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First of all, I could not get a signal on my Sprint phone for three
states while traveling from Utah to Texas ... how the hell do these bastids get Internet while hiding in caves in the mountains of Afghanistan??? Secondly, you are so right, unless it is tangible to us (feel, hear,
see, and touch), we tend to stick our heads up our collective ass. This is the case with so many issues in our great USofA. We are a nation of arm-chair political pundits waxing indignant about a conflict we don't know crap about. I'd like to expound, but I don't know crap about the conflict either - I only know what my government chooses for me to know and I am fine with that information being fuzzy. This is a well thought out and very informative post Naut -- thank you! Well done.
posted by
VictoriaP
on July 14, 2008 at 5:15 PM
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If Only We Would WAKE UP!
I feel we have become complacent and war-weary and that's exactly where they want us. Keep writing. We need you. Kris
posted by
ChristianHorrorWriter
on July 5, 2008 at 1:33 PM
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So, how to make it real , instead of the stuff of 007 movies, before drama hits once again? I feel quite helpless. Keep writing Nautikos!
posted by
KaBooM62
on July 1, 2008 at 9:43 PM
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Naut,
I'm inclined to agree with you that we won't welcome God's plan (no offense, Wily), if that involves , as my mother firmly believes, Armageddon. But most of all I agree with your last comment, that it is a question of ideas. If only 'the twain shall meet' - wouldn't that be nice. There goes my naivety again.
posted by
mneme
on June 29, 2008 at 2:10 AM
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Re:
TAPS, thank you for that excellent description of the public's mindset on this issue...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 26, 2008 at 5:27 PM
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Re: Nautikos
Thanks, Wiley, but my concern is that we won't
like the solution the God of your understanding has in mind for this al Qaeda crapola...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 26, 2008 at 5:26 PM
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Thanks, Shelly! Yep, it's gonna be a Marathon alright...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 26, 2008 at 5:23 PM
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Nautikos, I'm afraid that there are too many people, like me, who read this sort of thing and subconsciously place it on a level with a New York Times Best Seller, a thriller, an exhilarating tale of international suspense, rather than face up to reality. With a plot that moves at breakneck speed, devastating terrorist operations threatening our very exhistance, we just "know" that some adventurous action hero will save the day. So, we can go on to worrying about things like the vicious cycle of falling housing prices leading to less consumption, leading to recession, leading to job loss, leading to more foreclosures and bigger government deficits, leading to even less faith in the dollar, leading to inflation and higher long-term interest rates, leading to higher mortgage rates, leading to yet lower home prices, leading to......
Keep writing. We need it.
posted by
TAPS.
on June 25, 2008 at 11:39 AM
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Nautikos
This is a situation that I believe will be handled eventually by the God of my understanding. Matter of fact, I'm not sure it isn't a message to the U.S.A., China or Russia et al, that they truly are not more powerful than God and cannot solve everything. God will solve this al quaeda crapola, and it will shock the world how that will come about
posted by
WileyJohn
on June 24, 2008 at 9:29 PM
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This is a complicated network. I think we need to combat it wholeheartedly to the finish. I think this is a marathon at best. Grand article! Shelly
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sam444
on June 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM
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