Is the war on terror a fiction, too?

Question

Since liberals think that a conspiracy of neocons made up the whole "War on Christmas" thing, will they eventually say the same thing about the war on terror?

Here are the latest headlines:

7 terrorists killed in Sri Lanka:
http://www.nationalsecurity.lk/fullnews.php?id=9200

Terrorists killed, arrested in Pakistan:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C12%5C08%5Cstory_8-12-2007_pg7_20

Al Qaida cell disrupted in Iraq:
http://www.blackanthem.com/News/iraqi-freedom/Al-Qaeda-networks-disrupted-three-terrorists-killed-19-detained12362.shtml

Terror attack in Russia:
http://mwcnews.net/content/view/18647/51/

Terror cell in Turkey:
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/December/theworld_December365.xml§ion=theworld&col=

Terrorism in Zimbabwe
http://allafrica.com/stories/200712100955.html

(Seems I've run out of room.)

So are all these journalists in leaguge with Bush, or are the terrorists real?

All stories are in the last 6 hours. Here are some more:

Terrorists in India:
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=128434

(Haven't found stories for Gaza, the West Bank, the Philippines, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Indonesia, the Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea or other terror hotbeds.)

How about Burma:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7140551

Thailand:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20071209.A01&irec=0

Bangladesh:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMGPlL0LVr88&refer=home

N Cognito:

What you see here is the result of our last 4 presidents doing nothing.

Bush stepped up. I don't see any way of criticizing that. He is literally saving the world.

Anti PNAC:

Iraqi generals have written about the terrorist training camps in Iraq that hosted mainly foreigners during the late 80s and 90s. Total trained amounted to about 10,000.

You might want to research a little.

Looks like I was right.

Even when I give the evidence of innocent people being murdered all over the world, liberals would rather denegrate their own country than help us change the world. I suspect that these people have more concern for their right to an opinion than they do human life.

Answer 1

Terrorists are REAL, of course.. but, do you expect a media that put Yasser Arafat on the covers of "Newsweek" & "Time" magazine, in the same week...in the 1970's and made him a sort of int'l hero for the PLO's role in hijackings, murder, let's just say of the Olympic Israeli team alone... to actually decry how young dirt-poor boys are trained to kill themselves now, in 2007? (when they could merrily say that the USA army does the same, with a straight face? with an intact audience for that sort of nonsense?)

But, as they say NO NEWS is GOOD NEWS. (meaning usa TV and print chooses not to cover it, for dual reasons... unless, you can show it to be anti-GWB...) It ALL comes down to audience, now, and there's a niche/target that can make Michael Moore and Al Gore's movie $100 million in theaters -- with sort of a passive protest, of simply giggling or snickering at the GWB administration.

The reality of this.. is that editors & reporters on the "left" have no interest in reporting most anything, but events that harm current govt's and administrations/efforts (especially the USA). It's just the way the game is played... sell papers with Awful News and criticize, criticize, criticize (it makes it look like you're actually paying attention). You'll hear about a death - but not about a school. You'll hear about the Man Biting a Dog, because people PICK what is news.. today, from 1000s of headlines on newswires of all sorts. It gets confusing.. but listen, Idi Amin Dada was allowed to live happily with his stolen millions in Saudi Arabia until his death in 2003 or 2004... and for 15-20 years, no one said "boo" about this, and still don't criticize Saudi for that... forget the CLEAR abuses, women's rights, hatred being taught in schools, 9/11 hijackers, fodder for terrorism, etc. etc. (out of sight, out of mind).

And, there's hardly ANY reporting done ..they just copy/paste from local sources, and don't even ask a question hardly, or elaborate but for rewriting the same thing, sometimes.

Answer 2

NO, Terrorism IS A FACT and the Liberals and Democrats had better face the real truth!! Also,
people who are skeptical of terror should go to
the Far East and find out for themselves!!

Answer 3

Well, if you're so damn scared about the threat of terrorism then why the hell are you posting stupid questions on the internet. You should sign up and go die for my "freedom" if you think it's such a problem.

BTW, the word "terrorist" could be used for anyone now a days. Apparently, anyone who is a citizen of Iraq can be labeled a terrorists that way when we mistakenly kill hundreds of innocent civilians, we can justify it by calling them terrorists.

Answer 4

Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iraq, Russia, Turkey, Zimbabwe - why the f$%%^$ck are they spending MY tax dollars to read MY emails and listen to MY phone calls? I was only in Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka for my honeymoon for f#$ck sakes!

Answer 5

The war on terror? Yeah right. By the way, Hows that war on drugs going? Got that problem wiped out yet?

Answer 6

no we know the war on terror is real.we also know the war on iraq wasn't part of the war on terror until al qeida followed us there

Answer 7

The "war on terror" is a marketing strategy for American imperialism.

Answer 8

Not sure what you are really talking about, must be parroting right-wing talk radio.

Answer 9

Yes.Can't fight an idea.