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Oh, to be a Kabulian.
Hehe, did you guys see the news today? I saw some footage of men in Kabul , Afghanistan running around the streets cheering because the Taliban has fled the stronghold. They had all shaved their mandatory beards and playing music on ghetto blasters (Music had been banned by the Taliban regeme..) The women were flapping their veils up and down.. I guess they were still a little afraid.. 
I love it.
Poor bastards needed a break.
Yay for kabul!
I hope they are playing tiesto over there..
do you have a place I could see that online?
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| Originally posted by RavingLunatic I hope they are playing tiesto over there.. |
Uhm..maybe www.CNN.com
yeah, but I am too lazy to go searching through archives and stuff.
yeah its nice to see them happy finally, but they're saying things could get pretty ugly from now on...
peace
ya seeing that actually made me feel sorry for them and happy for them at the same time.
Hehe, yeah, I know how you feel. I can't ever fathom living like that..
and now i wanna hear those again who yelled and cried to stop the bombings...who sympathized with the so so sooo poor taliban who gets the american bombs up their ass
--> thats for the pacifists here
no, the war's not over yet, not at all, but what would have happned without the merican strikes? The northern alliance didnt stand a chance and today they rule some 70% of afghanistan
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| Originally posted by TranceGiant and now i wanna hear those again who yelled and cried to stop the bombings...who sympathized with the so so sooo poor taliban who gets the american bombs up their ass --> thats for the pacifists hereno, the war's not over yet, not at all, but what would have happned without the merican strikes? The northern alliance didnt stand a chance and today they rule some 70% of afghanistan |
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| Originally posted by cweb Are you completely insane????? Congratulation USA you have dethroned the Taliban (which is a prinicpal good thing) BUT the North alliance is not that much better than the Taliban. They are not so religious like the Taliban (i.e. music, women) but they are a cruel group as well (remember the middle 90s?). I think they are better, but not that much that a war is ok to install them. They are "Mudschaheddin" as well (do you know the meaning?). I wonder if they are willing to give up their power to install a UN-protected Government. Beside that... What were the targets at the beginning of the war??? Right, the fight against terrorism! Do you see Osama hang from a tree? Where is Mullah Omar (dont know if he is a terrorist, he is ther head of the taliban which is bad enough)?? Is there any proof that al-Kiada is destroyed (beside the fact that there are several other militant groups who are willing to take the crown)? I'm wonder what the US (and YOU as well) will say when in 2 years some bridge explode and osama is on TV, giggling in the camera. On the other side this war has CAUSED problems inside islamic countries (Pakistan for example, what if the militant group take over the power? bomb them as well???). And it caused problems in europe too. for example germany: many people there are against the war, at least 20% I would say. But NO political party is agaainst it. BESIDE the PDS (communists) and the NPD (Nazis). That is not a good sign. The fact that the war has made afghanistan taliban-free (really?????) does not justify a war which the main target was fullfilled and have Caused more problems that it solved. Beside that there were "colleteral damage" as well. And how stupid can you be too paint a lunchbag like a bomb????? Or how cruel.... |
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| Originally posted by RavingLunatic Yay for kabul! I hope they are playing tiesto over there.. do you have a place I could see that online? |
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| Originally posted by TranceGiant and now i wanna hear those again who yelled and cried to stop the bombings...who sympathized with the so so sooo poor taliban who gets the american bombs up their ass --> thats for the pacifists hereno, the war's not over yet, not at all, but what would have happned without the merican strikes? The northern alliance didnt stand a chance and today they rule some 70% of afghanistan |
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| Originally posted by cweb And it caused problems in europe too. for example germany: many people there are against the war, at least 20% I would say. But NO political party is agaainst it. BESIDE the PDS (communists) and the NPD (Nazis). That is not a good sign. |
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| all I can say to all the so called "pacifists" is: WHAT is the alternative?? |
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| But not only does it have something to do with defenfing our culture and society but also with taking responsibility for what is going on in this world. And also remember that it was not us (with us I mean the western world in general) who attacked first... |
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| It`s too easy to sit in a "neutral" country that is not taking any responsibility for anything outside their own country and not participating in any effort to end this terror regime and just bitch about the countries who take responsibility! |
I don't know if u wrote this post before or after my SECOND posting where i referred to cweb's commentary.
First..why do u guys get so fast so personal? Any1 not sharing ur opinions is either misinformed or even insane, think about that.
Look, you dont tell me ANY news with "America has a long history of assisting the "enemy of the enemy" in situations like these" and "The various factions that make up the Northern Alliance have just as bad a history as the Taliban ".
Where did i say that that's it, the Taliban are gone, Long live the N.A. , we won, hasta la vista?
I just see it as a first step TOWARDS the solution of the problem. A first step that wouldnt have been achieved WITHOUT the bombings- fact.
Ill go further and say that if we'll let the N.A. rule, its gonna be THEM whol fuck us in 10, 15 years. Just as the Taliban, just as Saddam. Thus i hope that the US have learned from the past! Apparently they have since the actually prohibited the N.A. to enter Kabul, sine they wanna form a new government respecting the wishes and attitudes of ALL ethni groups in the country( and there are many). Im not sure if the N.A. would join such a governement but the Taliban's refusal is prooved.
"Just keep booting people out of power until they have a government they agree with? Do they have the right to do that? "
Its not that easy, Renegade. It's not that "we dont agree" with them as in....their economical views contradict ours,..it's a situation of WAR. The Taliban was attacked due to their support of Terrorism (culminating in their assist to those horrible attacks on sept. 11th)in the first place. The fact that they treated women like or WORSE than animals is another reason to fight them but was NOT our main motivation. Oops...i speak as "we"..
, but i feel part of it..
Anyway, this war's topic is "war against terrorism" meaning war against the terrorists themselves and those supporting them!--> the Taliban.
today's blackest terror-sheep is Al Quaida with their leader Bin Laden plus the Taliban helping them. Thats why they bomb. Now u can argue about the HOW but not about the IF to fight this war.
"? Well, we'll see if it's still that way in 20 years when the US refuse to vacate all the Middle-Eastern territories they've invaded and occupied."
please dont mix things that don't belong together..we're talking about the war against terror and not the "reasons" for it.
If u wanna discuss the latter im ready, but those 2 things MUST be seperated.
"There's something to be said for pacifism. It may not give mindless twats like Bush the quick, instant-gratification they desire, but, unlike war, it rarely makes the problems any worse. "
Let's recall the WW2 situation...when Chamberlain gave up Czecoslovacia just in order to get along with Hitler...we all know what happened then, and we also know WHO eventually destroyed the camps in auschwitz etc...not the pacifists but the allies (u wont believe but they TOO killed innocents when bombing Berlin or Dresden!)
Doing nothing is sometimes interpretated as a sign of weakness giving terrorists thei kind of justification of their acts motivating them to impress more the next times..and as i said, negotiationg with maniacs who're ready to DIE just in order to kill ya too is, "slightly insane"
"but the US's self-righteousness and their own brand of new-age, economic imperialism is leading this planet down the fast road towards self-destruction. "
thats a bit one-sided and rewuires another specific discussion...
your, slightly insane,
TranceGiant
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| Originally posted by Renegade [B] Pacifism may not irridicate terrorism, but it's also less likely to provoke future terrorist attacks. Militantism, on the other hand, is more likely than not to add fuel to the fire that is radiply becoming a raging inferno. For every terrorist you murder, you create a new one, even more full of vengeful anger than the first. Seeing as military action cannot, regardless of what Mr. Bush thinks, come anywhere near irridacting terrorism, you tell me what the best course of action is? Taking into account not just the next few months, but the next few decades? |
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| Ah, so they bombed three of our building which gives us a responsibility to carpet bomb their enitire country until they learn to "love" the west? |
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| Where did i say that that's it, the Taliban are gone, Long live the N.A. , we won, hasta la vista? I just see it as a first step TOWARDS the solution of the problem. A first step that wouldnt have been achieved WITHOUT the bombings- fact. Ill go further and say that if we'll let the N.A. rule, its gonna be THEM whol fuck us in 10, 15 years. Just as the Taliban, just as Saddam. Thus i hope that the US have learned from the past! |
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| Apparently they have since the actually prohibited the N.A. to enter Kabul, sine they wanna form a new government respecting the wishes and attitudes of ALL ethni groups in the country( and there are many). Im not sure if the N.A. would join such a governement but the Taliban's refusal is prooved. |
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| It's not that "we dont agree" with them as in....their economical views contradict ours,..it's a situation of WAR. The Taliban was attacked due to their support of Terrorism (culminating in their assist to those horrible attacks on sept. 11th)in the first place. The fact that they treated women like or WORSE than animals is another reason to fight them but was NOT our main motivation. |
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| Let's recall the WW2 situation...when Chamberlain gave up Czecoslovacia just in order to get along with Hitler...we all know what happened then, and we also know WHO eventually destroyed the camps in auschwitz etc...not the pacifists but the allies (u wont believe but they TOO killed innocents when bombing Berlin or Dresden!) |
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| Doing nothing is sometimes interpretated as a sign of weakness giving terrorists thei kind of justification of their acts motivating them to impress more the next times..and as i said, negotiationg with maniacs who're ready to DIE just in order to kill ya too is, "slightly insane" |
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| Originally posted by Renegade And again, pacifism doesn't just mean sitting back and "turning the other cheek" so to speak (though I suppose that it could) it just simply refers to the most peaceful way, like I said before, of acheiving what needs to be done. Having said that, in my opinion, doing absolutely nothing would still be a better alternative in terms of detering terrorist action - in the long run especially - to the military action taking place now. |
Puh, way too much text at the moment for me (I have to write a two side-text for tommorrow). Fortunately I have someone here who looks to have the same way of thinking about this mess. BTW: good posts Renegade.
@Sir L: What do you want to know, where I have the 20% from? Thats just a guess. I'm on different german forums, not just political ones, and at least half of the users is against the war. So I just guessed...
@TranceGiant
1. relax, im not completely insane.
hope so
2. maybe u should re-read my post, i pointed out that the war is not over AT ALL. I DO know what Mudjaheddin are (the guerilleros fighting sowjet invaders) and im also aware of the fact that the northern alliane cant be the solution either.
That's got nothing to do with the fact that the US-intervention is not ONLY bad, cruel SENSELESS as ppl wanna see it but can also achieve positive changes.
I donno if u heared Bush, but he himself didnt wanna the N.A. to go into Kabul in order to controll the city. The US wants to form a multiethnical new government, what I think would be the best solution as well.
Yeah a multethnical government...day-dreaming! Thsts just not gonna happen! Its a nice idea, but how to achieve that? Bush supposedly want the 87-year-old Schah blabla (!!!87??? almost dead...) to be the chief. What does the US think? they can say: youre the chief and all are happy??
3. The war as i said aint over yet, i guess its just the beginning..but u HAVE to admit that the situation for the afghan ppl as well as for the fight against terrorism has bcame much better DUE TO american strikes.
The Taliban who were a poweful politial movement, ruling a whole country support Bin Laden's Al- Quaida are now a little bunch of loosers hiding in caves. Id say that IS a sucess in the war against terror but not its end.
First of all: ....the situation is for those who have SURVIVED (never forget the colateral dammage!) better!
then: They have just achieved that Osama have to flee to another country or is hidden in the bush. Perhaps the activities for Osama is hampered for two years. BUT THEN he will come back!
What i wanna say is that all those who scream "stop the war" never thought about alternatives! If u ask me...i prefer to kill my enemy instead of getting killed by him and since negotiating with him hasnt worked out it's time to make business.
Pitty about the German crisis but ..every1 has his right to have his own opinion and if the majority is against Schroeders idead then let it be so
But if the US wants to kill their enemies they have to kill more than half of the world!!!!
alternatives: Im with you that you have to do something against the terrorism. But you have to do that 2-dimensionally! First you have to find the terrorists, second you have to solve the reasons why terrorists exist. For the second point the US seems to do nothing (destroying 1 terrornet is not really that great for that matter). But they do even the first point the wrong way, for heavens sake! IF you weant to kill the terrorist, you have first of all to try to observe him. Bombing a country in which he supposedly live is not good for 2 reasons: 1)big amount of coleteral damage 2) you give him the opportunity to flee (if he is not a dumbfuck he is gone). You have to try to find him exactly and KILL HIM with a special commando, thats the best solution. This way the terrorists disappear and the folk is not dead. Problem is this coul cost many US soldats. And for the government is much easier to bomb a country (and risk the deads of millions!) than risk the life of an US soldier!
You have to consider one thing: This is not a standard war, you cant fight against Nations you have to fight against a WORLDWIDE activity.
Terrorists do exist almost everywhere: does the US bomb the Kosovo??? UCK is as much a terroristic organisation as the taliban, they are just americanfriendly and are not a problem therefore.
Hopefully Renegade is available and can take part again, cos he has the better language
and maybe more time. See ya sometime tommorrow
one last thing:
I see no country I would rather live in than the Switzerland, beside some lonely island, where peace is still there.
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| Originally posted by Sir. Lunchalot Where did you get that information from? Maybe you should inform us (the german public) about this as well? We are all very well aware of the terrorist threat for all the western civilization and all I can say to all the so called "pacifists" is: WHAT is the alternative?? But not only does it have something to do with defenfing our culture and society but also with taking responsibility for what is going on in this world. And also remember that it was not us (with us I mean the western world in general) who attacked first... It`s too easy to sit in a "neutral" country that is not taking any responsibility for anything outside their own country and not participating in any effort to end this terror regime and just bitch about the countries who take responsibility! |
here I'm again (but just a few secs, man this articel I have to write will cost me half the night, goddamit!
@Eugene:
Israel secure???? hmm...dont think so! they are facing terror almost every day!m and it wont be solved until they accept a state named palastina (if it ends after that is of course another question).
You can not compare Germany to a whole bunch of organisations! You can fight a country in a common war, but you have to search for diferent ways to fight against worldwide terrorism.
As I said you have to kill terrorists, here Im with you
. but there are reasons (dont blame the islam, its just a tool) behind terrorism and you have to kill them too!! If you just bomb a regime and hunt one terrorist or one terrorist organisation, you'll lose no matter what!
and for that lanchelot quote: I would write almost exactly the same if I would be german or an "�si
"! And Im really happy that our government(country) is not in the NATO, else they would probably act the same as Germany!
and one last thing for today (I promise):
about being a pacifist (meaning doing nothing when some cruelty happens). Im for the dead for a "child-******" for example and I cant stand that we are actually releasing some fucked-up head because of "good behaviour" after 10 years and he fucks or kill someone 2 days later. If someone has commit a proved (that is the main problem) murder he deserves to die. Osama deserves to die too. BUT YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE REAL PROBLEMS!!! And you have to kill him, not a folk!!!!
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