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    Default terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/jfk...lot/index.html

    cant we all just get along? (ha, im not so naive as to think that was truly possible. but one can dream...)

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    MOTHERFUCKAS QUIT MESSIN WITH MAH CITY! IMMA COME SLAP THE TASTE OUTCHA MOUTHS!!!

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    What a bunch of a-holes.
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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    Sounds like a bunch of B.S. to me. I need to catch up on my conspiracy theory reading, but something smells rotten here.......

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    Smells rotten to me too, and it's a matter of timing. The day before yesterday, Dubya's approval rating had tanked to less than 30% - among CONSERVATIVES. I was listening to and he had officially lost even them. The next day, WOW, we foiled a massive terrorist plot! How bloody convenient!

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    for better or worse I suspect that, with all of the distrust / doubt / disinformation that exist re the plans / actions of islamic terrorists and the agencies that attempt to track / investigate their activities, the only way that the majority of the American public is going to 'wake up' to the reality of such threats is via a conspicuous future attack that leaves a massive smoking gun (or hole or crater) on American soil with tens of thousands of dead American civilians.

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    Terrorists wannabes. They had no money, no skills and no backing of any "real" terrorist groups. They weren't even close to being able to implement their plan. The news reports are mostly overblown hype.

    This isn't to say that terrorism is not a threat. It is. Unfortunately, our leaders trot out these arrests of terrorists-lite as if they are actually doing something to stop terrorism.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    for better or worse I suspect that, with all of the distrust / doubt / disinformation that exist re the plans / actions of islamic terrorists and the agencies that attempt to track / investigate their activities, the only way that the majority of the American public is going to 'wake up' to the reality of such threats is via a conspicuous future attack that leaves a massive smoking gun (or hole or crater) on American soil with tens of thousands of dead American civilians.
    I disagree. Most Americans simply understand the difference between "real" terrorists and terrorist wannabes. They know that wannabes pose little real danger.

    When a "real" threat is apparent, Americans will listen.

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    But aren't they pretty much all wanna be's until they do commit some major act of violence? Just like your not a criminal until you commit a crime, one could say you can't be a terrorist until you commit an act of terrorism. I would not be so quick as to diminsh or placate them as wanna-be's. Because a wanna be if determined enough is just as dangerous if not more dangerous than a known terrorist.
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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    You can be a terrorist and just not be good enough at it to get anything done. I suspect the competent ones know to leave stuff alone here for a few more years, rather than to give people new inspiration to back some additional military activity.

    As for the timing of the story, I'm certain that it was meant for publicity purposes. This administration has been even more of a propaganda producer than Clinton's, which was one of the most prolific. Bush's propaganda people suck, though.

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hidendragon75 View Post
    But aren't they pretty much all wanna be's until they do commit some major act of violence? Just like your not a criminal until you commit a crime, one could say you can't be a terrorist until you commit an act of terrorism. I would not be so quick as to diminsh or placate them as wanna-be's. Because a wanna be if determined enough is just as dangerous if not more dangerous than a known terrorist.
    Of course. We cannot take any potential threat from any potential terrorist lightly. However, I am objecting to the way the story is spun. We arrest these people who pose little "real" threat, while Osama and the proven "real" terrorists still roam free (in a country that is supposed to be our ally in the war on terrorism no less).

    So there you have it. A story about nothing really, made into a story about something so we all feel safe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Santos View Post
    I disagree. Most Americans simply understand the difference between "real" terrorists and terrorist wannabes. They know that wannabes pose little real danger.

    When a "real" threat is apparent, Americans will listen.
    I disagree. I don't think the majority of Americans know what the hell is going on with "terrorism". A terrorist is a terrorist. Be it he kills 10 people or 10 thousand, it is a person of extremes using violence to excersize his or her beliefs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Santos View Post
    Of course. We cannot take any potential threat from any potential terrorist lightly. However, I am objecting to the way the story is spun. We arrest these people who pose little "real" threat, while Osama and the proven "real" terrorists still roam free (in a country that is supposed to be our ally in the war on terrorism no less).

    So there you have it. A story about nothing really, made into a story about something so we all feel safe.
    Al-Queda is a whole nother story. You can't just off a leader of a group that voilatile. Ok I'm really done talking about this now.

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    Regardless of how its spun I think its important to just be aware that there are people out there, some of whom are already here who want to kill as many Americans that they can. I'm not gonna debate what their capability to carry out the threat was or was not because in my eyes at the end of the day its just better that these guys are off the street.

    Quote Originally Posted by Santos View Post
    Of course. We cannot take any potential threat from any potential terrorist lightly. However, I am objecting to the way the story is spun. We arrest these people who pose little "real" threat, while Osama and the proven "real" terrorists still roam free (in a country that is supposed to be our ally in the war on terrorism no less).

    So there you have it. A story about nothing really, made into a story about something so we all feel safe.
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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    What worries me is a lot of people in this country have slipped back into a pre-9/11 mentality. I've watched it happen little by little over the years. And your right, most Americans don't really make an effort to be aware of terrorism. That's been clear by how much airtime we give to Britney Spears shaving her. But thats another story!

    Quote Originally Posted by Kalligirl View Post
    I disagree. I don't think the majority of Americans know what the hell is going on with "terrorism". A terrorist is a terrorist. Be it he kills 10 people or 10 thousand, it is a person of extremes using violence to excersize his or her beliefs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Santos View Post
    Terrorists wannabes. They had no money, no skills and no backing of any "real" terrorist groups. They weren't even close to being able to implement their plan. The news reports are mostly overblown hype.

    This isn't to say that terrorism is not a threat. It is. Unfortunately, our leaders trot out these arrests of terrorists-lite as if they are actually doing something to stop terrorism.
    I was listening to a talk radio (Randi Rhodes) show that said the only evidence against the "terrorists" was a couple of forum/ blog posts and research via Google Earth .

    If that really is the only thing these guys have done, then anyone who says to another person "You're Dead" is likely to get brought up on attempted murder charges, too.

    Pretty soon we'll all be under marshal law for our own safety, right?


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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    ^^^ aH haha Randy Rhodes. Man I've listened for hours straight and she's pretty ....bad, I dunno. Just never says anything new or anything really that funny, and starts YELLING and interrupting conservatives when they call....that's bad. I also wasn't convinced all her news is from decent sources, just the way she...generalizes. Yea I dunno. Just wanted to say.

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    Default Re: terrorists tried to blow up JFK airport... le sigh.

    Oh yea and I know Bush is stupid, but surely he must be thinking of a better way to up his approval ratings than the tired old "we caught the motherfuckers before they blowed up Americuh!"...under &#37;30 come on fool that ain't gonna work....fool me...once you--can't get fooled again...lol

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