Zarqawi -dead-

[torridjoe 48]

Who is going to find them? Think about the history and training of Zarqawi. He is irreplacable. Sure somebody could take over his role, but with limited knowledge and little organization.

 

Al-Qaeda IS limited knowledge and little organization. That's what makes them so tough to stop--they're really not very tightly affiliated at all. Think Mary Kay--you get the supplies and the pep talk, but the job you do is up to you.

[swamp dog 0]

It is always good to have hope. But remember, the capture of Saddam, the death of his sons, were all supposed to slow things down too, and look how well that turned out. It's hard to imagine this not helping though.

They said they dropped two 500-pound bombs on his house. I'm just surprised there is anything left of the bastard.

 

actually, getting saddam and killing his sons help slow saddam and his sons from killing people. the main gas-on-the-fire in iraq isn't coming from saddam's homies.

[Blitzen 1]

Al-Qaeda IS limited knowledge and little organization. That's what makes them so tough to stop--they're really not very tightly affiliated at all. Think Mary Kay--you get the supplies and the pep talk, but the job you do is up to you.

 

So they get to keep the pink Uzis?

[parrot 789]

So they get to keep the pink Uzis?

Uzis are JEW GUNS!

[torridjoe 48]

So they get to keep the pink Uzis?

[phillybear 366]

The cunning part was luring him into the Dateline NBC house with promises of wild sex with an underage camel.

 

Somewhere, in another plane of existance, 70 men are raping this assbag's assh0le.

Are the men virgins?

 

If they are, they won't be for long.

[FranksTanks 0]

actually, getting saddam and killing his sons help slow saddam and his sons from killing people. the main gas-on-the-fire in iraq isn't coming from saddam's homies.

 

I know. And it's hard to tell how much has been coming from Zarqawi's homies as well. The Sunnis and the Shiites still hate each other. We'll see if Zarqawi's death will help change anything. I'm just saying it's hard to be overly optimistic when the past has proven that things don't always get better when we're told they will.

[torridjoe 48]

I know. And it's hard to tell how much has been coming from Zarqawi's homies as well. The Sunnis and the Shiites still hate each other. We'll see if Zarqawi's death will help change anything. I'm just saying it's hard to be overly optimistic when the past has proven that things don't always get better when we're told they will.

 

true enough--unfortunately, if you haven't noticed, the hip death in Iraq these days isn't via suicide bomber OR IED attack...it's by abduction and execution. And THAT, as you say, is an entirely internal situation (ie, non-al-Qaeda).

[FranksTanks 0]

true enough--unfortunately, if you haven't noticed, the hip death in Iraq these days isn't via suicide bomber OR IED attack...it's by abduction and execution. And THAT, as you say, is an entirely internal situation (ie, non-al-Qaeda).

 

I thought it was still car bombs?

[TimmySmith 2,783]

Al-Qaeda IS limited knowledge and little organization. That's what makes them so tough to stop--they're really not very tightly affiliated at all. Think Mary Kay--you get the supplies and the pep talk, but the job you do is up to you.

 

Exactly, that is why time in, contacts, experience plays such a huge role. No one can replace Zarqawi, not even close. And anyone who tries to fill his shoes will certainly not have the foundation to build anything up like he did.

[torridjoe 48]

I thought it was still car bombs?

 

Nope, it's ethnic retaliations. Read the papers from Sunday and Monday. Several incidents that are generally indicative of the huge numbers of deaths that are occurring lately--people literally being just pulled off of buses and executed.

[swamp dog 0]

I know. And it's hard to tell how much has been coming from Zarqawi's homies as well. The Sunnis and the Shiites still hate each other. We'll see if Zarqawi's death will help change anything. I'm just saying it's hard to be overly optimistic when the past has proven that things don't always get better when we're told they will.

 

i never said this would make it all magically better. just clarifying that saddam and his sons are no longer killing people.

[cinciman7 2]

[IN$TANT REPAY 11]

This is no big deal. There will be another one to take his place.

 

 

isn't osama supposed to be dead too?

 

[torridjoe 48]

Exactly, that is why time in, contacts, experience plays such a huge role. No one can replace Zarqawi, not even close. And anyone who tries to fill his shoes will certainly not have the foundation to build anything up like he did.

 

Your response to my point that there's little top-down influence is to say, "exactly, that's why cutting off the top is such an important step?"

 

And are you aware that many in the intelligence community (for what that's worth these days) are still unclear on the extent to which Zarqawi actually directed many of the larger operations in Iraq?

[brinett9 0]

I dance on your grave.

[FranksTanks 0]

i never said this would make it all magically better. just clarifying that saddam and his sons are no longer killing people.

 

ok. It is good having less killers.

[GettnHuge 2]

Zarqawi's replacement has already been chosen

[TimmySmith 2,783]

Your response to my point that there's little top-down influence is to say, "exactly, that's why cutting off the top is such an important step?"

 

And are you aware that many in the intelligence community (for what that's worth these days) are still unclear on the extent to which Zarqawi actually directed many of the larger operations in Iraq?

 

Here it comes, the playing down of elimination of Zarqawi. Really only a matter of time I guess. BTW I read the blog, it appears that while people differ in his effect, they pretty much agree it was significant.

[swamp dog 0]

go to cnn.com and watch the video of the airstrike and see z's dead head shot.

 

greta television

 

Your response to my point that there's little top-down influence is to say, "exactly, that's why cutting off the top is such an important step?"

 

And are you aware that many in the intelligence community (for what that's worth these days) are still unclear on the extent to which Zarqawi actually directed many of the larger operations in Iraq?

 

another angle for you, torrid: do you think he deserved to die? not asking what impact this will have.

[Snuff 10]

[Cruzer 1,996]

go to cnn.com and watch the video of the airstrike and see z's dead head shot.

Fiinally, reality television I can get behind!

 

Did they say what kind of aircraft delivered the 500 lb. bomb?

[FranksTanks 0]

Fiinally, reality television I can get behind!

 

Did they say what kind of aircraft delivered the 500 lb. bomb?

 

 

F-16s

[Blitzen 1]

Fiinally, reality television I can get behind!

 

Did they say what kind of aircraft delivered the 500 lb. bomb?

 

F16

[Mungwater 601]

true enough--unfortunately, if you haven't noticed, the hip death in Iraq these days isn't via suicide bomber OR IED attack...it's by abduction and execution. And THAT, as you say, is an entirely internal situation (ie, non-al-Qaeda).

 

You are out of your mind dude, the main threat is IEDs, just as it has been, and it will be. Thats our focus, and to say otherwise is complete garbage. Sucks that some people got their heads cut off, but there is definitely a focus on finding IEDs, there are hell of lot more of them as opposed to crazys with big knives.

[Blitzen 1]

So much for it being a safe house.

[ZeroTolerance 584]

Here it comes, the playing down of elimination of Zarqawi. Really only a matter of time I guess. BTW I read the blog, it appears that while people differ in his effect, they pretty much agree it was significant.

 

How it works. The left will say this doesn't change anything, the right will ride it as proof of 'death throes' straight through the election.

[Mark Buffington 3]

And are you aware that many in the intelligence community (for what that's worth these days) are still unclear on the extent to which Zarqawi actually directed many of the larger operations in Iraq?

From your link

 

In describing terrorist activity in Iraq in late 2004 and the key role of Islamist groups, the US State Department assessed that as of 2004 Abu Musab Zarqawi and his Jamaat al-Tawhid wal Jihad organization had emerged to play a leading role in terrorist activities inside Iraq

 

Bush is starting to scare me. He warns us that this is a great but single step in moving forward, AND he declares that "deportation just ain't gonna work?" Maybe he should have stopped listening to Cheney a long time ago...

What the hell does one have to do with the other?

[torridjoe 48]

Here it comes, the playing down of elimination of Zarqawi. Really only a matter of time I guess. BTW I read the blog, it appears that while people differ in his effect, they pretty much agree it was significant.

 

I didn't say it wasn't significant; I said it's still unclear as to the extent of his direct involvement in foreign-terror activities.

 

You're right that it was only a matter of time--the President beat me to the punch by a few hours.

 

 

You are out of your mind dude, the main threat is IEDs, just as it has been, and it will be. Thats our focus, and to say otherwise is complete garbage. Sucks that some people got their heads cut off, but there is definitely a focus on finding IEDs, there are hell of lot more of them as opposed to crazys with big knives.

 

You need to keep up a little better. I'm not talking about terrorist kidnappings for ransom or publicity. I'm talking about sectarian revenge killings, thousands of them since the year began.

 

The main threat to US soldiers is IED's. But the main threat to life right now is being executed by the ethnic group you're not a part of (Sunni or Shia, respectively).

 

 

go to cnn.com and watch the video of the airstrike and see z's dead head shot.

 

greta television

another angle for you, torrid: do you think he deserved to die? not asking what impact this will have.

 

Nobody deserves to die, no. Can his death be justified and beneficial? Yes.

 

 

From your link

 

What the hell does one have to do with the other?

 

I don't know, necessarily. Why did you put them together and suggest that there was a connection?

[B1CUDA 0]

BURN IN HELL MOTHER F' ER!!!! We just need to stay focused on killing all of the other animals like yourself!

[torridjoe 48]

BURN IN HELL MOTHER F' ER!!!! We just need to stay focused on killing all of the other animals like yourself!

 

Yes, that's worked SUPERBLY so far.

[Mark Buffington 3]

I don't know, necessarily. Why did you put them together and suggest that there was a connection?

what are you talking about. YOU put them together. You mention this killing and deportation of ILLEGAL aliens in the same post.

[swamp dog 0]

Fiinally, reality television I can get behind!

 

Did they say what kind of aircraft delivered the 500 lb. bomb?

 

f-16. just to be nice, they bombed him twice.

[drobeski 3,061]

my condolences torrid

[swamp dog 0]

Yes, that's worked SUPERBLY so far.

 

nobody deserves to die...nobody? hitler? stalin? a man holding a gun to a baby's head?

[parrot 789]

nobody deserves to die...nobody? hitler? stalin? a man holding a gun to a baby's head?

Carrot Top, John Tesh, Steinbrenner, GIANTS FAN???!!

[donhaas 19]

i never said this would make it all magically better. just clarifying that saddam and his sons are no longer killing people.

 

 

Can you clarify for us that the sky is, indeed, blue?

[gocolts 300]

[porkbutt 897]

my condolences torrid

 

[donhaas 19]

my condolences torrid