Rebel Loyaltist Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 I guess we scared off Hannibal. Oh yeah, XWA.Net Olders 1,546 Newbies 0 ------------------ If you leap before you look, I'm not catching you sorry ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted October 2, 2001 Author Share Posted October 2, 2001 Hmmmm... I wonder... I can't believe this thread is still allowing us to post to it. Don't they typically freak out long before this point? Have they switched servers or providers on us or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Sceltor Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 I can remember threads getting up to 20 pages before self-destructing. It may happen before that, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 I demand that this tread become archived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted October 2, 2001 Share Posted October 2, 2001 http://www.fieler.com/terror/binladenliquors_ol10.swf Fun.Fun.Fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zargon Posted October 3, 2001 Share Posted October 3, 2001 first game: 118000, eat that mother ****er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted September 11, 2002 Author Share Posted September 11, 2002 *Bump* I think it's about time to resurrect this one, on the eve of the one year anniversary. I just read through this entire thread again. It's hard to believe it was an entire year ago. It really doesn't seem that long. We kept this one alive for a while though. A lot of emotion here in this thread. Wow. It's surprising in retrospect how accurate some of the guesses about what was going on, and what was about to happen were. There's a lot of names here we don't see around here much (or at all) anymore. I'm still feel bad that Zaarin left over this. What ever happened to Hannibal anyway? He was a popular one around here for a time, no? He never informed us about the great secret plan for foiling the terrorists without a war he kept hinting at. Oh well, our loss I suppose. He must have left to take that job at the State Department or something, I guess. We ended up going to war anyway, and are now tooling up for a second one with Iraq. Oh well. I hope tomorrow is uneventful. I don't ever want a repeat of last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 <my two cents> It's funny because it's so true. And if you don't think it's true then that means you've been brainwashed by the US government. </my two cents> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted September 15, 2002 Author Share Posted September 15, 2002 The timing of all this saber rattling against Iraq seems highly suspect. It's not that I don't think something will eventually need to be done about Saddam, but I can't help but wonder "Why RIGHT NOW?!?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 because if we wait longer, Iraq can make more weapons, and possible a nuke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted September 15, 2002 Author Share Posted September 15, 2002 If that's the case, why wasn't this a topic of discussion before 9/11 last year? I highly doubt that Iraq's mass-destruction capabilities are really that different then they were in 2000 or the first half of 2001. Obviously after the events of 9/11 our attention had to be focused elsewhere, but I really don't recall all this attention being paid towards Saddam before then. If it's really that important to national security then why isn't it something that was done as soon as W. took office? I just think we should complete all our objectives against binLaden and AlQeada first, before trying to start a new conflict on another front, and all the possible mid-east foreign policy problems that it will inevitably raise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 3 years ago. Wow, it's almost impossible to fathom that it's really been that long. So many of the wounds are still fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylilin Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 You are exactly right. I'm sure a lot of us also have some friends and family who have fought and may still be fighting over in Iraq and Afghanistan. So, I say a prayer for them, I say a prayer for those who have died, and I pray we can find a solution to all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 On September 10, 2001, I actually said, during a show on the History Channel about plane crashes, "No one hijacks plans any more." Later that night, I said "Dear God, please let something happen tomorrow that keeps my mind off of thinking about that girl that dumped me a year ago today." Moral of the story: be more specific when praying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Kinnison Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 3 years ago, I was angrey that someone would be willing to do this. And I wanted justice to be served. So the US attacked Al-queda in Afgan, no complaints. Very few deaths, very clean. Then the president found conclusive evidance that Iraq had chemical, biological and 'Nucular" weapons. Which later turned into Weapons of Mass Destruction, and later WMD. Yet when the UN asked for the 'conclusive proof' of WMD, our president decided to go in anywaz. Yes we won the war, but the battle is killing us. Now 3 years later we find out that the proof was not very good, most of the world hates the US governement, and US troops are dying every day because a president lied to the whole entire world. and won't eat humble pie because it is an election year. God have mercy on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Iraq needed a facelift anyway. For a dictator to mass murder the public makes him no worse than what Hitler did to the Jews. And then you're saying that it is not worth the risk of attacking Iraq to prevent the the future deaths of millions of innocent people just because they haven't attacked us? Just because they have no wmd or any solid links to Al Quada doesn't mean that they are on our side. In terms of fighting terrorism and avenging 9/11, how far do you want your vendetta to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K_Kinnison Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I agree it is horrible that saddam as a dictator was opressing and killing people. if that was the case the US would have taken over Iraq over 10 years ago when it invaded Kuwait. They didn't because: There was no good succesor for Saddam Iraq was succesfully 'contained' by other countries We have seen how it has destabilised the area There ARE no links between Al-queda and Saddam Militants would rised up and oppose any non-muslim force that occupid the country They they could have invaded Iraq after: reciving Full support of the UN When The invading forces were lead by the UN A consise plan was developed before the invasion for developing a governement and giving soverignty to Iraq as soon as possible Train soldiers and workers to help fight and rebuild for a new Iraq By invading Iraq and occupying it, the US has given all of the Al-queda members, and new recruits something to hate and 'defend' against. we all know people are much more fanatical when defending, then when attacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Originally posted by K_Kinnison They didn't because: There was no good succesor for Saddam Iraq was succesfully 'contained' by other countries We have seen how it has destabilised the area There ARE no links between Al-queda and Saddam Militants would rised up and oppose any non-muslim force that occupid the country No, no, no, no, and no. We didn't have to worry about a successor in 1991. Someone would have emerged after the war. Iraq was contained only because of the no-fly zones. Iraq's collapse wouldn't have destablized the region in 1991. It was already unstable and its not like you could extra destablize it. Al-Qaida did not exist in 1991. Militants rose up against Hussein following the 1991 war. The reason we didn't go for the deathblow was we didn't want to piss off Saudi Arabia. They they could have invaded Iraq after: [ When The invading forces were lead by the UN No American soldier should ever for any reason, be subject to a UN commander. The US should bow to no one. We're sovereign for a reason. We had the full support of the UN in resolution from teh 1991 resolution authorizing the use of force to repell the invasion of Kuwait. Unfortunately, the UN is a bunch of chumps and ignored their own resolution. The US needed exactly one casus belli to invade Iraq in 2003. We had no less than four: Saddam Hussein repeatedly and flagrantly violated the terms of that cease-fire. Violating a cease-fire is a casus belli. During the interbellum period, Saddam Hussein repeatedly fired on American aircraft lawfully patrolling the no-fly zones imposed on his country as part of that cease-fire. Attempting to kill troops is a casus belli. Saddam Hussein initiated a plot to assassinate former President Bush. Plotting to kill a foreign dignitary is a casus belli. Saddam Hussein granted shelter to terrorists who'd killed Americans, including Abu Nidal and Abu Abbas. Harboring terrorists is a casus belli. By invading Iraq and occupying it, the US has given all of the Al-queda members, and new recruits something to hate and 'defend' against. They call it the Flypaper Theory. Seems to be working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampson5k Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Hello K_Kinnison, are you the same one of the Mechwarrior DarkAge forumn and MWrealms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Loyaltist Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Holy f'ning crap, the emotion of three years ago. So much I've learned since then. I can't believe I wanted the deaths of innocents so badly, that scares me deeply, I hope I never return to that again. I wonder what happened to the Hannibal guy, damn I hated him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I'm still as bloodthirsty as ever. I remember watching the documentary about the NYFD that just happened to be filmed the week featuring 9/11. I had to stop watching during the scene where they're all in the lobby of the WTC and the people that jumped started landing on the lobby roof. Nothing that didn't happen to me personally ever affected me as much as that did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightNinja Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 Reb Loyalist, that was because of the excitement or the ungry of the moment, no reason for giving it more importance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 Yet another anniversary. Hard to believe that it was only 4 years past. So much has happened in the meantime that it now seems so long ago. Funny that I felt the exact opposite last year. Haven't seen much of all the expected tribute stuff on the TV this year. I guess Katrina took everybody's mind off of it. It almost slipped my mind completely, until I happened to look at the date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Four years is an odd anniversary. One year is a big deal, two is a big deal, three is...well three years, four is eh, and five is a big deal. I don't remember the 53rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor, but I remember the 50th and 60th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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