tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post8886679789212784752..comments2023-10-25T03:24:19.388-07:00Comments on Further Adventures of Indigo Red: Al-Qaida Turns 20 - Nears End of LifeIndigo Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07488424336985581412noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-68918981425484608112009-01-06T17:36:00.000-08:002009-01-06T17:36:00.000-08:00You're absolutely right, Word. Perhaps what was me...You're absolutely right, Word. Perhaps what was meant was that law enforcement had been minimized too much. Many of the cases we've seen the last several months have bee the result of gumshoe police work that pre-empted the bad guy's plans. Maybe what looked like taking out the law enforcement agle was really a case of law enforcers being unfamiliar with the new duties and having to coe up to speed along with the laws needed to do the job.<BR/><BR/>I firmly believe we are on the right track now.Indigo Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906787350123925867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-66624522763578786052009-01-06T10:03:00.000-08:002009-01-06T10:03:00.000-08:00It is a bit of a return to the law enforcement ang...<I>It is a bit of a return to the law enforcement angle, Word. It's a part of the equation that should never have been taken out.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't think it's ever been taken out of the equation. We've been fighting the Islamic terror network on many levels, not just militarily.The WordSmith from Nantuckethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937868119894243815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-15905136568979090272008-11-24T22:07:00.000-08:002008-11-24T22:07:00.000-08:00That would be my choice too, Don. But I'll take an...That would be my choice too, Don. But I'll take any kind of death to AQ we can get.Indigo Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906787350123925867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-46751163561862915932008-11-24T22:05:00.000-08:002008-11-24T22:05:00.000-08:00It is a bit of a return to the law enforcement ang...It is a bit of a return to the law enforcement angle, Word. It's a part of the equation that should never have been taken out. I don't think we have the luxury anymore to separate out any tool available. There is no reason law enforcement and military resources cannot be used to fight terrorism at its various levels. To treat the disease with one or the other methods risks immunity to both.Indigo Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906787350123925867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-3440487433623684792008-11-24T21:24:00.000-08:002008-11-24T21:24:00.000-08:00What I don't like about "manageable nuisance", is ...What I don't like about "manageable nuisance", is it sounds like a return to the "law enforcement" approach toward dealing with terrorism. <BR/><BR/>Certainly, the "war approach" has created its own set of problems, too.<BR/><BR/>But I do believe that the war in Iraq helped to delegitimize al Qaeda in the eyes of many Muslims; and that removing Saddam was the right thing to do, almost aside from the terrorism-cooperation issue.<BR/><BR/>The dangers of terrorism in the 21st century is in the potential for them getting their hands on wmd.The WordSmith from Nantuckethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937868119894243815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-70500479665495617442008-11-24T01:49:00.000-08:002008-11-24T01:49:00.000-08:00I have a confession to make. I don't waqnt AQ to s...I have a confession to make. I don't waqnt AQ to suffer a natural death...................... I really want them all killed by U.S. Army Rangers!!!! DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-7610097008634498232008-11-23T19:38:00.000-08:002008-11-23T19:38:00.000-08:00Al-Qaida Turns 20 - Nears End of Life Sounds good ...Al-Qaida Turns 20 - Nears End of Life <BR/><BR/>Sounds good to me! <BR/><BR/>It's not going away with me! Muzzies will always be muzzies and always watch your back! <BR/><BR/>I will always be ready! It's the lights that stay up untill AUG. that get me!!!dcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04363324417913254868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-89424371517187856502008-11-23T11:18:00.000-08:002008-11-23T11:18:00.000-08:00Unlike the meaning of "IS" whach apparently can be...Unlike the meaning of "IS" whach apparently can be negotiated, other words do have real meaning. Often, through the trialization of everyday overuse, lose their power to inform.<BR/><BR/>Manageable nuisance doesn't simply mean talking to the neighbor about his nightly barking dog, or his Christmas decorations still hanging fro thye eaves in July.<BR/><BR/>Both 'manageable' and 'nuisance' are more serious than that. And together can describe realistic posture toward what is ultimatly normal, and deadly, behavior. <BR/><BR/><B>Manageable:</B><BR/>from Manage - <BR/>1. To direct or control the use of; handle: manage a complex machine tool.<BR/>2. a. To exert control over.<BR/>b. To make submissive to one's authority, discipline, or persuasion.<BR/><BR/>3. To direct the affairs or interests of: manage a company; an agency that manages performers.<BR/><BR/>4. To succeed in accomplishing or achieving, especially with difficulty; contrive or arrange.<BR/><BR/>verb intransitive.<BR/>1. To direct or conduct business affairs.<BR/>2. To continue to get along; carry on:<BR/><BR/><B>Nuisance:</B><BR/>1. One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother:<BR/>2. Law A use of property or course of conduct that interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience.<BR/><BR/>And if you are unsure as to the actual meanings of the words used in the definitions above, please look them up in a good dictionary, virtual of dead tree.<BR/><BR/>Piracy is a nuisance crime, always has been. Pirates have never played any significant roll in history, international relations, finance, yet holds an outsized place in our imaginations. Piracy has beenand always will be a dangerous and damaging sideshow that periodically comes and goes because it is manageable. The fact that piracy is a managed behavior that now and again appears shows vy clearly that it is a nuisance, one the causes great irritation and vexation but rarely any great damage.<BR/><BR/>Yes, many people died in the bombing of the Twin Towers, thousands in fact. And not all of those victims to terrorism were Americans, though we accept them as Americans to honor them as believers in Liberty.<BR/><BR/>But, that singular four pronged attack at the heart of the world's economy was largely a lucky shot heart 'round the world. As the years ahve past, we have all returned to life as normal, we fly on airliners with additional security hassles, we need passports for destinations not required before, shampoo is now a WMD, but all in all, life is still as it has always been - fairly mundane.<BR/><BR/>When there is a terror attack somewhere, we barely take note. Since 9/11 to this moment as I write, there have been 12,279 terror attacks around the world. Go ahead, name 9,000 of them. How 'bout 2500? 98? 37? Beyond 9/11and 7/7, Bali and Madrid, few others can even be remembered.<BR/><BR/>Truly, Don, how many of your fellow citizens have been murdered by terrorists that justifies carryibg on the fight beyond reason versus those killed by gang violence in Chicago and Los Angeles and any other American city? Gang killing here outscores terrorism every year, but we accept gang related killing with not so much as a ho-hum anymore. We do in fact accept the larger death toll on our doorstep as a manageable nuisance. Last week, a gangbanger was murdered not 50 yards from my office, yet my lifegoes on without undue fear. Terrorism and piracy are facts o life that swirl at the far edges of normalcy and decency.<BR/><BR/>That terrorism causes death and destruction leaving shattered families, broken dreams, and unremmitting fear in its wake is inargueable. What can be argued is the cost in treasure and blood will throw at the diseases of terror and piracy which have never cost more than the cure.<BR/><BR/><I>Manangeable nuisance</I> may seem trivial when describing terrorism. But, hoisting terrorism and piracy to the stature of a viable political, economic, and military alternative in the hearts and minds of millions has not accomplished what was intended. "I'm stunned by the range of it, less so than I am the size," said Admiral Mullen. The pirates are "very good at what they do. They're very well armed. Tactically, they are very good." This may be true, but these praises should never be uttered in public to give bragging rights to the very people one is trying to destroy. It's time to relegate the terrorist and the pirate to the back-burner of irrelevancy once again. They are a nuisance. They and their crimes can be managed. It's about time we do just that.Indigo Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17906787350123925867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-34241538234623256672008-11-23T04:33:00.000-08:002008-11-23T04:33:00.000-08:00It is difficult for me to refer to the murder of m...It is difficult for me to refer to the murder of my fellow citizens as a "manageable nuisance." DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12392119.post-81484885971851965332008-11-23T00:00:00.000-08:002008-11-23T00:00:00.000-08:00Interesting Global Trends report.Senator John Kerr...Interesting Global Trends report.<BR/><BR/><I>Senator John Kerry, former Democrat presidential candidate, was the wrong messenger and stated the case with annoying nuance, yet was quite right when he said that terrorism is a manageable nuisance. Terrorism will probably always be part of normal life as the world's people become more intertwined, but it can be managed at an acceptable level of violence, like gang warfare is in Los Angeles.</I><BR/><BR/>Hmmm....one problem with "manageable nuisance", is that we live in an age of possible wmd terror threat.The WordSmith from Nantuckethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937868119894243815noreply@blogger.com