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The Iraq War: Pretty much the opposite of a war on terror

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by dog428, Sep 25, 2006.

  1. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    And in the "those who cannot remember the past are destined to repeat it" department.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/opinion/30harris.html?ex=1159848000&en=7b5321a993a151e4&ei=5087%0A

    Like Al Qaeda, these pirates were loosely organized, but able to spread a disproportionate amount of fear among citizens who had believed themselves immune from attack. To quote Mommsen again: “The Latin husbandman, the traveler on the Appian highway, the genteel bathing visitor at the terrestrial paradise of Baiae were no longer secure of their property or their life for a single moment
     
  2. Duane Postum

    Duane Postum Member

    Don't post such stories and raise such questions, JR. You'll be accused of singing "Kumbaya" with the terrorists.
     
  3. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Look up:

    Stribling, Young

    Close!
     
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