Can I call it YouTools?

Off to bed I go...see ya all tomorrow!

Can I call it YouDhimmis?

The times they is achanging. The more they change the more they stay the same.

So far I've found YouTube useful in looking up obscure 1980s music videos that someone else took the time and effort to post.

Kind of like how the most heavy-duty information I look up in Wikipedia are plot synopsises (synopsii?) of some of the never movies and TV shows out there...

Er.....I meant 'newer'

Dang. And here I'd already composed a post for my fusstfusst, but jumped into the creek and left it on the dock...

/Every natural, obvious reality endures, but moonbats understand nothing!

Did I kill this thread only 5 posts in?

Bashing American is chic nowadays. Thats a shame. We have a lot to be proud of. No country comes close to the charity we give.

Who will be America's cheerleader?

thesis------> theses
crisis------->.crises
synopsis---->synopses
Elvis------> Elves

re: #8 Fenway_Nation

Did I kill this thread only 5 posts in?

yes.

re: #10 wolfie

thesis------> theses
crisis------->.crises
synopsis---->synopses
Elvis------> Elves

Elvii

re: #12 joecitizen

:O !

Elvis is dead.

The kingdom lives on.

UNDER
GROUND,
R

And if you look up Fitna by Geert Wilders, posted by "fuckwilders11", you have to log in to see the movie. The description from the poster:

Fitna, the complete movie by dutch motherf*cker Geert Wilders is released...

Lovely people you let play at your site, youtube.

re: #14 Render

Hah! I saw Elvis a couple of years ago at a 7-11 in Mobile, Alabama.
The real Elvis.
Not one of those fake Elvii.

re: #12 joecitizen

Elvii

Flying Elvii- Utah chapter!

Can we complain ? Will it be as effective as the Muslims' complaints?

re: #4 jainphx

times they is achangingThe more they change the more they stay the same.

/the moonbatici can just smell electoral victory

re: #18 Psaturn

Can we complain ? Will it be as effective as the Muslims' complaints?

Yes.No.

Did anyone dare to click on the videos at that site?
I was afraid of what I'd see.

re: #15 Sharmuta

Youtube also hosts a "channel" for Al-Jazeera

re: #9 Racer X

Bashing American is chic nowadays. Thats a shame. We have a lot to be proud of. No country comes close to the charity we give.

Who will be America's cheerleader?

Albania...

re: #15 Sharmuta

And if you look up Fitna by Geert Wilders, posted by "fuckwilders11", you have to log in to see the movie. The description from the poster:

Lovely people you let play at your site, youtube.

Someone posted snippets of the History Channel's Chairman Mao: Declassified on youtube. The comments section was nothing but 'Living under Mao was better than living under American Imperialism!' or 'You stupid brainwashed Americans actually believe that propaganda?'

The sad part is, I really doubt they were posted by PRC provacateours....just spoiled, whiney, sanctimonious socialists and Eurotrash who I pray to god make no decisions that will affect my day-to-day life in the short-term or long term.

The death of the West is orgasmic to the Left.

Leningrad Cowboys meet Megadeth...

===

Charles: Thanks for leaving a show thread option in the search results window.

NEEDS
RE-MINDERS,
R

re: #25 pat

The death of the West is orgasmic to the Left.

Like a teenager with no skills, and no money, yelling at his parents.

re: #25 pat

I think we have a nihilistic society, a Nieschtzean nightmare...where the strongest survive and the depressed just go from one fix to another...trying to pass out or use diversionary activities to keep their focuses away from the daily pain...

And then behold!

Obamamessiah appears ! He brings light ! Behold !

/

re: #21 wolfie

Did anyone dare to click on the videos at that site?
I was afraid of what I'd see.

"snuff films" was enough of a descriptor for me to avoid clicking.

re: #24 Fenway_Nation

Red Chinese intelligence agencies are deeply imbedded within the Chinese expatriot communities world wide.

[Link: www.strategypage.com...]

It's entirely possible that at least some of those comments are the work of Chinese Intel agencies.

300
MILES,
R

Complaint link to YouTube. Snuff the account.

A comment on one of that users videos.

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DEATH TO AMERICAAAAA (i hate yanks)

from an australian

Charming.

re: #30 Render

Red Chinese intelligence agencies are deeply imbedded within the Chinese expatriot communities world wide.

[Link: www.strategypage.com...]

It's entirely possible that at least some of those comments are the work of Chinese Intel agencies.

300
MILES,
R

if'n it'll make you feel better, there are *no* red chinese embedded here.

redc1c4,
(no MSG either. %-)

re: #24 Fenway_Nation

All I can say is, "Dissent is patriotic" is free speech in the West.

Anti-government pamphlets is "terrorism" to commies.

Until the leftists get that through their heads- they are nothing but shills for their own demise.

re: #28 Psaturn

I think we have a nihilistic society, a Nieschtzean nightmare...where the strongest survive and the depressed just go from one fix to another...trying to pass out or use diversionary activities to keep their focuses away from the daily pain...

And then behold!

Obamamessiah appears ! He brings light ! Behold !

/

Carter without helicopters. A nuclear engineer without a center. A dullard, Mr Carter. And Mr Obama has never had a profession. "Community Activist" is about as descriptive as "shopper".

Better link.

re: #30 Render

Red Chinese intelligence agencies are deeply imbedded within the Chinese expatriot communities world wide.

[Link: www.strategypage.com...]

It's entirely possible that at least some of those comments are the work of Chinese Intel agencies.

300
MILES,
R

That is a possibility, but the comments seem more reminiscent of these pseudo-adolescent Queers for Palestine or Not In Our Name types prevalent on so many college campuses...

re: #30 Render

It goes well beyond that. Americans of the 3rd generation of Chinese descent believe that China should be the only equal to America. The poor Russians are planning a Sino-American, Islamic-American war to revive their imperialistic prospects as both cultures lok upon them as easy meat.

re: #9 Racer X

Bashing American is chic nowadays. Thats a shame. We have a lot to be proud of. No country comes close to the charity we give.

Who will be America's cheerleader?

LGF!

It's a quarter to three..

ot and a repost from several hours ago but sometimes these things just need said..clearly,this is one of those times...

There is surely a good case, then that YouTube are acting as accessories to terrorism. Of course the authorities are reluctant to disturb Google, so somebody should launch a private prosecution (like the one Nichole Simpson's family took out on OJ, that found him guilty).

If nothing else, the negative publicity will embattass YouTube into being yougher on this, or will force the government to clarify or enforce the law.

I wonder what would happen if someone created a smarmy video highlighting the double-standard in YouTube's policy regarding the Islamist videos. Think that would be yanked just as quick as any anti-jihad materiel?

re: #37 Fenway_Nation

Ever read a Chinese to English instruction manual?

Overseas college students are reported as being one of the prime targets for Grains of Sand. Along with scientists and other classified type employees who still have family in China.

When the Chinese figure out how to build a working jet engine, they might really be dangerous...

RISING
SUNS,
R

re: #43 Render

Ever read a Chinese to English instruction manual?

Overseas college students are reported as being one of the prime targets for Grains of Sand. Along with scientists and other classified type employees who still have family in China.

When the Chinese figure out how to build a working jet engine, they might really be dangerous...

RISING
SUNS,
R

I'm sure that a President Hillery would be willing to help them out with any difficulties they might be having with their jet engines.

re: #43 Render

When the Chinese figure out how to build a working jet engine, they might really be dangerous...

Why do you think they purchased all those Boeings a few years ago?

/probably already reverse engineered and given a name like 'Sky March'

embarrass

surrey about the hippo

re: #43 Render

Ever read a Chinese to English instruction manual?

Overseas college students are reported as being one of the prime targets for Grains of Sand. Along with scientists and other classified type employees who still have family in China.

When the Chinese figure out how to build a working jet engine, they might really be dangerous...

RISING
SUNS,
R

they will be dangerous when they have a blue water navy, and the logistical support needed to take it over the horizon.....

/safe for now.
/watching

re: #46 uptight

embarrass

surrey about the hippo

wee firgibe yiu

Why won't China attack Taiwan?

Three Gorges dam.

/oh, and possible nuclear retaliation, at least until Lord Obama gets tossed the keys

re: #43 Render

They just figured out how to build a nuke sub. As a whole, I understand what you are saying, but the tech transfer is going the other way. America is leeching off of Japan and Germany in many areas. Males, who are demonstrably better at math, chem, and physics are being discouraged from going to college, and even ridiculed in Hispanic and black neighborhoods. Females and the other sex are taking gender science classes as if they were disciplines.

re: #49 Killian Bundy

heh,heh,heh. In one. 5 cruise missiles.

re: #47 redc1c4

they will be dangerous when they have a blue water navy, and the logistical support needed to take it over the horizon.....

/safe for now.
/watching

Why do you think they brought those hulks of aircraft carriers from the former USSR? Sure the Minsk was used as short-lived theme parks, but I don't think the People's Navy would pass up an opportunity to reverse-engineer some Cold War technology that they have the capital to maintain and expand (unlike the Soviets).

/soon to be re-named the Sea March

re: #52 Fenway_Nation

All ready done. Under production.

Six Chinese carriers are under construction.

re: #49 Killian Bundy

Why won't China attack Taiwan?

Three Gorges dam.

Nice little damn you have there....would be a shame if anything happened to it

re: #45 Fenway_Nation

Why do you think they purchased all those Boeings a few years ago?

The CIA palnted a bug in the bed headboard of the Chinese President's 767.

/they found it, but still, we play the game rather well ourselves

re: #56 Killian Bundy

The CIA palnted a bug in the bed headboard of the Chinese President's 767.

/they found it, but still, we play the game rather well ourselves

You have to plant at least one obvious one, or they will get too suspicious and tear the whole thing apart.

re: #51 pat

5 cruise missiles.

Or one B-2 sortie.

/either way

re: #58 Killian Bundy

1 by water 5 by air. :)

re: #30 Render

Red Chinese intelligence agencies are deeply imbedded within the Chinese expatriot communities world wide.

[Link: www.strategypage.com...]

It's entirely possible that at least some of those comments are the work of Chinese Intel agencies.

300
MILES,
R

Dictatorial Chinese governments - the only kind there's been, ever - plan for the very long term. The present red dynasty is just the one we're dealing with, here and now, on a (historically ranged) much smaller and shrinking playing field. Like Islam, they want, and feel entitled to, complete supremacy; you and I exist merely - in their perception - to support define their elevated status.

Chinese and Islamist political mechanisms have lots in common.

This is America!

We got plenty o cheerleaders.

[Link: images.google.com...]

===

I don't think anybody gonna be too worried about China's nuke subs for a while yet.

It's all those Kilo's bought from Russia, the three new model pirated Kilo copies, and the huge new underground base that suddenly appeared that are making sonar ops nervous all over the Pacific.

===

We may never see another navy, besides our own, with true "blue water" capability in our lifetimes. The super-carriers took care of that.

REALLY
BIG
STICKS,
R

re: #60 Clemente

Do not underestimate the patriotism of Chinese. I have never met a Chinese person of any generation removed, who did not consider China as the center of the universe. With an exception. Those that married non-Chinese and had children. Then, they were divorced of China. Or vice versa.

re: #60 Clemente

Another reason to wrap up the GWOT with dispatch.

re: #49 Killian Bundy

Why won't China attack Taiwan?

because they don't have the amphib forces to do so, short of lining up people and filling the ocean depths with corpses.

China can't be a world power until it can project power to support it's interests...... economics are fine, but that dog don't hunt.

re: #54 pat

Six Chinese carriers are under construction.

and the support force vessels?

/just curious

Wow, this thread went from Youtube to "red" Chinese in a hurry...

re: #57 Syrah

They did tear it apart. It's been grounded since the day it arrived.

HA,
R

re: #52 Fenway_Nation

Why do you think they brought those hulks of aircraft carriers from the former USSR? Sure the Minsk was used as short-lived theme parks, but I don't think the People's Navy would pass up an opportunity to reverse-engineer some Cold War technology that they have the capital to maintain and expand (unlike the Soviets).

/soon to be re-named the Sea March

by all means, let them spend $ on emulating those hulks......

Until tomorrow...
G'Night.

re: #53 pat

All ready done. Under production.

re: #61 Render

This is America!

We got plenty o cheerleaders.

[Link: images.google.com...]
R

Funny you should bring that up. Just the other night I contemplating how well a line of bikinis that were patterned after the Dominican, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Cuban, Colombian or Panamanian flags would go over in retail sales....lord knows I've seen enough do-rags with those designs on them.

/thinly veiled excuse to daydream about sultry latinas...

re: #53 pat

All ready done. Under production.

what a fine waste of their capital...... and what great targets for the USN.

/no downside

re: #65 redc1c4

So far one Destroyer pattern.

re: #68 redc1c4

by all means, let them spend $ on emulating those hulks......

Maybe they can re-engineer the Kursk while they are at it.

Now, the fun stuff. (please do not elect Obama-moron)
[Link: www.defense-update.com...]

re: #64 redc1c4

I'm sorry, has China mastered solid fuel ICBM technology?

/you're preaching to the choir, at least for me

Of course you all know China intends to win the war via electronic deception/interruption. Yawn. Russia is driving this, IMHO. Russia will be the victim, IMHO.

Must be off. Nite all. More fun than usual.

Well, I did manage to find one cool video on youtube...

re: #71 redc1c4

what a fine waste of their capital...... and what great targets for the USN.

/no downside

Worked once with the Soviet Union. Why not try the arms race spending contest again?

/oh wait, Lord Obama will probably be coming over the transom

Another Nguyen.

re: #65 redc1c4

and the support force vessels?

/just curious

The aircraft carrier that pFance has doesn't seem to need support forces.

Of course, it stays inport 99.9% of the time.

re: #81 AmeriDan

The aircraft carrier that pFance has doesn't seem to need support forces.

Of course, it stays inport 99.9% of the time.

/just like their subs

re: #82 Killian Bundy

/just like their subs

/etc.

re: #83 AmeriDan

/etc.

Oh wait, you're actually talking about France.

/Chinese subs stay pretty close to home too

re: #68 redc1c4

by all means, let them spend $ on emulating those hulks......

Let them buy the old Soviet Technology, by now that technology is more than 30 years old and closing in on the end of the useful life. I wish they would continue to spend limited resources on antiquated technology.

Let them buy some F-1 fighters too.
If they want some old jeeps let them buy those too.
Hell we could even sell them some WW II era battle tanks.

Such technology in the hands of the enemy will guarantee American battlefield superiority in an era of limited resources.

re: #82 Killian Bundy
Guys France is not our enemy, and more and more they are starting to behave like our friends.

In a hostile world we may need to stand by our friends even if we have had differences with them on specific issues in the past.

Democracies must stand by each other in order to resist the tyranny of Islamic totalitarianism and barbarism.

re: #86 shanec99

Guys France is not our enemy, and more and more they are starting to behave like our friends.

In a hostile world we may need to stand by our friends even if we have had differences with them on specific issues in the past.

Democracies must stand by each other in order to resist the tyranny of Islamic totalitarianism and barbarism.

/when they start seriously honoring their NATO commitments in places like Afghanistan, I'll cut them some slack

At YouTube they remove anti-jihad videos at the merest whiff of protest from Muslims.

But they have no qualms about hosting a channel for Harkat Ul Mujahideen, a group that is listed by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization, with dozens of snuff films and jihad videos: YouTube - HarkatulMujahideen’s Channel.

Well, sure. The State Department won't come to your house and saw your head off if you offend them.

re: #86 shanec99

Guys France is not our enemy, and more and more they are starting to behave like our friends.

Although Sarkozy's rhetoric seems promising, I haven't seen anything more solid to indicate this will be the case. I hope you're right, though - in their current situation France could use leadersip that's more Charles Martel and less Jacques Chirac.

re: #53 pat

All ready done. Under production.

what a fine waste of their capital...... and what great targets for the USN.

/no downsidere: #75 Killian Bundy

I'm sorry, has China mastered solid fuel ICBM technology?

/you're preaching to the choir, at least for me

ICBMs are *not* power projection..... they get peoples attention *if* you have a credible threat, but if you have no way of making the actual play (Navy, Army, Air Force, etc) you just come up the fool, unless all you want is a glassed over area of interest.

/and you still need to get there after the temp drops off and deal with the issues, or someone else will.

re: #84 Killian Bundy

Oh wait, you're actually talking about France.

/Chinese subs stay pretty close to home too

I hear that all French and Chinese sailors have to be at least 6' tall...

so they can walk ashore if the boat sinks.

re: #89 redc1c4

ICBMs are *not* power projection

Maybe not, but they're damn good deterrence against rational actors.

/China's good, at least until after the Olympics

re: #86 shanec99

"and more and more they are starting to behave like our friends."

Links please.

There are dozens and dozens of channels promoting crap like this. Check out this one:

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

And a video of this channel on islam and terrorism:

Apologetic, inhumane filth, wherever you look.

re: #92 AmeriDan

"and more and more they are starting to behave like our friends."

Links please.

Maybe I'm being too harsh. France has stood proudly behind us for decades in the face-down with various evil.

Polar Bears laughing at their endangered status.

/what part of population doubled in the last forty years is cryptic?

re: #95 Killian Bundy

They appear to be resolved to their fate and awaiting death due to melting ice.

/if only they could swim

/sigh

re: #87 Killian Bundy

/when they start seriously honoring their NATO commitments in places like Afghanistan, I'll cut them some slack

Guys,

France is not part of NATO, they have not been for decades. But trust me, if the alternatives are Renault and Citroen roasts or MacDonald's hamburgers and Uncle Sam as a friend the French will chose the burgers any day.

By the way, please look at what is going on in the Horn of Africa, the French have been working side by side with US military in Djibouti for years now.

The primary operation that is on going in the Horn of Africa between the US and her allies is OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

Trust me guys, the French are not our enemies.

re: #96 AmeriDan

if only they could swim

Are you serious?

/polar bears can swim?

re: #92 AmeriDan

"and more and more they are starting to behave like our friends."

Links please.

Please look up who are allies are in the Horn of Africa in OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM in the GWOT.

It's there for all to see. Americans are working with their French counterparts in Djibouti. It is not a secret.

re: #97 shanec99

France is not part of NATO, they have not been for decades.

/are you sure Private Pyle?

The MSN assures me that they are drowning in large numbers.

We need a UN ThinkTank to form a committee to look into providing polar bear swimming lessons.

Or Al Gore to cut down on his ice melting jet flights.

/either or

re: #99 shanec99

Please look up who are allies are in the Horn of Africa in OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM in the GWOT.

No, that's not the way things work around here.

/you assert it, you provide the linky

Good morning boys and...er...boys!

re: #101 AmeriDan

We need a UN ThinkTank to form a committee to look into providing polar bear swimming lessons.

I can haz job?

{Dan!}

re: #99 shanec99

Please look up who are allies are in the Horn of Africa in OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM in the GWOT.

It's there for all to see. Americans are working with their French counterparts in Djibouti. It is not a secret.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM" the Afganistan part of the War On Terror?

Not a whole lot of French forces on the front line over there anywhere.

re: #103 littleoldlady

Good morning boys and...er...boys!

I can haz job?

{Dan!}

{littleoldlady}

It's a UN post. You're way too over qualified.

/No job for U!

re: #100 Killian Bundy

/are you sure Private Pyle?

Killian, I think you're one of the brightest people alive but your linky seems proves one of Shanec99's point. It shows that France has no military commitments to NATO.

Yes I am sure.

In 1966 Charles De Gualle removed all Frnech Forces from NATO's unified command.

But today the French are offering to support our efforts in Afghanistan even though they are not part of NATO.

This is from Radio Free Europe.

Afghanistan: France Offers Troops To Bolster ISAF Mission
By Ron Synovitz

French ISAF troop numbers will grow
(AFP)
France says it will send an additional battalion of troops to eastern Afghanistan in a move that will allow the United States to shift forces from the east to the south and meet Canada's demand for help in the fight against the Taliban in the volatile southern provinces.

The arrangement was announced in Bucharest, where NATO heads of state are discussing how to revamp and bolster the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.

re: #102 Killian Bundy

I am over here in the Horn of Africa in Djibouti OK. I am working with French military.

Look it up. This is no secret.

re: #106 Neo Con since 9-11

Killian, I think you're one of the brightest people alive but your linky seems proves one of Shanec99's point. It shows that France has no military commitments to NATO.

Exactly my point. All the benefits, none of the burdens.

/what NATO good are they?

re: #104 AmeriDan

Please look up JTF-HOA and look at what they are doing. They have a web site and everything.

We are working with our allies to promote peace in this region. Among our allies here in Djibouti are French, Mauritians, British, Pakistanis, Ethiopians, Kenyans.

Its a truly multi-national effort.

re: #110 shanec99

Please look up JTF-HOA and look at what they are doing. They have a web site and everything.

We are working with our allies to promote peace in this region. Among our allies here in Djibouti are French, Mauritians, British, Pakistanis, Ethiopians, Kenyans.

Its a truly multi-national effort.

Linky the website please. Or give the search terms. I've gone through 3 pages of google and found nothing.

re: #109 Killian Bundy

Exactly my point. All the benefits, none of the burdens.

/what NATO good are they?

My friend, they are carrying part of the burden even though they are not a part of NATO. Don't kick a potential friend who is standing beside you against a common enemy.

They are not as close as we are with the British, but they are still our friends.

re: #108 shanec99

I am over here in the Horn of Africa in Djibouti OK. I am working with French military.

Look it up. This is no secret.

An important theater in the war on terror, under CENTCOM.

/again, when they get serious, or at least involved, in Afghanista, I'll be impressed

re: #111 Neo Con since 9-11
Google search JTF-HOA
It's the Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.

Read, and it may surprise you.

We are doing some good work over here, with our allies and we are helping Africans to solve African problems.

Here in Djibouti the nation on more than 90% Islamic, but Americans can go into town and have dinner at a restaurant and people will come up and say:"America number 1".

Trust me, America and her allies are accomplishing some wonderful things in Africa, but you never see what we are doing in the media.

re: #112 shanec99

they are not a part of NATO.

/you'd better update the NATO website then

re: #114 shanec99

Google search JTF-HOA
It's the Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.

/why don't you just link it and save us all the trouble and mystery

re: #95 Killian Bundy

/what part of population doubled in the last forty years is cryptic?

Polar bear is added to the endangered species list

[...]
As bears have become thinner, the reproductive rates of females and survival rates of cubs have declined. Overall, the western Hudson Bay population has dropped by 22% since 1987, according to studies.
[...]
Scientists think the global population of 20,000 to 25,000 bears remains robust, rebounding from the 1960s, when hunting had driven down the population to about 12,000. But virtually all polar bear experts predict rapid population declines in the Arctic, which is warming faster than anywhere else in the world[...]

The new protections under U.S. law will not affect the subsistence hunt in Canada, nor preclude native hunters from selling permits for as much as $30,000 to trophy hunters from the United States.

But it will prohibit trophy hunters from importing polar bear skins or heads into the United States. About 70 such trophies have been brought back each year.

"Native hunters claim they'll kill these bears anyway," said Paul Todd of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. "But if they don't need them for subsistence hunting, then, in reality, fewer bears will be killed each year.

re: #115 Killian Bundy

OK let me say this, they are not part of the Unified Command since Charles DeGaulle removed them from the unified command.

shanec...
Give links, like this. They help get your point across better.

Not that you'll change my mind about France being a bunch of free-loading whiners.

re: #116 Killian Bundy

/why don't you just link it and save us all the trouble and mystery

www.hoa.centcom.mil/Stories/Nov06/20061128-001.htm l

Here it is. It might interest you.

Good work my friend.

re: #117 freetoken

They've got a lot of bears to kill to achieve 1970 levels.

/it's bull[expletive deleted]

re: #116 Killian Bundy

/why don't you just link it and save us all the trouble and mystery

I think this may be what Shane is talking about [Link: www.navy.mil...] Although it is damn rude to make us all google it.

re: #119 AmeriDan

Don't believe everything you are reading in the major media houses. Many media houses want to suggest that America is standing alone against terrorists and they are ignoring the alliances we have forged and the good things we are accomplishing.

Because some in the media ignores the truth, does not make it untrue.

The French are quite simply not our enemies. The truth is they are our friends, but the public perception has not caught up with the truth and I don't know why.

OEF is the blanket operation covering activity in the GWOT. OEF covers activity in Afghanistan, Horn of Africa, Philippines, and more.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --------------------->
Help yourselves!

Come on fruitcup.......

re: #123 shanec99

The French are quite simply not our enemies. The truth is they are our friends, but the public perception has not caught up with the truth and I don't know why.

Generally agree with what you are saying... though at times the French have demonstrated their need to show others (and themselves) that they truly are independent actors from the US.

Morning LOL. Did you fix mine the way I like it? With extra vodka?

re: #125 littleoldlady

Mmmmm, fruitcup. Many thanks dear lady.

re: #125 littleoldlady

Ooohh, thanks... we were getting hungry watching all the starving polar bears....

re: #123 shanec99

Don't believe everything you are reading in the major media houses. Many media houses want to suggest that America is standing alone against terrorists and they are ignoring the alliances we have forged and the good things we are accomplishing.

Because some in the media ignores the truth, does not make it untrue.

The French are quite simply not our enemies. The truth is they are our friends, but the public perception has not caught up with the truth and I don't know why.

True. While the French and American governments have at times been at odds, our militaries have worked closely together through thick and thin.

re: #128 Neo Con since 9-11

Neo Con! :-)

Sure thing!

/vodka beats the heck out of what redc1c4 usually puts in it.

re: #130 freetoken

freetoken! :-)

Not to worry. I'm going to teach them how to swim.

/soon to be making an appearance in a bathtub near you

re: #122 Neo Con since 9-11

I think this may be what Shane is talking about [Link: www.navy.mil...] Although it is damn rude to make us all google it.

I am here in the Horn of Africa. I live it every day. We dig wells, build schools, help with orphanages and are pursuing efforts to bring stability to a region of the world that has seen too much pain and suffering.

Here in Djibouti the neighbors are Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Read from CJTF-HOA website about what we are doing to help Africans in Kenya, Uganda and all over sub-Saharan Africa become more prosperous.

Unfortunately, the media ignores our efforts to help people, they prefer showing pictures of women who are murdered in Iraq in market places by Al Queda and try to blame Americans for their murder.

re: #124 haakondahl

OEF is the blanket operation covering activity in the GWOT. OEF covers activity in Afghanistan, Horn of Africa, Philippines, and more.

You got it my friend. Please let them know.

re: #123 shanec99

I never said they were our enemy, just that they were free loading whiners. They are too, relitive to what they can contribute, and to what's at stake.

Oh, and they're ungreatful too.

A totally different topic... but somehow (?) related to many news items seen at LGF:

Students Fail — and Professor Loses Job

Who is to blame when students fail? If many students fail — a majority even — does that demonstrate faculty incompetence, or could it point to a problem with standards?

These are the questions at the center of a dispute that cost Steven D. Aird his job teaching biology at Norfolk State University.[...]

The university isn’t talking publicly about his case, but because Aird has released numerous documents prepared by the university about his performance — including the key negative tenure decisions by administrators — it is clear that he was denied tenure for one reason: failing too many students. The university documents portray Aird as unwilling to compromise to pass more students.

A subtext of the discussion is that Norfolk State is a historically black university with a mission that includes educating many students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The university suggests that Aird — who is white — has failed to embrace the mission of educating those who aren’t well prepared. But Aird — who had backing from his department and has some very loyal students as well — maintains that the university is hurting the very students it says it wants to help. Aird believes most of his students could succeed, but have no incentive to work as hard as they need to when the administration makes clear they can pass regardless.

“Show me how lowering the bar has ever helped anyone,” Aird said in an interview.
[...]

re: #123 shanec99

The French are quite simply not our enemies. The truth is they are our friends, but the public perception has not caught up with the truth and I don't know why.

You know, if you review this thread you'll find that no one has accused France of being an enemy, just that they're not doing enough, militarily. Commit the French Foreign Legion to Afghanistan, for example.

/almost as good as Gurkhas

re: #136 AmeriDan

I never said they were our enemy, just that they were free loading whiners. They are too, relitive to what they can contribute, and to what's at stake.

Oh, and they're ungreatful too.

Dan, have you ever learned how to spell worked with the French military? They remain the hard edge of another great Western Democracy, who will fight and die for what is right. What have you done for us lately?

The official CJTF-HOA website is offline. In the future, please just copy and paste a link into your post. You won't waste time arguing and and the thousand or so people who read this won't waste time googling. Finally, if you are Djibouti, thank you for your service.

re: #136 AmeriDan

I never said they were our enemy, just that they were free loading whiners. They are too, relitive to what they can contribute, and to what's at stake.

Oh, and they're ungreatful too.

Not their military my friend. The French Foreign Legion are tough as hell, and as good as any military force.

The French Navy is small, but they, the UK and us are the democratic nations that can project power from the deck of an Aircraft carrier.

Don't beat them up. They have some misguided politicians, but the French people elected a pro American leader... does that tell you anything?

France isn't our enemy, but they sure as hell ain't a friend, either.

Thanks for the fruitcup, littleoldlady. Gave ya a ding and everything.

re: #142 Sharmuta

Sharmuta! :-)

/got linen?

re: #140 Neo Con since 9-11

I am here and I am proud to do what we as a nation are accomplishing. If we continue the successes we are having, then we will stabilize the region and make it more prosperous.

Prosperous democracies never attack each other, and friends discourage thier citizens from strapping bombs to children and sending them to other nation's to kill other people's children.

By the way Djibouti is a nation that is 90+% Islamic and they are democratic. Forget the stereotypes.

They are not working here in East Africa, but the media are not letting you know the truth.

re: #139 haakondahl

I believe that I'm having a nice civil debate with shanec, but feel free to barge right on in and insult me.

Look upstairs and you will see that the only time I've said anything negative about their military was to mention their aircraft carrier. Which deserves mocking.

I am questioning the government commitment. Not the competence of their military.

So, who's up for today's comment deletion controversy?

Someone, post something stupid!

/just dumb

re: #141 shanec99

Agreed, please see #145.

re: #142 Sharmuta

France isn't our enemy, but they sure as hell ain't a friend, either.

Thanks for the fruitcup, littleoldlady. Gave ya a ding and everything.

Last time I checked, this morning I had breakfast with a French servicemen. He treated me like a friend.

If he is not a friend then I give up. By the way I just had coffee with some Germans.

Here in Djibouti we are working with allies to make a difference, and the French are among our allies in Djibouti.

re: #143 littleoldlady

Sharmuta! :-)

/got linen?

*burp* No, no linen here. ;)

A clever take on Obama, from columnist James Burnett at the Miami Herald:

He is biracial. If my better-paid peers insist on continuing to refer to him as the black candidate, instead of a biracial candidate -- on those occasions when his appearance is relevant to the conversation -- then I am going to have to start referring to him as the white candidate.

And Burnett, for what it's worth, is black. So despite the best efforts of hacks like Reuben Navarette, there are some independent-minded black voters out there who will judge Obama for themselves, instead of crowning him simply because of skin color.

re: #150 Cognito

Hey, ETFC was up 5% yesterday.

/If It Makes You Happy

re: #151 Killian Bundy

Hey, ETFC was up 5% yesterday.

/If It Makes You Happy

I saw that and thought of you: "That lucky sucker."

So you're doing well, unlike those of us that bought when 5.5 appeared to be the bottom...

re: #151 Killian Bundy

Hey, ETFC was up 5% yesterday.

/If It Makes You Happy

Wow. Weird. I'm in the Middle East, and when I clicked on that Youtube link, I got a message that said, "This video is not available in your country."

What is the video? I had assumed it was Sheryl Crowe, from the title?

re: #148 shanec99

It's pretty silly to base your perceptions of the foreign policy of an entire country based upon lunch with one frenchman.

re: #154 Sharmuta

It's pretty silly to base your perceptions of the foreign policy of an entire country based upon lunch with one frenchman.

*ding*

re: #152 Cognito

I saw that and thought of you: "That lucky sucker."

So you're doing well, unlike those of us that bought when 5.5 appeared to be the bottom...

So far so good.

/I pay for my under $10 stocks subscription and it pays for itself, I usually prefer to play in the wicked margin end of the field

re: #154 Sharmuta

It's pretty silly to base your perceptions of the foreign policy of an entire country based upon lunch with one frenchman.

I think it's pretty silly to argue about who is doing what in the war on terrorism with somebody who is currently downrange, doing things in the war on terrorism.

*Disclaimer--all I know about shanec99 I learned from the intarwebs.

re: #154 Sharmuta
I base it on more than that.

I base it on:

French participation in Desert Shield Desert Storm (I was there).
I base it on what I am seeing here in Africa (I am here).
I base it on the most recent French Presidential elections (look at the current leadership's attitude to America).

I am basing it on what I have seen for the better part of a military career that has spanned more than two decades.

Many things that the media report is part of a larger agenda, and might not actually reflect what is happening on the ground.

re: #158 shanec99

Apologize... I went to ding you up but unfortunately I hit the "-" button... didn't mean to. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a ding correction feature.

re: #157 haakondahl

I was also in Iraq in 2006 where I was assigned to a MITT at Camp Taji.

I am coming back to Africa for another GWOT tour this year.

What we are doing is important, and I wish you heard more of our stories and successes than the bombings you read about in Iraq that only gives a screwed glimpse of what we are doing.

re: #159 freetoken

Neutralized.

Well.. time to be riding out of here... oh for the days when pop music wasn't so vulgar...

re: #158 shanec99

So, what has France done for us lately? If you can tell us.

/without violating OPSEC

re: #159 freetoken

Don't worry about it my friend. Just keep waving the flag and standing up against the people sho apologize for terrorism and hurl insults at people who are putting thier lives on the line to protect them.

God bless you and all who stand ready to support us.

re: #163 Killian Bundy

So, what has France done for us lately? If you can tell us.

/without violating OPSEC

Right this minute French military personnel are assigned here with us in Djibouti (America's only base in Sub-Saharan Africa) participating in OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

We stand together and are working to achieve what our government's vision is, a stable African continent free from the influence of the murderers who pretend to be religious leaders.

re: #165 shanec99

We stand together and are working to achieve what our government's vision is, a stable African continent free from the influence of the murderers who pretend to be religious leaders.

Mmm. That might take a while.

Worthwhile, though.

Good morning, Lizards.

Seeking Updates
Many thanks to Ben Z and Cap'n Doc for starting this.

Prayers for comfort, strength, healing, and hope 5/15/08

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re: #165 shanec99

Right this minute French military personnel are assigned here with us in Djibouti (America's only base in Sub-Saharan Africa) participating in OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

We stand together and are working to achieve what our government's vision is, a stable African continent free from the influence of the murderers who pretend to be religious leaders.

/tell me something I haven't known for years already, and Somalia is still wreaking pirate havoc on shipping, get busy

Morning all. Goddess, are you early or I am late?

re: #158 shanec99

I didn't say they weren't an ally-I said they weren't friends. I don't think French national interests are the same thing as American national interests, and in fact, I'd be shocked if they were. Historically- France has not been a good friend to America. See "Oil-For-Food" as an example.

goddess! :-)

granny! :-)

I'm climbing upstairs...

re: #169 galloping granny

I'm a bit earlier. Now I'm jumping over to the new thread--see you there.

re: #166 Cognito

Mmm. That might take a while.

Worthwhile, though.

It might take a while to achieve, but I believe that our Government's objectives in Africa and internationally to resist the efforts of murderous fanatics who intend to subjugate whole nations under a Caliphate are worthwhile and should be supported enthusiastically.

Yes, we may have a long road to travel, but at least we have begun the journey and we have had some impressive successes.

I agree that France as a nation has been a perfidious ally. They have often been willing to put their financial interests above the cause of Freedom--supporting the Hussein regime by opposing American action due to the projected loss of revenue from oil investments was a particular low.
France has elected a stridently pro-American government now, which speaks volumes.
I was part of the France Sucks crowd when France sucked recently, but that was then.

With the exception of Spain, off the top of my head, most of the European governments have moved closer to the American position than they were four or eight years ago. Not a bad collection of friends for a cowboy President. And after the Spanish King's exchange with El Hugo, rabid leftism may have had its day in Spain. We'll see.

re: #173 shanec99

It might take a while to achieve, but I believe that our Government's objectives in Africa and internationally to resist the efforts of murderous fanatics who intend to subjugate whole nations under a Caliphate are worthwhile and should be supported enthusiastically.

Yes, we may have a long road to travel, but at least we have begun the journey and we have had some impressive successes.

And France, while they may be participating, aren't doing all they're capable of doing.

/and then there's Germany

re: #175 Killian Bundy

And France, while they may be participating, aren't doing all they're capable of doing.

/and then there's Germany

Neither are we.

re: #168 Killian Bundy

/tell me something I haven't known for years already, and Somalia is still wreaking pirate havoc on shipping, get busy

My friend we are doing our best to establish the rule of law in the region, we still have a lot of work to do, but the region is safer than it was two years ago.

Just ask yourself a question... do the Islamic Courts Union still control southern Somalia?

Do the Islamic Courts Union have any significant influence in Puntland and Somaliland (these are regions in northern Somalia)?

The Islamic Courts Union are the group of anti-American Islamic fundamentalists who controlled much of southern Somalia for a while.

We are working hard and we have a way to go, but we Americans and our allies are doing our best to bring peace to the region.

Hm. I think someone's a PIO... ha

re: #176 haakondahl

Neither are we.

My friend it may be useful for people to read this article:
[Link: www.iht.com...]

Lots of things are changing, and for the better.

re: #176 haakondahl

Neither are we.

And one year out, I expect that commitment to roll back significantly.

/we're headed for the twilight zone and the military reaction should be interesting

re: #179 shanec99

My friend it may be useful for people to read this article:
[Link: www.iht.com...]

Lots of things are changing, and for the better.

Well good.

/that pronouncement was made six months ago

re: #180 Killian Bundy

Don't be so negative, things are changing. Read this article:
[Link: www.iht.com...]

The French are standing with us and appear to be willing to bear an increasing portion of the burden.

Let us not insult the people who are saying that they want to share the load and are currently bearing a portion of the burden in the GWOT.

re: #181 Killian Bundy

Well good.

/that pronouncement was made six months ago

Why so cynical? Shane's making some good points, and seems to be involved in some good work.

Although, Shane, I gotta say: When the French leap to arms against despots and terror-mongers, it seems to be the exception, not the rule.

re: #181 Killian Bundy
Yes, and in bureaucracies things move slowly, but not many people spoke about this development in the media.

Do you think that this was a significant development? I do.

Be a little more charitable to people who want to stand with us, if we insult them or denigrate thier efforts we may hamper a growing friendship.

re: #182 shanec99

Don't be so negative, things are changing. Read this article:
[Link: www.iht.com...]

The French are standing with us and appear to be willing to bear an increasing portion of the burden.

Let us not insult the people who are saying that they want to share the load and are currently bearing a portion of the burden in the GWOT.

So nice, you posted it twice.

/Afghanistan, that's where the need is

re: #184 Cognito

Although, Shane, I gotta say: When the French leap to arms against despots and terror-mongers, it seems to be the exception, not the rule.

Until recently many people made that argument about us too.

Now they argue that our fight against terrorists is making the world more unstable.

You can't satisfy some people in the media can you?

But we keep doing our best to keep the nation safe, even if we must go it alone.

re: #186 Killian Bundy

So nice, you posted it twice.

/Afghanistan, that's where the need is

I say we take whatever help we can get and say thanks. We cannot force them to help us, we wish they would commit more resources to assist in the effort, but every little bit helps to achieve the objectives we are pursuing.

Hypothetically, because we need $1,000,000 to build a new hospital does not mean we should turn down some fertilizer so that we can plant more food to feed the starving people.

We say thank you and do the best we can with the resources we have.

re: #185 shanec99

Yes, and in bureaucracies things move slowly, but not many people spoke about this development in the media.

Do you think that this was a significant development? I do.

Be a little more charitable to people who want to stand with us, if we insult them or denigrate thier efforts we may hamper a growing friendship.

And, as far as I can tell, the Foreign Legion sits on it's ass.

/are they no longer willing to sacrifice?

re: #188 shanec99

I say we take whatever help we can get and say thanks. We cannot force them to help us, we wish they would commit more resources to assist in the effort, but every little bit helps to achieve the objectives we are pursuing..

Agreed.

/won't get the job done

re: #189 Killian Bundy

And, as far as I can tell, the Foreign Legion sits on it's ass.

/are they no longer willing to sacrifice?

That is simply not true. Americans work with the French Foreign Legion here in Djibouti as part of the GWOT.

Here is an article from a DoD website:
[Link: www.defendamerica.mil...]
unfortunately, the major media houses are not telling people about this.

It is frustrating.

re: #190 Killian Bundy

How do you know that it won't get the job done?

My friend that is an opinion, and from all I have seen here in Africa we are getting the job done.

We are also getting the job done in Iraq.

We are also gettting the job done in the Phillipines.

We have some difficulty in Afghanistan, but we will get the job done there too.

Its a long hard road, but we are getting it done slowly and building long lasting relationships to ensure that after we leave there will be institutions that survive to protect the things we and our partners are working to build.

re: #191 shanec99

Afghanistan! Lose it, lose the war.

/the Fifth Fleet isn't in danger, redeploy

re: #193 Killian Bundy

Afghanistan! Lose it, lose the war.

/the Fifth Fleet isn't in danger, redeploy

We wont lose the war, its just not going to happen.

You have to be patient, if we walk away from Iraq to put more forces in Afghanistan we could have a reversal in the gains we have made.

Look, the people who are directing the efforts in this war have spent most of their adult lives working on military matters. Let them use the resources the way they need to, they know how to win and will win if people who have no experience in military matters would just leave the fighting to them.

It always surprises me that a lawyer who gets elected and has no experience on the battle field would ignore the advice of people who have served in combat and lost friends and colleagues in the heat of battle. It seems illogical to me.

But then some politicians are illogical (not the majority), yet we in the military have to respect our elected leadership because they are a reflection of the will of the American people. I only wish that the ones who have an opinion that is not so well informed about military matters would respect our opinions more.

re: #193 Killian Bundy
Given the new Pakistani government Afghanistan will get a lot worse. The Jihad site is still up.

Chechnya has been the glorious example of Jihad in the Muslim world.

Climaxed by killing all those children.

re: #195 Rancher

Given the new Pakistani government Afghanistan will get a lot worse. The Jihad site is still up.

Climaxed by killing all those children.

That is why we must stand against them. If we don't then we can expect more of Chechnya.

re: #194 shanec99

We wont lose the war, its just not going to happen.

You have to be patient, if we walk away from Iraq to put more forces in Afghanistan we could have a reversal in the gains we have made.

I don't think you've been paying enough attention to Lord Obama's proclamations.

/you're we're [expletive deleted]

re: #197 Killian Bundy

I don't think you've been paying enough attention to Lord Obama's proclamations.

/you're we're [expletive deleted]

And you believe everything that Senator Obama has to say. Could it be that his inexperience is leading him to make less than prudent statements?

Perhaps as the Senator becomes better informed he will make statements that have more bearing on reality.

We can pray. Inexperienced people frequently make mistakes that demonstrate a lack of preparation. We can only pray that he gets some advisorors that will help him in the areas that he is unprepared to deal with. He is a smart man, so perhaps he may surprise us.

re: #198 shanec99

We can pray. Inexperienced people frequently make mistakes that demonstrate a lack of preparation. We can only pray that he gets some advisorors that will help him in the areas that he is unprepared to deal with. He is a smart man, so perhaps he may surprise us.

/are you kidding me, CINC?

Radical Islamic aggression, via the WWW, is not good.

This is not what we want.

Stop jamming me/us.......................................

re: #199 Killian Bundy

Who says his election to be POTUS is a given?

Have faith in the collective wisdom of the American people.

re: #201 shanec99

Have faith in the collective wisdom of the American people.

You forgot the sarc tag.

So YouTube is just a pack of Democrats?

From the comments on that youtube page, it appears that the guy is in Britain, and hates Hindus as much as anyone. He brags:

because all i know is..ur a coward who just talks the talk like many khoffars espically hindus..

i live in briton, and hindus here only act big in cricket.. on the streets they dont move or talk just like there statue gods,

On the streets, where this guy and his friends probably taunt and harass them, the Hindus "don't move"- well I guess not, they're probably in fear for their lives from this thug and his disgusting loser friends.

/It's a big man who can brag on YouTube

What a POS.

YouTube scumbags will be the first they behead when they take over. Keep it up GoogleDhimmis.

Monsters of greed and cowardice. Are these terror accounts being flagged? Can we note their account name and send these monsters of greed and cowardice letters of protest?

YouTube needs to throttled not only for violence and corruption, but for sedition. Are they a U.S. company?

re: #205 AndyMacOP

They will never rule the world,
Read about the Battle of Lourdes and Charles Martel.
Read about what happened in Vienna.
Read about what happened in Spain.
Read about what happened in Ethiopia in the 1450s and Portugal's intervention to save a Christian nation being over run by Muslim extremists.
Read about the Yum Kippur war when they ganged up attacked Israel on one of her holiest days and tried to destroy her.
They are like an aggressive bully, but when democratic governments and people of good will stand their ground and push back the extremists eventually turn tail and run. After they run they accuse the west of atrocities.
Read about the Crusades and its efforts to liberate Christians from the tyranny of Muslim oppression. Yet they suggest that the Crusades were not a reaction to the anhilation of Christian populations all over the Middle East.

I've been fighting with youtube for the last year over pro-jihadi videos and despite reporting violations repeatedly, these violent videos stay up, the accounts are never shut down and they continue to add more videos to the accounts.

On the other hand, I took a koran, placed a piece of bacon between the pages as a bookmark and shot 15 seconds of video. That was deleted from youtube within hours.

Google is aiding and abetting terrorism. It's well known that terrorists use google earth to plot attacks against the west and google does nothing to hide sensitive areas. There is a class action lawsuit just waiting to happen here.

Google is satan incarnate.

I have filed a DMCA complaint with Youtube. Some of those videos are from news organizations, and Youtube is pretty clear about DMCA violations. Too many of them, and they'll ban you. :) If you can't beat them one way, beat them another.

This is really Terrible ,YouTube should be boycotted for this outrage .

At The YouTube website these [bigoted word]s are even praising Beasts like "Shamil Basayev" , who was the principal orchestrator of the Beslan Hostage Terror that occured in 2004.

Chechnya has been the glorious example of Jihad in the Muslim world. The Chechenian history itself speaks of its brave and courageous fight against the Russian invaders. The legends of Dzhokhar Dudaev, Aslan Maskhadov, Shamil Basayev, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev and now Dokka Umarov...

re: #38 pat

It goes well beyond that. Americans of the 3rd generation of Chinese descent believe that China should be the only equal to America. The poor Russians are planning a Sino-American, Islamic-American war to revive their imperialistic prospects as both cultures lok upon them as easy meat.

China just {is} the only near-equal, in power and economic might, to the U.S., at present. Europe has an economy of comparable size, but too little cohesion and will to be a player on the world stage. Japan has an advanced economy, but it rests on a slender and shrinking demographic base. India may one day rank up there, but for now, she's not made the grade.

China has a simple strategy. Build, grow, and let nature take its course. They will be number 1, by and by. War, in this strategy, is a senseless risk.

China doesn't need a war to annex Siberia. Russians move out of Siberia because it's too harsh. Chinese move in because there are jobs there, and harsh as it is, those jobs offer a better deal than what's available back home. The border is long and porous, and anyway, the Russian economy needs workers in those jobs.

An Islamic-American war? Russia has lost its influence in the Islamic world. Their "help" for Syria and Egypt was useless. Their conquest of Afghanistan came a cropper and won them no friends. And their little war with the Chechens consolidated Islamic feeling against Russia.

There is little Russia can do to bring about such a war, and they have little to gain should it happen in some other way.

Russia has become rather a rogue state, and we are wise to be wary of them, but there's a limit to what they can do.

China has become a superpower, and we are wise to recognize this, but they have very attractive peaceful prospects, and no reason to take chances.

Thanks for pointing out that, Charles.

I just flagged the video. Hopefully the account will be shut down, soon.

re: #201 shanec99

Very Wise Words Indeed !

HuM is a Pakistan-based terrorist organization, and it's pretty obvious that the camp in the video is based in Pakistan. Can someone explain to me why we're sending billions of dollars in military aid to a country that still allows Islamic terrorists to train on its soil? Note that the HuM doesn't even operate in Waziristan or the "Tribal areas" where the Pakis claim they don't have jurisdiction - they train in camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, where there is HUGE Pakistani army presence and where the Pakis have total control.

Some "War on Terror" we're fighting. Our troops are fighting Islamic terrorists in two countries, but in a third country (one with nukes, no less) we send in our tax dollars and then look the other way when terrorists set up shop.