" Romulus Quirinus Jul 2013 #23

I refuse to fuck the War on Terror. dawg Jul 2013 #8

K&R Lizzie Poppet Jul 2013 #9

Just guessing but I would bet... kentuck Jul 2013 #11

Or nuts with guns who never should have been allowed to own them. Cleita Jul 2013 #16

And, fuck the PR twirp who named it. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #12

It's about money davidn3600 Jul 2013 #14

Your outrage is justified. Cleita Jul 2013 #15

And fuck everyone who's profiting from it Catherina Jul 2013 #19

K&R. There IS NO war on Terror. Terror is a tactic not an enemy. Lint Head Jul 2013 #26

A claimed war against Terror can never end because Terror cannot surrender. Endless MIC profits. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #34

+1. Take a one-off tragedy and turn it into multiple lifetimes of friendlyFRIEND Jul 2013 #27

I was at that point back in 2001. Solly Mack Jul 2013 #29

couldn't have handmade34 Jul 2013 #30

All our fake "wars" are about money... polichick Jul 2013 #31

Wow. Most of these posts remind me of a bunch of kids making faces and verbally sniping. PDJane Jul 2013 #32

It's just that... kentuck Jul 2013 #35

Oh, now you're advocating using violence to get what you want? Amonester Jul 2013 #46

Instead of putting the fuckers in jail and taking all their money in the '30s as any sane people Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #33

Borat had it right: it's a war of terror, not a war on terror. Initech Jul 2013 #36

So sad isn't it? Harmony Blue Jul 2013 #37

Love the looks of the faces on those people afterward. Initech Jul 2013 #44

That is a more true statement than anything the government has said about the war on terror. kentuck Jul 2013 #38

Like I keep saying: Initech Jul 2013 #45

I'm so weary of the terror, terror, terror shit. cali Jul 2013 #39

It is a recipe for PERMANENT WAR just what MIC has always wanted usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #40

This is even better than the Cold War... kentuck Jul 2013 #41

Exactly. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #42