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  •  Him, I think we made up. (none / 0)

    But he sure is magical: first killed, then merely maimed with the loss of leg, and then WHOA, he's whole, and he's beheadin'

    Sorry, I'm very cynical about the amazing Al-Zarqawi.  Seems like we've got a whole bunch of terrorists who've morphed into Saddam.  I mean Al Zarqawi.  
    The point is, we can fight them here or there.  Love how late in the game that rationale came up.  Makes me long for the mushroom-cloud- threatenin' days.  It was all so clear then.

    Small varmints, if you will.

    by 2lucky on Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 01:23:48 AM PDT

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    •  You left out one thing (none / 0)

      We have to remember that the Pentagon presented the WH with three separate plans to kills Zarqawi before the war and the WH said no.

      As far as I'm concerned, Condi Rice as good as beheaded hostages herself.

      Qui faciant leges ubi sola pecunia regnat? -- Petronius

      by Karl the Idiot on Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 06:32:34 AM PDT

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      •  B word (none / 1)

        Things that are critical to our understanding are the low tech lessons of Viet Nam and 9/11.  It does not take a ton of money, top scientists or intricate planning to inflict mass casualties. It doesn't take repeated mass casualty to create fear. To feed a fear frenzy, there is no need to pull off another - quoting the terrorists here - "spectacular" event.  

        So, onto the mythical proportions of Zarqawi, the beheader.  Thanks to us, he owns the beheading brand.  Any beheading, Zarqawi's behind it.  Beheading is very low tech and yet very fear inspiring.  Put those together... well, you see where I'm going.

        With the terror level flames fanned, especially pre-election, I believe it will take very little in this country for all out panic and terrorist in every pot hole mentality.  

        by debraz on Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 09:01:38 AM PDT

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        •  A Beheading on American Soil (none / 1)

          Would be just as effective as another 9/11. Imagine a series of kidnappings and televised beheadings right here in our back yard. Easy to accomplish, brutally effective.

          Our children will go to bed with nightmares about the beheading boogeyman.

          They allow themselves to be caught with documents implicating a Syrian or Iran connection.

          Meanderthal

          by lobbygow on Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 11:16:45 AM PDT

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    •  Al-Zarqawi might not exist (none / 0)

      Both sides have an interest in blaming all the violence in Iraq on him. Bush needs an enemy, but the fundamentalists also need a leader. I think this is why there are so many video tapes of him committing attrocities where we never see his face.

      by cybo on Wed Nov 10, 2004 at 07:51:17 AM PDT

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