It appears we've had to deal with terrorism even in America's infancy. Can someone briefly explain what 100's of America's sailors were doing in the Middle East when they became captive during Thomas Jefferson's presidency? We weren't looking for oil were we?
Please excuse the source, But I have some other things to attend to now that the race is over. The url piece is accurate enough, I didn't check the cross references. But if memory serves, the U.S. was dealing with these guys into the early twentieth century.
Yep, tallies with the (long) article - well, the link for which - I posted. But this explains something I'd wondered about before: "The Barbary Coast, or Barbary... The name is derived from the Berber people of north Africa."
I'm not questioning that. Rather, I'm wondering why we haven't attacked al Qaeda where they have the largest numbers of people, or financial supporters (and that means two different places, not Iraq).
Because Iraq was the "Politically Correct" choice. Where else would we go after them? Saudi Arabia? And piss the government there off? They are just barely an ally as it is. That would have really brought the rath of the world down upon us. Jordan? The people don't like us, but the King went to Deerfield Academy and his wife is American. The people like him, so they put up with us while he is in power. No, not a good idea there. Syria? Why? What have they done? Again, the rath of the world would have been upon us. Iran? Same deal, but there the people like us but the government doesn't. Not a good choice there, either.
Iraq. A dictatorial leader who uses factions other then his own for Terminal 'experiments'. Possibly working on missle systems or nukes. Hated by his people, hated by the world. Known to look the other way when the Radicals need a place to call home.
Do you guys see the logic yet? It's there if you know something of the Middle East...
Look at your paragraph above, beginning with "Iraq. A dictatorial....."
What's missing from your description of the country?
Another question: Why have you not mentioned the places where we've KNOWN AQ to be operating? I won't tell you where. Maybe you'll go to the library, get some books, and one day, you'll sound like a person who's fulfilled his obligation as an American by being a well informed citizen.
Methinks you had a brain fart (get used to being 50!), couldn't come up w/"IED" off the top of your head (it was stuck in thge back of your head - until you didn't really need it to be at the tip of your tongue of course - get used to being 50!), & so typed "IUD, or whatever the hell they are" to save time from Googling!
You think this is a joke. If you've reproduced, remember that your grandchildren will hear your senile bullshit, and accept it as fact, unless your son or daughter do the right thing first, and keep their kids from being exposed to you.
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