03-01-2004, 04:10 PM
I do not find reading the entire text of UN mushmouth speak to be worth my time, but thanks for the link anyway. :) Same is true for plenty of US Politikspeak. It aint what you say, it is what you do.
What I can't determine is whether or not "smoking out terrorists" was deliberate or not. The evidence I see that tells me it was not is the "we are outta there real soon" line.
I have had a nagging suspicion for over a year that part of going to Iraq was to give terrorists a place to come out of the woodwork. A risky strategy, for sure, and given that terrorism uses the international media as a weapon as much as it uses bombs and guns, not one I would have chosen. However, beating terrorists in the media war is an aim worth pursuing, even though it is an incredibly hard fight to win in a global media setting.
Of course, no one asked me. ;)
Quote:But, I'm also sure that the crappy security situation in Iraq is attracting terrorists like flies from the entire islamic world.
What I can't determine is whether or not "smoking out terrorists" was deliberate or not. The evidence I see that tells me it was not is the "we are outta there real soon" line.
I have had a nagging suspicion for over a year that part of going to Iraq was to give terrorists a place to come out of the woodwork. A risky strategy, for sure, and given that terrorism uses the international media as a weapon as much as it uses bombs and guns, not one I would have chosen. However, beating terrorists in the media war is an aim worth pursuing, even though it is an incredibly hard fight to win in a global media setting.
Of course, no one asked me. ;)
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete