Zaphod said...

Zaphod at 05:03 PM JST - 4th June

Remember how "popular vote" was the big slogan among the democrats 8 years ago and then again 4 yours ago?

Suddenly, the "popular vote" does not mean anything any more. Strange how opinions change :-)

Posted in Obama nears win amid signs Clinton may admit loss at 05:03 PM JST - 4th June
Zaphod at 03:58 PM JST - 4th June

Wolfpack:

" Obama should go with McCain to Iraq so the war veteran can school the naive one about the ways of the world. "

I do hope that was sarcasm...

" would say that the chances are more likely that Obama will meet with Ahmadinejad before he meets with…

Posted in Obama considers Iraq visit amid Republican criticism of foreign policy experience at 03:58 PM JST - 4th June
Zaphod at 03:51 PM JST - 4th June

Farmboy:

" That it's okay for suicide bombers to kill people because it's a kind of religious expression, "

It is from the islamic point of view. Dying as a "martyr" in the battle against infidels is the ultimate religious act.

" and that I shouldn't criticize it because it…

Posted in Al-Qaida's stance on women sparks extremist debate at 03:51 PM JST - 4th June
Zaphod at 03:37 PM JST - 4th June

Skipthesong:

" ey, they just caught another one only not in Iraq, but right there in good old Ohio www.abcnews.com "

So what? They caught one, and thousands are educated at the radical mosques sprouting all over the country. They are still only addressing the symptoms, not the problem. In…

Posted in U.S. nets 2 al-Qaida suspects, Shiite leader in Iraq at 03:37 PM JST - 4th June
Zaphod at 03:32 PM JST - 4th June

Skipthesong:

" Does anyone know that if the guys doing the actual killings have seen the cartoons themselves or if they were just ordered? I am very curious. "

There are hardly many subscribers to Danish newspapers in Pakistan, and you won`t see any in the local press. A call…

Posted in Pakistani Taliban targeted Danes because of cartoons: officials at 03:32 PM JST - 4th June
Zaphod at 08:01 AM JST - 4th June

Plenty more where those came from. The US continues to chase the impossible dream.

Posted in U.S. nets 2 al-Qaida suspects, Shiite leader in Iraq at 08:01 AM JST - 4th June
Zaphod at 10:53 PM JST - 3rd June

Farmboy:

" Now we just have to wait until they all realize that blowing yourself and other folks up isn't the only religious activity available. "

Why should they? For you, it is not a religious activitiy, for them it is. Don´t be so arrogant to project your religious ideas…

Posted in Al-Qaida's stance on women sparks extremist debate at 10:53 PM JST - 3rd June
Zaphod at 10:04 PM JST - 3rd June

Skipthesong:

Yep. It would be easy to defeat the Jihad if we acknowledged that we are in a war. But political correctness says that we have to pretend the Jihad does not exist and is all our fault anyway, so modern civilizations bend over and let the medieval Arabs have…

Posted in More than 40 militants killed in Afghanistan at 10:04 PM JST - 3rd June
Zaphod at 10:10 AM JST - 3rd June

Young men in Pakistan blowing themselves up to go to paradise, "fighting" against cartoons published in Danish newspapers. (One wonders how many of them could even find Denmark on a map.)

Can one think of a clearer demonstration of the international nature of the islamist doctrine?

Posted in 8 die in blast outside Denmark's Embassy in Pakistan at 10:10 AM JST - 3rd June
Zaphod at 09:24 AM JST - 3rd June

Rule of the thumb: Whenever any government in a guerilla warfare situation resorts to publishing regular "body counts", you know that they are flailing and loosing. The US and the Europeans are in it till their collective noses, and have no face-saving way out. These regular body counts published by…

Posted in More than 40 militants killed in Afghanistan at 09:24 AM JST - 3rd June