Comments on: We’ve Apparently Attacked Al-Qaeda in Somalia http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:30:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Al Maviva http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-42040 Al Maviva Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:25:06 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-42040 Right on, Lynx. Isn't it amazingly uncanny how with all those precision weapons, practically the only things our servicemembers ever hit are aspirin factories, hospitals, wedding parties, schools, retirement homes, orphanages, and charities that benefit starving crippled children living in severe poverty. You'd think just once in a while, they could hit somebody other than a civilian, but apparently, just about everybody ever attacked by our troops is a poor helpless civilian, just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, according to 'sources'. Yeah, this one was probably a wedding party. Or maybe an interfaith reconciliation service. Or a yurt-warming. Or a bat mitzvah. Or a. . . Right on, Lynx. Isn’t it amazingly uncanny how with all those precision weapons, practically the only things our servicemembers ever hit are aspirin factories, hospitals, wedding parties, schools, retirement homes, orphanages, and charities that benefit starving crippled children living in severe poverty. You’d think just once in a while, they could hit somebody other than a civilian, but apparently, just about everybody ever attacked by our troops is a poor helpless civilian, just caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, according to ’sources’. Yeah, this one was probably a wedding party. Or maybe an interfaith reconciliation service. Or a yurt-warming. Or a bat mitzvah. Or a. . .

]]> By: Lynx http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-42024 Lynx Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:20:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-42024 I just hope to God that they get it right. I'm all for bombing terrorists into their much loved paradise, but I'd reaaaally hate for it to turn out to be another wedding party. I just hope to God that they get it right. I’m all for bombing terrorists into their much loved paradise, but I’d reaaaally hate for it to turn out to be another wedding party.

]]> By: SFB http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-42019 SFB Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:41:16 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-42019 Taking out known badmashes makes much more sense than a long campaign somewhere. Invading Iraq was a poor choice for many reasons, but I do think the folks pooh-poohing the WMD issue are doing so with perfect 20-20 hindsight. There were enough conflicting reports so that a case could be made that Saddam Hussein was rebuilding or had secreted some WMDs. What we discovered was that he had conned us, like his neighbors, into thinking he was well armed, while he had eliminated his stock of WMD. Find AQ operatives, and demise them. That's fine with me. Taking out known badmashes makes much more sense than a long campaign somewhere. Invading Iraq was a poor choice for many reasons, but I do think the folks pooh-poohing the WMD issue are doing so with perfect 20-20 hindsight. There were enough conflicting reports so that a case could be made that Saddam Hussein was rebuilding or had secreted some WMDs. What we discovered was that he had conned us, like his neighbors, into thinking he was well armed, while he had eliminated his stock of WMD. Find AQ operatives, and demise them. That’s fine with me.

]]> By: Pyst http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-41999 Pyst Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:54:44 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-41999 After 3 plus years of screwing up on all front the government has finally done something I can cheer. BYG I am with you as well. After 3 plus years of screwing up on all front the government has finally done something I can cheer. BYG I am with you as well.

]]> By: uncle joe mccarthy http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-41998 uncle joe mccarthy Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:37:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-41998 i thought we destroyed al quaida and all their leaders we are fighting the boogeyman and this is a first...a wag the dog operation to take everyones mind off another wag the dog operation or were they just trying to keep the press from going to pa to watch the vp hunt i thought we destroyed al quaida and all their leaders

we are fighting the boogeyman

and this is a first…a wag the dog operation to take everyones mind off another wag the dog operation

or were they just trying to keep the press from going to pa to watch the vp hunt

]]> By: Kim Ritter http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-41992 Kim Ritter Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:43:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-41992 BYG- I agree with you. I do think Bush et al was terrified that the terrorists would get access to WMD's and take out a major US city. You still hear that argument from the right. That has led us into a paralyzing conflict in Iraq. BYG- I agree with you. I do think Bush et al was terrified that the terrorists would get access to WMD’s and take out a major US city. You still hear that argument from the right. That has led us into a paralyzing conflict in Iraq.

]]> By: BeYourGuest http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-41980 BeYourGuest Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:58:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-41980 Maybe this is the type of thing we should have been doing all along, rather than getting bogged down in Iraq. Maybe this is the type of thing we should have been doing all along, rather than getting bogged down in Iraq.

]]> By: Taylor Marsh http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-41977 Taylor Marsh Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:31:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-41977 I've got video and analysis for those interested. I'm a progressive, as my friend Joe Gandelman knows, so Captain's Quarters and HotAir fans will have to hold their breath as they plunge into reality. I’ve got video and analysis for those interested. I’m a progressive, as my friend Joe Gandelman knows, so Captain’s Quarters and HotAir fans will have to hold their breath as they plunge into reality.

]]> By: Eural http://themoderatevoice.com/10152/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-41976 Eural Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:20:51 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2007/01/08/uncategorized/weve-apparently-attacked-al-qaeda-in-somalia/#comment-41976 Al Qaida in Somalia? Don't they know its just an aspirin factory or something? Al Qaida in Somalia? Don’t they know its just an aspirin factory or something?

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