Comments on: Goal posts? What goal posts?

By: Thibodeaux

Thibodeaux — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:29:26 +0000

Aw crap….I didn’t get the memo!

By: OUGryphon

OUGryphon — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:55:57 +0000

Thib:
You’ve got it all wrong. If someone is al qaeda, he’s a terrorist; if he is hamas, he’s a “freedom fighter”. Sadam was only aiding “freedom fighters”. Sheesh, try to get it straight so you don’t embarass yourself…

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:30:06 +0000

Anyone who’s seen South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut knows that Sadaam could not be gay lovers with Osaman, since Sadaam and Satan are a couple. That Satan is one jealous you-know-what and would NEVER allow Sadaam to fool around with Osama behind his back.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:15:19 +0000

I think that the phrase “moved the goal posts” has officially “jumped the shark.”

By the way, not sure if it’s just my computer, but the comments thing looks really ugly right about now. For starters, I’d suggest turning off justification on this text: “The URI to TrackBack this entry is:”

By: Thibodeaux

Thibodeaux — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:01:49 +0000

I think there’s a lot of wanton misuse of terms in this argument at large (not in your post, youre post is good).

Was Saddam involved in the planning/execution of 9/11? I doubt it, and I’ve never seen anybody seriously claim that.

Did Saddam have “connections” to Al-Qaeda, such as providing support or training facilities? I think there is some evidence that this might be true, but I’ll admit I don’t know if it’s proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Did Saddam support terrorism in general? I think there is no question that he did, since he was paying the families of Palestinian “martyrs.”

Whether that warrants toppling him or not is obviously a topic of heated debate. As for myself, I think we ought to consider ourselves to be fighting Islamic terrorism in general, and not just specifically Al Qaeda.