bascule Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,444101,00.html U.S. military helicopters struck a network of foreign fighters in Syria, a U.S. military official said Sunday, killing eight people and earning recrimination from Damascus, which condemned the raid as "serious aggression." The official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the special forces action within Syrian territory close to the Iraqi border, was meant to send a message. The Americans have been unable to shut the network down in the area because Syria was out of the military's reach. "We are taking matters into our own hands," the official said. What?? Why are we attacking Syria? This is completely absurd...
bascule Posted October 27, 2008 Author Posted October 27, 2008 So apparently it's just fine with Pangloss that our government hopped across the Syrian border and murdered civilians including 4 children. What?
Pangloss Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 K. Bascule, I think we all realize it's difficult to start a thread knowing that people are going to disagree with you. When you step up to the plate like this you become a kind of target for people who don't have the guts to put their own opinions out there first -- it's easy to react, much harder to have an original thought in the first place -- it seems like everyone is just biding their time, waiting to shut you down. I have HUGE respect for thread-starters. That's why I try to be a thread-starter myself, and why I try to set an example with all of my own thread starts by being as thorough and descriptive as I can be with the problem and my opinion. What is the alternative, guy? Do we really WANT people starting threads this way, with provocative posts but no substance to speak of? "Look, it's another 700-point drop in the Dow, and George Bush is STILL in office.........." "Check out this picture of Obama having dinner with a former terrorist............" "McCain had a meeting with the religious right and we all know what that means......." You don't want that any more than I do. Now I'm closing this thread, and you can restart it whenever you like with an appropriate post.
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