If Hussein is smart

shiner

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He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or anyone else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.
 

GoingUp

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Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said
 

Atlantean

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Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree
 

charrison

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Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree

yup.
 

GoodToGo

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Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree

yup.

I agree to agree.
 

Comp625

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Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree

yup.

I agree to agree.

I concur.
 

911paramedic

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Originally posted by: Comp625
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree

yup.

I agree to agree.

I concur.
Ditto.

 

murphy55d

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I think your point became moot when you started off with, "If Hussein is smart". ;)
 

Maleficus

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Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Originally posted by: Comp625
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree

yup.

I agree to agree.

I concur.
Ditto.
yuppers

 

Viper0329

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Originally posted by: Maleficus
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Originally posted by: Comp625
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree


yup.

I agree to agree.

I concur.
Ditto.
yuppers

I accede
 

hagbard

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Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or anyone else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

He obviously isn't smart or he would have developed nukes before 1991, and the US wouldn't be messing with him today.

Any country that doesn't pursue their own nuclear weapons program is not doing their job as a government. The primary responsibility of any state is to protect its people against foreign aggression and protect national sovereignty. In a world in which one country can place you on an "evil" list and pre-emptively attack and kill tens of thousands (or more) of your people, it is your responsibility to act to prevent such an occurance. The only thing that seems to provide any defense in this situation is to possess and be prepared to us nuclear weapons.

 

charrison

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Originally posted by: hagbard
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or anyone else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

He obviously isn't smart or he would have developed nukes before 1991, and the US wouldn't be messing with him today.

Any country that doesn't pursue their own nuclear weapons program is not doing their job as a government. The primary responsibility of any state is to protect its people against foreign aggression and protect national sovereignty. In a world in which one country can place you on an "evil" list and pre-emptively attack and till tens of thousands (or more) of your people, it is your responsibility to act to prevent such an occurance. The only thing that seems to provide any defense in this situation is to possess and be prepared to us nuclear weapons.

I largely agree with this statement, but I dont agree with rougue dictators having them.
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: Viper0329
Originally posted by: Maleficus
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Originally posted by: Comp625
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree


yup.

I agree to agree.

I concur.
Ditto.
yuppers

I accede

Word

 

shiner

Lifer
Jul 18, 2000
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Originally posted by: hagbard
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or anyone else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

He obviously isn't smart or he would have developed nukes before 1991, and the US wouldn't be messing with him today.

Any country that doesn't pursue their own nuclear weapons program is not doing their job as a government. The primary responsibility of any state is to protect its people against foreign aggression and protect national sovereignty. In a world in which one country can place you on an "evil" list and pre-emptively attack and kill tens of thousands (or more) of your people, it is your responsibility to act to prevent such an occurance. The only thing that seems to provide any defense in this situation is to possess and be prepared to us nuclear weapons.
Not when there is a non proliferation treaty in place.
 

wyvrn

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An interesting history on the word "moot". According to a language expert on NPR radio yesterday, moot means "a point of debate" or "something worth debating", or in other words important and arguable. As people use it today, moot means irrelevant and unimportant. How did the meaning of the word change? Law schools in the 30's setup "moot courts" where students could practice their skills, though the outcomes had no legal bearing. Lawyers then began using moot to mean something that has been previously discussed and found to have no bearing (because of the results of the moot courts). Now people utilize the word moot with a meaning opposite of it's historical usage.

Now, back to the moot point about Hussein! ;)

Originally posted by: murphy55d
I think your point became moot when you started off with, "If Hussein is smart". ;)

 

hagbard

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Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: hagbard
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or anyone else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

He obviously isn't smart or he would have developed nukes before 1991, and the US wouldn't be messing with him today.

Any country that doesn't pursue their own nuclear weapons program is not doing their job as a government. The primary responsibility of any state is to protect its people against foreign aggression and protect national sovereignty. In a world in which one country can place you on an "evil" list and pre-emptively attack and till tens of thousands (or more) of your people, it is your responsibility to act to prevent such an occurance. The only thing that seems to provide any defense in this situation is to possess and be prepared to us nuclear weapons.

I largely agree with this statement, but I dont agree with rougue dictators having them.

Which is exactly why ever single country should get them. If Americans think your a "rougue dictator" they'll be dropping bombs and perhaps using nuclear weapons on your people. Otherwise, you effectively have NO defense whatsoever. I'm opposed to Canada spending on the military, but at this point, I'm in favour of a nuclear program.


 

compudog

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Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Originally posted by: Comp625
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.
Well said
I agree
yup.
I agree to agree.
I concur.
Ditto.

Affirmative.
 

hagbard

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Originally posted by: shinerburke
Originally posted by: hagbard
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or anyone else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

He obviously isn't smart or he would have developed nukes before 1991, and the US wouldn't be messing with him today.

Any country that doesn't pursue their own nuclear weapons program is not doing their job as a government. The primary responsibility of any state is to protect its people against foreign aggression and protect national sovereignty. In a world in which one country can place you on an "evil" list and pre-emptively attack and kill tens of thousands (or more) of your people, it is your responsibility to act to prevent such an occurance. The only thing that seems to provide any defense in this situation is to possess and be prepared to us nuclear weapons.
Not when there is a non proliferation treaty in place.

Even Bush has spoken against the treaty. Screw it. That's what NK is doing and that's what every other country ought to do (and I believe, will do) given the current reality.


 

shiner

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Originally posted by: hagbard
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: hagbard
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or anyone else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

He obviously isn't smart or he would have developed nukes before 1991, and the US wouldn't be messing with him today.

Any country that doesn't pursue their own nuclear weapons program is not doing their job as a government. The primary responsibility of any state is to protect its people against foreign aggression and protect national sovereignty. In a world in which one country can place you on an "evil" list and pre-emptively attack and till tens of thousands (or more) of your people, it is your responsibility to act to prevent such an occurance. The only thing that seems to provide any defense in this situation is to possess and be prepared to us nuclear weapons.


I largely agree with this statement, but I dont agree with rougue dictators having them.

Which is exactly why ever single country should get them. If Americans think your a "rougue dictator" they'll be dropping bombs and perhaps using nuclear weapons on your people. Otherwise, you effectively have NO defense whatsoever. I'm opposed to Canada spending on the military, but at this point, I'm in favour of a nuclear program.

Yep that's just what we want. Every country on Earth to have nuclear weapons.

rolleye.gif
 

wyvrn

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Which is exactly why ever single country should get them. If Americans think your a "rougue dictator" they'll be dropping bombs and perhaps using nuclear weapons on your people. Otherwise, you effectively have NO defense whatsoever. I'm opposed to Canada spending on the military, but at this point, I'm in favour of a nuclear program.

A nuclear weapon is not a "defense" in the traditional sense of the word. For instance, you cannot launch one nuke to disable one launched at you (as of yet). An nuclear weapon, imo, should be thought of primarily as a offensive weapon of mass destruction with the single purpose of killing a lot of people. A lot of people think that the "best defense is a good offense", however in the case of nuclear weapons I disagree. The term defense suggests the saving of people and infrastructure, wheras if we get into a nuclear war it is certain more people will be killed than saved and most buildings and resources destroyed.
 

SlowSS

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Originally posted by: Maleficus
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Originally posted by: Comp625
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree

yup.

I agree to agree.

I concur.
Ditto.
yuppers

Thumbs-up
 

wyvrn

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Feb 15, 2000
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Did ya post in the wrong thread? We are talking about Saddam Hussein. The space shuttle thread is here.

Originally posted by: axiom
Expect heavy media coverage of people internationally cheering this tragedy. We know the major media by now.

Our prayers are with the family members of our brave, fallen astronauts. This is truly an international tragedy.

 

Bignate603

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Originally posted by: SlowSS
Originally posted by: Maleficus
Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Originally posted by: Comp625
Originally posted by: GoodToGo
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Atlantean
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Originally posted by: shinerburke
He will STFU up for a while and ease off the inspectors. The U.S. public is going to be in no mood after today to put up with his or any else's antics. If we see anyone dancing in the streets after this you better bet the general public will be all for lobbing bombs, cruise missiles, etc... in their direction. A sad America is not a very tolerant America.

Well said

I agree

yup.

I agree to agree.

I concur.
Ditto.
yuppers

Thumbs-up

I think that's about right...