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If all I needed to do for a massive explosion of comments was mention gay cowboys, just think of what might have happened if I'd said "gay pirates."
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The pointlessness of this kidnapping gets me the most. Apparently, the hostage-takers want Iraqi POWs freed. No doubt. It's one of the many injustices in an unjust occupation. So why capture people who also oppose the occupation and are actively working to end it? Especially since the hostage-takers are, by default, appealing to the American government, which doesn't give a damn about its own citizens, let alone ideological opponents from other countries?
My heart goes out to the hostages, their families and friends, the CPT, and the people in Iraq and Palestine whom they are trying to help.
Now that I've got your attention, please take a moment to sign this petition if you haven't already. Standard disclaimer applies -- petitions are useless, and online petitions are more than useless. But the Christian Peacemaker Teams themselves have asked for signatures, so I suppose it can't hurt.
The pointlessness of this kidnapping gets me the most. Apparently, the hostage-takers want Iraqi POWs freed. No doubt. It's one of the many injustices in an unjust occupation. So why capture people who also oppose the occupation and are actively working to end it? Especially since the hostage-takers are, by default, appealing to the American government, which doesn't give a damn about its own citizens, let alone ideological opponents from other countries?
My heart goes out to the hostages, their families and friends, the CPT, and the people in Iraq and Palestine whom they are trying to help.
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Did you see Fisk, by the way? I'm sorry I missed him, although I heard that all of his talks are the same.
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Bahh-
Not everyone claiming to be fighting for an ideological reasons really is. Ya know kinda like Saddam and his Koran these days, it’s all a big ruse to advance his own agenda, he only gives a fuck about the Koran in so far as it helps fulfill megalomaniac needs. He was a godless pan Arab-socialist who never was seen stepping foot in a mosque that is up until godless pan-Arabism was on the wane and Islamism was on the rise.
Occupation or not there is no justification for their actions.
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But like in every war, I really think there are few heroes and "freedom fighters" here.
But in all fareness, maybe these guys are misguided freedom fighters as some other people commenting here think?
I don't really know the paticulars on this case or the group doing this, maybe you have more info?
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Too easy...
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LOL he has a woody!
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It starts off this way: STORRS, Connecticut (AP) -- Conservative columnist Ann Coulter cut short a speech at the University of Connecticut amid boos and jeers, and decided to hold a question-and-answer session instead.
"I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am," Coulter told the crowd of 2,600 Wednesday.
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I wonder where she finds those?