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KansDem

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29. Then why don't we go after No. 1?

Reply to Beaverhausen (Reply #23)

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 02:49 PM

Jun 2012

Is there some reason we always aim at the guy standing next to him?

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How many goddamn times are they going to kill al-Qaeda number 2? [View all] datasuspect Jun 2012 OP

Until we start bombing Iran. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #1

+1 Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #15

Well maybe it's promotions. Number 4 moves to 3 then 2 then 1 always having a fresh supply. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #2

considering we got Osama Bin Ladin shouldn't that monster be dead? Is Al-Qaeda like a Hydra? lookingfortruth Jun 2012 #3

Manny is a DU star member.. Fumesucker Jun 2012 #28

It's an endless loop. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #4

al-Qaeda has the most horizontal org chart in history. mikeytherat Jun 2012 #5

Who'd want the job? Ron Obvious Jun 2012 #6

He's gotta be paying outrageously high Not Me Jun 2012 #7

You all are making it sound more grandiose than it is. Rittermeister Jun 2012 #8

I would say most of this thread is tongue in cheek. Jazzgirl Jun 2012 #31

Bush did the same thing. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #9

O yes, W was Number ONE at taking Number Twos kenny blankenship Jun 2012 #51

I would think #2 would get a t-shirt made with "I'm #3" rufus dog Jun 2012 #10

What I'd like to know is treestar Jun 2012 #11

Dick Cheney would be my guess Bandit Jun 2012 #20

Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri replaced bin Laden. former9thward Jun 2012 #30

I don't know, maybe al-Qaeda hasn't SunsetDreams Jun 2012 #12

Until Turbineguy Jun 2012 #13

It's like the famous British sci-fi thriller mystery TV series "The Prisoner" slackmaster Jun 2012 #14

If someone was killed, they were No. 2? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #16

He's like Whack A Mole. postulater Jun 2012 #17

- IDemo Jun 2012 #18

More #2s than a pencil factory. hobbit709 Jun 2012 #19

More #2s than the cholera ward of a Mumbai hospital slackmaster Jun 2012 #26

There will always be a #2 so long as there are 70+ virgins awaiting him. randome Jun 2012 #21

As long as it's necessary to convince the American people that a lost war can still be won. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #22

You realize that when one is killed, there is a replacement, right? Beaverhausen Jun 2012 #23

i watch cartoons for a living datasuspect Jun 2012 #24

Then why don't we go after No. 1? KansDem Jun 2012 #29

We go after both, but #1 is harder to get, apparently treestar Jun 2012 #49

Yah..thinking that #2 is person, rather than a position Sheepshank Jun 2012 #32

we should all strive for precision in description datasuspect Jun 2012 #37

Actually, it was usually #3 that was killed one way or the other. Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #25

I wonder if your erudition whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #34

There, there. You can keep believing Al Qaeda didn't commit the 9/11 attack if you want to. Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #38

And you can keep believing whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #39

Yes, I know, I'm the worst person ever. Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #43

Until number 2 stays dead? SheilaT Jun 2012 #27

Somebody keeps forgetting the Zombieland Double tap? n/t Sheepshank Jun 2012 #33

Ah yes... the never-ending pool of madmen... whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #35

If they'd quit filling that job, we'd quit killing the incumbent! Bake Jun 2012 #36

The al-Qaeda redshirt. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #40

it's like a reoccurring saturday night live bit... spanone Jun 2012 #41

I think Al-Libi is the first #2 for AQ-central. Igel Jun 2012 #42

I've been saying that for years. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #44

theoretically: infinite times. or until the end of human life on earth. whichever comes first. magical thyme Jun 2012 #45

Kill a #2, a new #2 steps in. WilliamPitt Jun 2012 #46

Because the #2 gets replaced felix_numinous Jun 2012 #47

Infinite, even if they have to give some random kat a "field promotion" to the position TheKentuckian Jun 2012 #48

the rubes over in the faux snooze comment section.. frylock Jun 2012 #50

As long as they keep promoting number threes tabasco Jun 2012 #52

no, the teevee was never clear on this datasuspect Jun 2012 #54

Everytime they kill a #2 a new #2 pops up to take his place. MoonRiver Jun 2012 #53