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Hydra

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28. I had a bit of a revelation this morning about this

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 05:22 PM

Aug 2013

If Putin calls someone a terrorist, we laugh. When our people call someone a terrorist, some people are all serious about it.

"Terrorism" in essence is anything the leaders of a country don't approve of. If they work for us, they're "Freedom Fighters." If they work for people we don't like, they're "terrorists."

It's all an opinion. We're being asked to fight a war of opinion. As long as that opinion needs propping up, people will be killed for it.

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Question... when does a war on terror ever end? [View all] 1awake Aug 2013 OP

As long as the powers that be say it is on, it won't ever end quinnox Aug 2013 #1

Not anytime soon. There will always be terrorists but the government will milk it as much hrmjustin Aug 2013 #2

When the left votes for another Republican president cause the one they have isn't perfect enough? uponit7771 Aug 2013 #3

It's been 12 years with both Republican and Democrats in charge.. doesn't seem to matter. N/t 1awake Aug 2013 #5

Come on, this is histrionic uponit7771 Aug 2013 #8

No, it's reality cpwm17 Aug 2013 #60

Are you saying to replace the Republican we just got? Pholus Aug 2013 #11

^^^See^^^^ uponit7771 Aug 2013 #15

Hey, since you guys are tilting so far right I'm supporting you here. Pholus Aug 2013 #21

I'm not a purist, that doesn't mean I'm a winger either uponit7771 Aug 2013 #24

Check which group you're defending Hydra Aug 2013 #26

You mean the group of people who can inhale and exhale?! Just because Cheney does that to (maybe) uponit7771 Aug 2013 #27

This perpetual war of terror and surveiliance are Cheney's baby Hydra Aug 2013 #29

What is a "purist"? MNBrewer Aug 2013 #47

Anyone who has values that must simply be choked down.... Pholus Aug 2013 #58

Now the professional black helicopter tabloid purist tools of the right leftists are Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #14

come again? tia uponit7771 Aug 2013 #20

so no comment about what the OP is about? quinnox Aug 2013 #16

Point being if we don't support a congress and a president who don't want to have uponit7771 Aug 2013 #19

When does the War on Drugs end? Rex Aug 2013 #4

But, but..."War on Drugs"..."War on Terror"... lebkuchen Aug 2013 #36

True...only the Evil Doers are involved! Rex Aug 2013 #37

Never. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #6

agreed 1awake Aug 2013 #57

"War on Terror" warrprayer Aug 2013 #7

As soon as the money is cut off. So long as they can keep the money flowing, the ONLY sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #9

That is exactly what I was thinking. JEB Aug 2013 #35

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It's version 2.0 of the war on drugs... Pholus Aug 2013 #12

NEVER horror movies are big box office olddots Aug 2013 #13

never. There's too much money to be made off of it. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #17

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War on Terror = big business - So Never npk Aug 2013 #23

When the nation it's sucking the life out of collapses... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #25

Small correction ... polly7 Aug 2013 #34

I had a bit of a revelation this morning about this Hydra Aug 2013 #28

When rich people don't want to have all the money. So never. nt valerief Aug 2013 #30

Dunno, but keep asking this until it ends dreamnightwind Aug 2013 #31

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Terrorism isn't an enemy, it is a tactic. Mr.Bill Aug 2013 #33

"... until morale improves." n/t eShirl Aug 2013 #38

The NeoCons proudly christened it "The Long War". They and the MIC/IC hope it never ends. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #39

When terror's bloody corpse is dragged through the streets KamaAina Aug 2013 #40

First I have to ask, because I can't remember one tiny point. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #41

K&R Rebellious Republican Aug 2013 #42

When War Ends nt Cryptoad Aug 2013 #43

As long as the profiteers can continue making billions off it, it will never go away. Initech Aug 2013 #44

Cheney said it will last for decades, at least. tom_kelly Aug 2013 #45

Considering what the "War on Terror" has cost us......we lost. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #46

When it is no longer profitable. Cerridwen Aug 2013 #48

when not one single human being anywhere on earth ever again feels even for single second the Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #49

The color codes were the biggest fraud.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #50

Never: Beacuse war has a bimodal outcome CincyDem Aug 2013 #51

whenever the *noun* gives up. Phlem Aug 2013 #52

Never... Too Much Money... Too Many Boners... WillyT Aug 2013 #53

It is designed to never end! liberal N proud Aug 2013 #54

That is what scares me the most. n/t 1awake Aug 2013 #59

When there are no more taxpayer dollars to pocket. n/t Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #55

when there's no profit motive frylock Aug 2013 #56

For all of us? WOT will end when we cease to exist here. n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #61