Iraq

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Sun Feb 9 18:09:15 CST 2003


on 2/9/03 5:24 PM, prozak at anus.com at prozak at anus.com wrote:

> 
>> How do you hit a suicidal terrorist in your own city with a high-load
>> bomber? General Giap's quote is relevant today.
> 
> i am speaking of the war against iraq; they have no jungles in which
> to hide,

They have the urban jungles of New York, DC, Chicago, south Florida, Boston,
San Francisco, and L.A. Truly grabbing the enemy bu the belt. If Saddam was
not complicit in suicide bombings before, he will be soon.

> thus will as an empire fall to u.s. bombers. no doubt about
> that in my mind. however, terrorists will be handled by an
> increasingly police state - one in which (as now) all phone
> conversations, ATM transactions and computer doings will be tracked
> if not outright recorded.
> 
Unfortunately, I think that you're right. No good will come of this. But it
seems like a forgone conclusion. So, I'm resigned to it.

Odd impending war anecdote: I ran into a buddy who just got reactivated but
failed his physical. It seems that he's now over 250lbs and exceeds the
capacity of the ejector seats for the fighters that he flies. He ordered a
pizza and another Guiness.




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