Hostage Crisis In Iraq!

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

in my opinion, there shouldn't have even existed such a terrorist

organization..... while i've not kept myself uptodate with whats going on

Iraq now, the americans should have done something to prevent this from happening.....

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

this Iraqi rebel group must be contained or there will be more hostage

situations........

[Texas]

At the risk of sounding unpatriotic, i will say this the United States is being the biggest jerk right now, they say they wan't to free Iraq to protect the homeland, but all they do is invade countries and expose them, and rob them! Like Mexico, and Spain, and Hawaii, and England, and the West!! The U.S. is really agrivating me, i feel for the Iraqis, they had to live with Saddam and now the United States doesn't protect them and the terrorist see this and are trying to free themselves albeit looking like murderers.

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

it's all Bushi's fault............

Sadami was a kussotare but Bushi only wants to exploit this country.....

they should b left alone to make their own administration..........

[Gryph]

this Iraqi rebel group must be contained or there will be more hostage

situations........

That's a tough situation because it has to be done in a perfect balance. They must contain the violence without doing an all out strike on the city. The rebel Ayatollah (forgot his name) has brought together two formally distant sects of Islam to fight against the Americans, which is quite a feat in itself.

[AntiWinner22]

At the risk of sounding unpatriotic, i will say this the United States is being the biggest jerk right now, they say they wan't to free Iraq to protect the homeland, but all they do is invade countries and expose them, and rob them! Like Mexico, and Spain, and Hawaii, and England, and the West!! The U.S. is really agrivating me, i feel for the Iraqis, they had to live with Saddam and now the United States doesn't protect them and the terrorist see this and are trying to free themselves albeit looking like murderers.

No worries... Most of us here hate Bush.

 

Anon.

[Gryph]

I just got my hands on the new book by former Nixon counsel John Dean, "Worse than Watergate." It's about how this Bush administration is more secretive than the Nixon administration.

 

I just got it yesterday so I haven't had a chance to read much. I'll hit you guys up on a review when I'm done.

 

I suggest you also grab a copy and read it.

[Captain FuKu]

I just got my hands on the new book by former Nixon counsel John Dean, "Worse than Watergate." It's about how this Bush administration is more secretive than the Nixon administration.

 

I just got it yesterday so I haven't had a chance to read much. I'll hit you guys up on a review when I'm done.

 

I suggest you also grab a copy and read it.

Cool. I'll look into it.

 

Speaking of books, what are your main interests Gryph?

 

People interested in historical theory may want to check out Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. Hitler's Pope is also very interesting; it talks the history of the Roman Catholic church and looks at its historical roots of power and corruption.

[Gryph]

Speaking of books, what are your main interests Gryph?

Mainly humor books like George Carlin, Dennis Miller, Steve Martin, Al Franken. Also books on current politics like the one I'm reading now. Also a mixture of the two like Al Franken and other political satirists.

 

I'm not too much into history, I mean I read history text books but not too many books. I just finished reading "The Double Helix" again which is good.

 

I'm mostly into non fiction because I like to learn stuff. And the fiction that I read is mainly classical stuff like Twain, Dickens, Wells. The only sci fi stuff that I really enjoy is Wells, Asimov, and Bradbury (well he's not really sci fi). I haven't read anything by Asimov since 8th grade though.

 

I hate Shakespere. I've actually never fully read a book for any of my classes. I've read enough to get by on the quizes, tests, and essays.

 

My next phase will be late 19th-early to mid 20th century authors like Hemingway, Walker Percy, Kurt Vonnegut, and the like.

 

I actually don't like to read but I have to keep my mind sharp and my reading comprehension skills tip top.

[Agozer]

I like political satirists, but actual politics just doesn't interest me. Meh.

[Captain FuKu]

Yeah, I've had enough of politics -- taking political science at the moment.

 

Satire is good. I like Vonnegut and Chuck Palahnuick (sp?).

 

And Krishnamurti beats any of the philosophers I've ever read.