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Iraq, Bin Laden, 911 and our Soldiers.
by Gabrielle Reilly
Friday, Sep. 12, 2003 at 6:01 AM
How is Iraq, Bin Laden, 911 and our Soldiers connected? When public figures, the media, or people in general, take a position on an issue it often becomes more important to be �right� than to be emotionally intelligent enough to seek the truth. It appears that so much information is being swept under the carpet by the media and politicians who protested the war and by the Bush Administration�s withholding of information so intelligence collection is not jeopardized. It has become very difficult to know what to believe at times, so let�s review 911 and the war in Iraq.
America was attacked. When Bush says we are at war, that is not just a �political term�, America was attacked and we literally are at war. The war is with an organization of jihad terrorists who do not abide by the Geneva Convention, Rules of War. It is unpredictable where they will strike next but it is inevitable they will. We watched with disbelief as those planes hit the Twin Tower�s. Three Thousand innocent civilians killed. That morning seemed almost surreal. Why, if America is attacked does the world believe America should just �talk� some more and not have the right to defend itself from further atrocities? Since when is self defense being a �bully�? If one of your children was murdered and the perpetrator promised vigilantly that wherever you were they would murder your other children, would you try and negotiate with them? If there was no police force what would you do? Would you take a gun and hunt them down rather than have your children hunted down and murdered because they do not believe in Allah? It is a sad and cruel world�
We are at war first and foremost. Many of those who feel their government should protect them also stop the government in many ways from doing what needs to be done. In life it is wonderful to have the luxury of �liberty and freedom� (and it is a luxury) through good economic times when a country is not at war, but that morning on Sept 11th removed America�s status of �luxury� to put us back towards the second layer of Maslow�s Hierarchy of Needs, to �security�. The population needs to recognize our new world paradigm so we can adjust both emotionally and as a super power, to adapt and defeat our enemy. People claim they don�t want their life to change or the terrorists win. Well if certain security measures that are merely a minor inconvenience are not implemented, the terrorists really will win and your freedom and liberties will not only be slightly affected, they will not exist. We are talking about National Defense.
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whatever
by bill bonne
Friday, Sep. 12, 2003 at 4:39 PM
um Gabrielle, it's your own "government" that causes the terror against its own people so it can get more control and power. America is being destroyed on purpose, everyone better adjust to being a third world power not a super power. America is being de-industrialised, indebt to a foreign bank, cracking down demestically with citizen groups left to patrol the border( http://www.americanborderpatrol.com ) and maam the luxury of freedom will come down to the luxury of the second amendment. You give up that for security, you'll get slavery and an rfid chip right in your forehead
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get real
by j
Friday, Sep. 12, 2003 at 8:20 PM
Get real Gabrielle.
Check out her site!
by Critic
Saturday, Sep. 13, 2003 at 4:26 AM
It's a must see! Half-baked, Wal-mart political commentary AND extra cheesy "sexy" pictures of the author herself. From the Ann Coulter school of transgendered opinion, though not quite as shrill.
hahaha
by jan
Saturday, Sep. 13, 2003 at 7:40 AM
What's up with the supermodel cleavage pictures? As if that has to do with her commentary. This makes any respect of her opinion go right down the drain. But then again, her commentary is more brainwashed bullshit.
And for $9.95 you can get an autographed picture of her to "support the cause." What cause? The cause of idiocy?
Self Promotion and Opinion
by Prodigal Yunzer
Saturday, Sep. 13, 2003 at 1:26 PM
In your anti-female putdowns, I failed to notice any substantive disagreement with her worldviews. Oh shes just too beautiful to have a mind in her empty little head I guess. She's trying to make a buck in the post WTO world and you condemn her for it.
opinions and looks
by me
Saturday, Sep. 13, 2003 at 5:46 PM
No,
I don't agree with that at all. I think many people look great and have a brain.
I don't respect people who sell sex along with their supposedly serious opinions. It kind of makes her commentary seem silly. Just look at the picture of her cleavage showing in the army hat. Barf.
Selling Sex= Sex Worker
by Prodigal Yunzer
Sunday, Sep. 14, 2003 at 4:22 PM
No self respecting anarchist would be so prudish as to deride selling sex. Are you pro-morality code? Where do you draw the line, Mullah Indymedia?
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