bombing Afghanistan?! whats the point?

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IshmaelLeaver

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I've never seen as many pathetic statements as in this thread:

Seriously...to get rid of all the corrupt head honcho's, the brainwashers, install a puppet govt, let the people remove the blinders and see the world as it really is, after they get stabilized, release our grasps, and let them live a "true" life?

As if American life is the only "true" life?

Any people that can cheer when 20,000 Americans die don't deserve to live.

But we will sure cheer when we bomb 20,000 civilians... The fact that you said "Americans" and not "humans" says something.

Great! Then there should be no objections, just another walk in the park for them.

Yeah, while we're at it, let's make blacks slaves again. They're used to it.

Useless humans


You're no better than the terrorists.
 

her209

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Justice is hard to serve in this situation bc there are probably so many ppl and org involved (both domestic and abroad).

Invasion is good but how many more American lives must be lost.

Bombing is good but innocent lives will be lost (assuming there are innocent ppl OR that the terrorist run into hiding in other countries).

I see the point where, yes, if we kill the terrorist, it will save thousands of lives in the future, but that still doesn't eliminate future terrorism. Besides, the terrorist(s) that do survive/escape the U.S. will only inspire more terrorists to take action (just as Usama bin Laden has). My view of terrorists are they are walking time bombs bc none of them fear death. I mean it only takes a couple suicidal terrorists to destroy hundreds of lives (the dead and family of the dead)...

I find it ironic that the U.S. is terrorizing the terrorist (in the name of justice of course). But it must also be careful in killing innocent ppl to get to those terrorists.
 

tcsenter

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<< I find it ironic that the U.S. is terrorizing the terrorist >>

Terrorists deserve to be terrorized. Peaceful civilians don't. There are times when a fire can only be fought with fire.
 

Beandog

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Wow, do some of you even think before you post? Use some dam logic for just once in your lives, for every action their is a reaction. What behavior is it we want to curb by bombing? It doesnt matter whether the nation has gold toilets or eats off the ground! Bombing, attacking, etc a Nation, Govt, State that supports in anyway terrorism or terrorist in any form will show these countries/people that we will not take it any longer. If these Govts want to let these terrorist roam around their country unabaded and look the other way claiming we didnt do anything, then they brought whatever happens on themselves. Many of you are welcome to your opinions, that is what America is about, but at least think before you post and make a point that at least has some merit. Terrorism is evil, we must do whatever it takes...and yes whatever it takes to stomp out and prevent other countries from protecting and harboring this type of behavior. Maybe this will force its citizens to overthrow Govts, maybe it will incite them to hate us more, who knows...but the US and its allies must send a strong message now and stand up to this new type of threat. No more grey lines, your either against or for terrorism...those choosing "for" are at war with the U.S. and will be treated accordingly. In the US of A we have always tried to minimize civilian loss of life when at War, but military goals must be achieved and these cowards hide among civilians, so these nations must learn that by letting this evil live among them that they are putting their own citiznes in harms way from now on.
 

her209

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okay then, we should bomb the us too bc there are terrorist hiding here. screw innocent ppl. (sarcasm)
 

Rudee

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<< Okay... say if the US Government decides to take action against Afghanistan... there isn't much we can do to them that hasn't already been done. They are already one of the poorest countries in the world.. and they are already torn apart by civil war and their previous war with Russia... Bombing them would be like crushing an ant that has already been crushed. War and desolation is already a way of life there.

Now i'm not saying that we shouldn't go in there and kick some ass if it turns out they are responsible. But there is no way we can really punish them.. you can't push somebody off a mountain if they are already at the bottom.
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Yeah, besides all the bomb craters will just create more shelter for them to dig into in preperation for the next time we bomb them. I say we screw with their heads and play some psychological $hit with them. Lets say, we fly several dozen heavy bombers overhead, and cause them to go into a panic. They will expect to be bombed back into the stone age. But instead of dropping bombs, we drop little stuffed teddy bears. Thousands and thousands of them - for weeks. Eventually the Citizens of Afganistan will no longer fear the enemy planes or the harmless load of stuffed animals. They will flock to the streets with no fear. At that point we drop the real stuff on them and flatten the entire region. Now, if that ain't psycological warfare, I don't know what is. <just kidding BYW>
 

Beandog

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Rudee, I kinda like that teddy bear idea :p Maybe drop skittles the second time <like commercial>, then third time drop the real thing while they stand there with their hands open j/k too:p
 

Gorby911

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Czar:

One thing you seem to miss is this: what happened to us here in the USA on September 11th is what Israel goes through on a monthly basis. Maybe it is an eye opener of how horrible terrorist attacks are and they have to be stopped one way or another.... and don't start this "violence only brings more violence" song. No need to explain why people, kids, and teenagers in Palestine were celebrating... there is NO rational explanation for this.
 

Maetryx

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Maetryx here, :cool:

If anyone was ever borderline anti-semitic, it's me. I see that Jews run most of the media, and the finance industry in this country. I see that they send money to Israel, which opresses Palestinians, all the while pumping multi-culturalism down our throats via Sumner Redstones' Viacom Empire (MTV, VH1, hollywood). I see the Anti-Defamation League, the Internation Jewish Congress, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Simon Weisenthal Center pushing Zionism and crushing pro-white sentiments.

I didn't create these circumstances. I've observed them. Even as a Christian, which believes in the status of Israelis as God's Chosen, I had feelings of sympathy for the Palestinians. After all, if a group is Chosen of God, they should behave in a godlike fashion, not kill and steal and opress.

But you know what? The attack on Tuesday galvanized me and everyone like me. It's over. Every fvcking time someone steals an airplane, every fvcking time somene takes a hostage, every fvcking time someone blows up an embassy or a barrack.... It's the same Islamic pestilence every time. Are the Islamic jihad soldiers surgical in their strikes? Do they carefully blow up only infidel soldiers? Fvck no.

I think it's time that the United States, and whoever wants to help us, put a sudden and irrevocable end to the problem. I think the United States needs to have a permanent presence in the Middle East. Iraq and Afghanistan can be the fifty-first and fifty second states. And if we have to displace every goddamned one of them, or bury every goddamned one of them, then so be it. I have a feeling that a majority of the population in both Iraq and Afghanistan would welcome entry into the United States protectorate.

And if some of the neighboring "moderate" countries want to complain, then they can become states number 53 and so on. It will be multicultural and diverse.
 

Rudee

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<< Rudee, I kinda like that teddy bear idea :p Maybe drop skittles the second time <like commercial>, then third time drop the real thing while they stand there with their hands open j/k too:p >>




You got the picture!
 

Czar

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<< Czar:

One thing you seem to miss is this: what happened to us here in the USA on September 11th is what Israel goes through on a monthly basis. Maybe it is an eye opener of how horrible terrorist attacks are and they have to be stopped one way or another.... and don't start this "violence only brings more violence" song. No need to explain why people, kids, and teenagers in Palestine were celebrating... there is NO rational explanation for this.
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This was though at a much higher scale than that what Israel goes through, which is just bad. Israel goes through horrible suicide attacks nearly every week, Afghanistan goes through invadint tank and helecopter squads nearly every week. Everyone has their sad story.
The only explenation I can come up with is that they feel like david making a scratch on goliath, a great victory for them because they have never been able to even come close to hurt them. That is far from being an excuse, just a possible reason.
 

LAUST

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<< okay then, we should bomb the us too bc there are terrorist hiding here. screw innocent ppl. (sarcasm) >>


There is a huge difference, we are trying to weed out the terrorists here. over there they are harboring those terrorists, that's making them bad guys, if the public of those countries is innocent and doesn't want any part they need to ralley and overthrow the government that would cause them that pain, if they do not they are also supporting the protection of POS's like Laden
 

SuperSix

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<< I've never seen as many pathetic statements as in this thread:

Useless humans

You're no better than the terrorists.
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This is simply about survival. You disgust me for your veiled support of these terrorists.

They viciously attacked and killed upwards of 10,000 innocent people. (I'm leaning towards a little over 20k dead after it's all said and done..)

The "factions", "cells", etc do nothing but kill innocent people all over the world.

They simply need to be eradicated.