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Here is a list of all the victims of Islamic Beheadings since late July this year.
I know it was released 5 days ago, but I was on hiatus then, so I wanted to throw in my two cents. Better late then never.
As many of you know, I advocate watching these videos. Why? Because there is something in the human psyche that connects 'knowing' with 'seeing'. Our emotions are intimately connected to what we view as reality.
I was very pissed off after 9/11. But that kind of anger cannot be sustained for a long period of time. Sometime in the months following the attack, my feelings began to temper. After awhile, it was not the feelings of the moment that sustained my willingness to fight, but rather the memory of the feelings I once had.
Even though my resolve to fight never wavered, it certainly was not with the same intensity. My resolve to fight was sustained by written accounts of our adversaries. But these written reports, as convincing as they may have been, just can't connect to people in the same way that pictures can.
My worldview was utterly changed by the events of 9/11. I'm not sure, though, that just reading accounts of those atrocities would have been enough to turn my world upside down. Watching video of people jumping out of the Towers did. Hearing the sound of their bodies hitting the pavement did. It utterly devastated me.
I assume that most people felt the same way as I did. But something has happened in the months following 9/11--many have lost their resolve to fight. Part of this might be explained by differing predispositions and worldviews. Liberals are generally less willing to see American casualties, hence the post Iraq invasion syndrome. Lefties, well, their worldview predisposes them to believe that somehow we brought the whole thing on ourselves--and oddly religious stance, not too much different than the right-wing theology that preaches that there is an invisible shield over the US and God removes that shield when we sin.
But I don't think these predispositions completely explain what is happening. We all shared an initial experience that martialed us to war, but somehow over time my resolve has not been shaken while others grow weary. They began as hawks but somehow became doves.
What explains the difference? Media influence. Back in the good old days this was called propaganda.
I surround myself with constant reminders of 9/11. I consume media that is nearly uniformly unflattering of the terrorists or their goals. The people that I surround myself with (when give a choice) all share my disdain of the Islamic state. I have deliberately chosen the propaganda I am exposed to.
As I've thought about why WWII remains 'the good war' and why that generation was 'the greatest' a number of factors seem to account for their stoic resolve to fight, even as hundreds of thousands of their friends and relatives died. I think many of those factors still remain.
I don't believe they were inherently 'braver' than our generation. That seems like utter romanticism to view past peoples as somehow endowed with superior moral qualities.
One major difference, pointed out by a reader commenting on a previous post (who was that?) was that WWII was so large that it involved nearly everybody. Every one was personally affected in ways that we are not today. I agree, and that was a brilliant insight.
But we shouldn't be so naive as to believe that that is the only thing different. To a large extent, the discourse of the time was different. That discourse was deliberately shaped by propaganda. Constant reminders of the morality of the war effort shaped peoples opinions. All the major media were on board with the war effort. And when I say all, I mean all. Not just the news media, but in all forms of artistic expression and in popular entertainment. Even Bugs Bunny fought the Nazis and the Japs.
But where is the media today? In an effort to be 'neutral observers' the media forgets that they are Americans first. They treat foreign policy and war as if it were an election and the two opposing sides Democrats and Republicans. They equivocate between terrorists targeting civilians and American soldiers accidentally killing civilians (which the terrorists use as human shields, knowing that we try to avoid such casualties and rejoicing when we kill civilians because they understand it's propaganda value).
In short, the events of 9/11 and Pearl Harbor martialed our country to war. I assume that my grandfather's generation was just as shocked as the images coming out of Honolulu as ours was of the images from New York. In fact, it seems to me that the images from New York were much worse and that the grossly immoral nature of the 9/11 attacks dwarf that of Pearl Harbor. Yet, 3 years after Pearl Harbor our country continued to fight and suffer great casualties--3 years after 9/11 a good portion of our country wishes to retreat from the world stage toward a new isolationism.
The events galvanized both generations, but it was propaganda (to a large extent) that gave the previous generation the will to continue the fight. The media was a willing participant in bolstering home front morale. The leaders of the nation were not so duplicitous as to pretend that bolstering support for the war was not official policy. They drafted Hollywood actors and put them to use making propaganda films. Posters were put up in workplaces to give people constant reminders of why their loved-ones were dying. This propaganda effort gave people the courage to see it through to the end.
So why see this video? Call it a revival of sorts.
If you were once for the War on Terror, but find your resolve wavering you need to see this. No, you MUST see this. It will remind you of why we fight. It will remind you of what we are up against. It will be an experience similar to 9/11. It will change you, once again.
If you are already resolved to fight, I say to you look at the video anyway. It will affect you in ways you are probably not prepared for. It will make 9/11 real again, not some fuzzy memory. It will stiffen your resolve.
The terrorists released this video for their own propaganda purposes. Let us use it for ours.
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The problem is that I'm not sure I want to loose the flood of chemicals in my body, or establish the image in my mind that would continue to release those chemicals, because I'm uncertain about the long term effects on my mental, emotional and physical health. These scum produced the videos as weapons, so why should I help them guide the weapons home?
However, I will say that I think the President should accept Michael Moore's invitation to watch F911 in Crawford, TX provided Moore sits through the videos of these beheadings and explains why he calls these folks the "minutemen" of the Arab Middle East.
But of course this President won't do that, because he's... well, what? An inkblot, or something. A splotch of abstract Texas performance art.
By the way, do you think that since Lance Armstrong is screwing Sheryl Crow that he's pro-Kerry? I don't wanna even think about it. I'd rather watch the damn beheadings.
Posted by: Scott at July 27, 2004 03:40 PM (MBj6F)
Posted by: dave at September 20, 2004 04:09 PM (CVLMf)
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Me and you did not force Johnson to go to Iraq, neither did any Iraqi!
He made there to make a quick buck and he made a quick jump to hell!
I feel bad for the victims of 9/11 though, yet I question myself, why did this happen! Why does a suicide bomber blow himself up? Why can't he or isnt he given the chance to enjoy the sweetness of life?
I also question myself, why all this chaos in the world, especially in middle east and Asia?
Where are the weapons of mass destruction and promises made?
Posted by: Omar at September 21, 2004 02:01 AM (eMdoK)
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I feel so bad for the families of these hostages. Deep inside they know that they will never see their loved ones again. These militants are sick. They have been brainwashed since childhood. They need to be stopped, but how ? My thoughts and prayers go to the families of these hostages.
Posted by: Debby at September 21, 2004 09:17 AM (pecQB)
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I feel so bad for the families of these hostages. Deep inside they know that they will never see their loved ones again. These militants are sick. They have been brainwashed since childhood. They need to be stopped, but how ? My thoughts and prayers go to the families of these hostages.
Posted by: Debby at September 21, 2004 09:17 AM (pecQB)
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I think that this world is fucked up! You can go online or turn on your tv and all you see is americans dying every day fro what, to be told how to live , how much to drink, pay taxes, and respond to all oyher countries in trouble. Well why dont we fix the problems in our own country! Instaed we let poeple from ALL OVER THE WORLD COME AND LIVE IN OUR COUNTRY AND TAKE OUR JOBS AND WE GO AND FIGHT FOR THEM AND WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF THIS, IF THEY CONTINUE TO KILL AMERICANS THAT ARE OVER THERE FIGHTING FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE SAME FREEDOMS THAT WE DO AND FOR WHAT SO GOOD HONEST AMERICANS CAN SEE THERE FAMILIES DIE ON TV OR ON A COMPUTER!!!!i DO BELIEVE IN FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM BUT WHEN POEPLE ARE GETTING BEHEADED ITS TIME TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH. LIKE BLOW UP SOME SHIT!!!
Posted by: TRacy Hix at September 21, 2004 12:23 PM (AaBEz)
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My name is yvette im from Dallas TX. I just wanted to say that Im totally disgusted at
the way the US Government and Geroge Bush have
handled this whole thing. It does not seem
like the government cares about these individuals or their families because if they did this would not have happened the second time. I say what are you waiting for now that you SADDAM
why not blow up the entire country of IRAQ and blow away these men in this video all of them I say give them a taste of their own medicine.. It hurts to know that the country has come to this and that we have to be enemies of certain countries foregin and domestic just beacuse its all about the way of living and certain beleifs.. my prayers go out to these families and I hope that where ever PRESIDENT BUSH is he is aware that every day he is putting more of a damper on his reelection to office lord knows im not voting for him..
Posted by: yvette jacques at September 21, 2004 02:02 PM (TkqSc)
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I just read that another American hostage was beheaded in Iraq. I must say I am devistated for the family and dismayed that George Bush-war monger got us into this mess in the first place. I was saddened and shocked at the events that occured on 9-11, however George Bush had no real incentive to invade Iraq but to serve his own selfish needs. Everyday he is trying to convince the world that we are safer, better off. My parents recently returned from a trip to Europe to visit my mothers family. My uncle told them to speak German and not do anything to let people know they are American. We are not safe anywhere anymore! If you are an American traveling in a different country you are a target of violence. Our country used to be admired by the world. Not anymore. For those of you who posted that we should bomb or blow up Iraq I cannot agree with you. That would make us just as bad as the terrorists cutting the heads off innocent American workers. Imagine being a mother or father in Iraq trying to protect your children from the endless violence. George Bush needs to get his head out of his a** and get the hell out of Washington. We need a different strategy so the world can soon be at peace and this terrible nightmare can be over!
Posted by: Sandie at September 21, 2004 02:47 PM (2fFma)
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To whom it may concern i am from New zealand and fuckyou muslim pigs stay away from New Zealand or we will cut your fucking heads off.To all you americans vote for BUSH for he is the only man to stand up and say we have had enough ,i support USA and will stand behind any anti terrism action,thankyou for your time
Posted by: anti terreist at September 21, 2004 02:48 PM (rViQd)
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I, as are all who see these pictures, am saddened enraged and disgusted and I too grieve for these families. Please think more carefully and deeper into your own hearts and thoughts when talking about Bush and him being a"war monger" and having no reason to be in Iraq. See the forest through the trees and know that these kinds of horendous brutal acts didn't start because America went to Iraq, but they are only brought to light because we are in Iraq. We live in a sheltered world where attocities such as these are never seen or heard by Americans. The GOOD people of Iraq and Afghanistan have had to live with and co-mingle and fear these scum of human waste for decades while the world did nothing. They didn't deserve their fate either but it was theirs. As the liberty loving, democracy toting society that we are, comes the responsibility to fight for those who can't fight themselves and to inspire places and people who don't have what we have. Grieving and anger is one thing, but don't ever forget that the reason those men sliced off the heads of our countrymen is to influence all who see these pictures with fear so that they may win in the end. I say HELL NO and so should you. They will continue to kill anyone who stands in their way and doesn't believe what they do.
Posted by: James at September 21, 2004 06:02 PM (IZLOn)
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Fear? Dear Mr. Terrorist, what most Americans feel is not fear but a strong urge to destroy you. Your actions towards our civilians and soldiers do not cause us fear but rather reinforces our desire to eliminate you.
Stop hiding behind the religon of Islam and take off your masks and show us your face. Your message means little if you cannot even show your face.
Last,if a fight is what you desire, then I am afraid your going to lose. The USA will win b/c we do not know how to lose.
Dear Mr. Bush,
Its time for politics to step aside and let our military wipe these thugs from the earth. If the situation continues to get worse, there should be a red button somewhere near where you are sitting!
Sincerely,
An American!
Posted by: Mark at September 21, 2004 06:48 PM (R3Vdo)
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I can't believe the dribble I read at websites like this. Most of you exist in a fantasy world and are mostly concerned with not having your respective bubbles burst. You throw around labels like 'lefty' and 'American' and pretend you own or even truly understand their definitions. Any one who advocates the US war in Iraq is completely illogical and operates on pure adolescent emotion and doesn't deserve to live in a place like the US. But whoever said life was fair? Just because you feel outrage and anger doesn't justify attacking a mock target like Iraq as an outlet for it. You got played like the fools you are by not protesting it. You go along with attacking Iraq because you, just like GW Bush, didn't know who else to attack. It's much too difficult to go after a shadowy enemy like Al-Qaida whose members don't assemble in one place and wave a flag that says 'Hey guys, we're the enemy, attack us!' Why try to do that when it's so much easier to go after a villain like Saddam Hussein and attack Iraq under the pretense of 9/11? Jesus, the other would take so much work and thought and would be so unsatisfying and we know deep down inside that we might lose! And never mind the loss of innocent lives and the long-lasting destruction we cause. Just chalk that up to 'collateral damage.' Too much cost and effort to try to avoid. We Americans crave immediate gratification and can't stand to think there's an enemy out there we can't destroy whenever we feel the urge. We seem to have already forgotten Vietnam. Too hard to try to remember it all and try to glean anything from it. So much easier to jump back in front of our video game console and start attacking with airplanes and bombing sorties on a nice fat easy target. When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem becomes a nail, as the old saying goes. Just have to convince the citizenry that it's OK to attack that target because they're the cause of the anger we feel. But that, apparently, was the easy part. Easy when we're a nation of blithering idiots with a dumbed-down view of the rest of the world and a sanitized or nonexistent knowledge of history.
I find it interesting that Dr. Shackleford doesn't mince words when he claims that it was propaganda that gave the WWII generation the resolve and courage to fight. I wasn't there, I'm too young, and I'm not going to contest his assertions about it, but propaganda is construed in a negative sense, not a positive one, and for very good reasons. The Nazi's also used propaganda to whip up their own support. So whose propaganda is 'good' and whose is 'bad?' Guess that would depend on which country you happened to be a resident of wouldn't it? The only way to know would be to consult a neutral observer, if such a thing existed. It's madness to knowingly and intentionally dispense with objectivity for the sake of childless emotions and bloodlust. It's not necessary to identify and defeat an enemy, but can actually hinder it.
I wanted revenge for 9/11, but I'll never get it because we were too impatient and simple-minded to figure out how to go about it.
Many years before 9/11 I used to observe with dismay the fact that cockpit doors on many US domestic flights were not only unsecured, but in fact, wide open and often thought to myself how insane that was. I later learned that airlines didn't want to create an 'unrelaxed atmosphere' by securing the cockpit doors. I always thought that was absolutely stupid. I find it interesting that I've seen this fact discussed in the media or anywhere else since 9/11 less than 5 times. 2 of those times were by the mother of Mark Bingham, one of the brave passengers that fought the terrorists on the airplane that ultimately crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. This is yet another example among thousands that Americans and American businesses have little or no interest in truly addressing problems and planning for their prevention because it takes too much thought and effort. We're not rational, we're emotional, and apparently only want to be fed a steady diet of propaganda that tells us that we're right and good and deserve everything we have, the rest of the world and logic and reason be damned. And it's what we're getting and will continue to get. Most of us live in a fairyland bounded by greed and fear and ignorance. I personally think it's too late to save what was once America. I think the terrorists are right when they say our days are numbered. And I do absolutely believe we brought it, ultimately, on ourselves. Don't interpret that as meaning that I think the poor souls who were forced to jump from the WTC towers on 9/11 or have their heads slowly sawed off in front of video cameras deserved it. I hope we do blow a bunch of Al-Qaida to hell, I don't give a damn about them as they're idiots too, but I'm sick about the price I feel we and others already have and ultimately will pay it. There were alternatives to the path we took and there still are, but I don't believe we have the courage or intelligence to follow them. All we know how to do is demonize and vilify and glorify. It's not enough and it won't sustain a nation.
Any of you that feel so strongly in support of the US war in Iraq, enlist, get the hell out of here and go fight for your cause instead of sitting around on your fat lazy asses spewing out nonsense and sucking down your spoon-fed pabulum and moralizing about life and good and evil and nurturing your stunted, adrenalin-driven senses of outrage and anger. You have no right.
Posted by: Gerald Heisinger at September 21, 2004 08:48 PM (UUZYt)
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Dear Gerald,
That was very well put. I don't even know what to say except that I share your feelings. It seems so rare to come across someone who doesn't support the war and president Bush. I wish more people would educate themselves on what is really going on today. George Bush has successfully pulled the wool over Americas eyes. He, along with the terrorists have instilled the fear that many people have. It's because of that fear that people are blindly following and supporting George Bush. Wake up America before it's too late! I fear what will happen if Bush is re-elected and you should too!
Posted by: Sandie at September 21, 2004 11:04 PM (2fFma)
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Sandie and Gerald,
Cast my vote for John Kerry. I believe the 200 billion dollars spent for Iraq could have been put to much better use such as retraining those Americans who are losing there jobs to other countries(blame Bush for this too) Hell, now that I think more about it, why could we not have found someone to take care of Saddam for 1 billion dollars? That would have left us with 199 billion to spend elsewhere and prevented all of these Iraq headaches.
As a former serviceman, I ask that you support our troops as they, like us, have had no choice in the matter. Further, I ask you to pray (or hope) for the safety of our soldiers and civilians in Iraq and for a better future for all humanity; excluding the terrorist thugs of course.
Take care!
Posted by: Mark at September 22, 2004 01:51 AM (R3Vdo)
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Mark,
I, like you used to serve our country. I agree our servicemen and women have no choice. I do pray for them everyday. It is good to hear that you are voting for John Kerry. I can only hope that he will be able to stop the carnage that is happening in Iraq now. Keep your fingers crossed and maybe everything will change on Nov. 2! Thanks Mark and you take care also!
Posted by: Sandie at September 22, 2004 07:54 AM (2fFma)
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Kidnappings, beheadings, suicide bombers, all supplied by not one group, but what seems like a hundred. Apparently, Bush took the cork out of the bottle in removing Sadam. He, along with Cheney and Rumsfeld, obviously didn't know anything about what was in the bottle. It might take another Sadam to get the coming civil war under control. Vote for Kerry. At least it's a step in the right direction on an unsolvable problem
Posted by: Yomer at September 22, 2004 01:08 PM (cLzfw)
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I watched the video of Paul Johnson. It was very blurred, and not of good quality. I encourage all with morbid curiosity to download the recent video of Eugene Armstrong from Ogrish.com. The picture is horrific, and unreal. The sound is clear. And the horrible scar it left in my memory will never be forgotten.
I'm currently serving in the United States Air Force. I'm under the age of 25. I haven't had the unfortunate experience of serving in a combat zone, but after having seen this video, I FEAR FOR MY LIFE! I do NOT want that to be me... or anyone else I know... OR ANY OTHER FELLOW AMERICAN.
I don't know who to vote for president, as they're both equally embarrassing candidates. If I could, I'd pack up and move to Canada! Is there a safe country in the world?
America has become unrealistically SPOILED. "I'm gay, I deserve the same rights as straight people." "I got drunk and had sex... I have to kill my baby." "I don't believe in God, I shouldn't have to look at your 10 Commandments monuments!" I'm TIRED OF LIBERALISTS! I'M TIRED OF THE BULLSHIT PEOPLE!
Can I start my own planet, with baseball, and backyard bbq's?
Posted by: Jennifer at September 22, 2004 03:15 PM (G7Dx2)
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Jennifer,
You are right. The videos of Paul Johnson and Eugene Armstrong do not compare. I hope that you never have to experience serving in combat either. I have often thought of moving to Canada also however I'm sure the Canadians have their share of problems also. I agree that America has become very spoiled. The thing that scares me the most is losing my rights because everyone else is terrified of another terrorist attack. The things that are so great about this country are slowly dissapearing because of George Bush. Many americans are willing to give up many of their rights only to feel safer. I think that is utterly wrong. The more rights we give up as people the more the government owns us. Do we all want to live out George Orwells 1984? I don't. Please go and vote on November 2nd. It is so important. I am voting for John Kerry because I think he is an intelligent person who will try his hardest to regain America's good standing in the world. I hope you will research all of the things each candidate has done and see that John Kerry is the best choice for our country. Oh, if you start your own planet let me know, maybe I'll join you!
Posted by: Sandie at September 23, 2004 10:28 AM (2fFma)
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Sandie,
I'm tired of losing my rights to idiot people who feel they deserve more attention than what they're already being given. Like jerks who want to alter the same pledge of allegiance we've been repeating year after year since I was in grade school. Saying GOD never caused a war. Never offended anyone until now. I just don't get it... a bunch of people who think that because they feel like they go unnoticed, they have to change things for EVERYONE to get something out of the deal.
I came home the other day with the thought that I'm sick and damned tired of living on earth. Seriously! I'm not going to go commit suicide or nothing, but I sure wish GOD would come and end all this crap already. This is insane. Uncalled for. MELODRAMA!
People... IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS SAYING UNDER GOD... TELL THEM NOT TO. But don't make it so our kids can't. If you don't want them praying before a damned football game, tell them not to. But let the rest of them if they choose to!
PEOPLE! GROW UP! STOP BEING SPOILED!
I'm an only child who has an only child, and NEITHER ONE OF US ARE SPOILED!
My child is taught to respect the religion and the beliefs of other people... and she will be taught to accept the fact that tradition is very much a part of life. And she's going to be taught that she'll probably get knocked down if she goes and tries to change that.
As for Bush and Kerry... They're both a couple of self-centered bastards. The election has turned out to be a bunch of he said/she said... forge documents, money comparing, BULLSHIT! Bush works hard.. Kerry skis. Bush lies about WMDs. Kerry... Kerry... Kerry... is married to an ugly hag? I don't know... but neither one of them have had a whole lot of anything credible to say, and I'd rather see both of them assassinated by someone (other than me) than see either of them in office.
(men in black, don't come arrest me, I'm not plotting to kill the president)
SO anyway... I know this is all a bunch of nonsense rambling... but I AM allowed my 2 cents. I'm just another spoiled American right?
Posted by: Jennifer at September 23, 2004 05:40 PM (PcgQk)
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I know that Sandie would have a nice answer for that, except that she was blocked from the blog. 'New American Democracy' of dissent suppression at work!
Posted by: Visi at September 23, 2004 08:01 PM (2fFma)
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What the hell? This is my PERSONAL space. You are a GUEST here. I welcome comments, but when idiotic things are said--such as blame America, or America has bad motives--I invite people to leave MY SPACE. To say America made a mistake is one thing, or to say that we are not pursuing the proper stategy is ok--but to start spouting idiotic vitriol about American motives is outside the bounds on this space.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at September 23, 2004 08:17 PM (JQjhA)
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I have just seen the beheading videos (ogrish.com) of two Americans -- Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley -- and it distraughts me to great lengths. Why do such people as these fucking terrorists exists on the Earth Let me tell you people, those fucking terrorists will definitely go to hell, die there and rot there. They will definitely go to many, many levels below hell, where those bastards will be burnt in the fiery fires there and rot together with other criminals and murderers. MAKE MY WORDS BE HEARD ALL AROUND THE WORLD, AND IF POSSIBLE MAKE IT HEARD THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. THE ASS-HOLES WILL DEFINITELY DIE AND ROT IN HELL!!! SO BE IT...
Posted by: David at September 24, 2004 08:22 AM (NG4BK)
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I have just seen the beheading videos (ogrish.com) of two Americans -- Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley -- and it distraughts me to great lengths. Why do such people as these fucking terrorists exists on the Earth Let me tell you people, those fucking terrorists will definitely go to hell, die there and rot there. They will definitely go to many, many levels below hell, where those bastards will be burnt in the fiery fires there and rot together with other criminals and murderers. MAKE MY WORDS BE HEARD ALL AROUND THE WORLD, AND IF POSSIBLE MAKE IT HEARD THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. THE ASS-HOLES WILL DEFINITELY DIE AND ROT IN HELL!!! SO BE IT...
Posted by: David at September 24, 2004 08:23 AM (NG4BK)
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Dear Mr. Shakleford,
I am sorry that you felt you needed to remove me from the blog and if I offended you in any way. I was under the impression that people encouraged to express how they felt about the beheadings and the war in Iraq. I do not support George Bush in any way. Obviously we see things differently. I just wanted to let people know my point of view and get them to see the reality of todays world.
Posted by: sandra at September 25, 2004 01:48 PM (2fFma)
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These sort of pictures should not be shown
on the internet it just glorifies the sick bastards. I hope they die with
the greatest pain which could be possibily
inflicted on them they deserve all what is comimg to them.
Posted by: marco at October 12, 2004 11:10 AM (yc0mC)
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The different standpoints of the European media have, luckily, led most europeans to receive a relatively balanced account of the invasion of Iraq. Something, which if the coverage by CNN and Fox is to go by, Americans unfortuately have not. Even the presentation of a dirty, evil conflict is being sterilised for presentation to the American public for fear the truth will harm those with political ambitions. War is an abomination, and for Bush and Blair to have taken two nations that the world looks to for genuine leadership into a flagration without having first exercised all possible peacful means is bad enough but to do so behind a sordid pack of lies, which tried to cover up the real reason, fiscal gain, is unforgiveable.
As a person who genuinely admires most of what America represents, I hope that a new approach to the leadership in America can not only redeem America but also safeguard the future of the rest of the planet.
Posted by: Paul at October 14, 2004 10:26 AM (LQllP)
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I know that one day Allah will give these people a conscience - this will be their punishment - I promise.
Posted by: H at October 22, 2004 01:28 PM (lJefb)
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I Think what the terrorist's is doing is right and tells all the american politics to stop invading land that has never done anything to fucking iraq, and for those who disagree with me can get beheaded as well.
Posted by: () at December 02, 2004 06:16 PM (GrgKI)
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hav u ever thought WHY the so-called terrorists act the way they do...because the so-called "developed" countries hav made their lives a misery n exploited them evry way they can. they are only fightin bak n because evrythings out of the west's countrol, they cant take it.
Its time for some1 intelligent to take cntrol of the situation and try n make the world a better place. I cant believ how thick the ppl who voted for bush again r. Their the 1s who'v been brainwashed
Posted by: anonymous at December 06, 2004 04:52 AM (EPNqo)
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Oh yeah n for all u ppl who spout the freedom n democracy crap, where was ur democracy wen the Iraq was attacked last yr? Were u asked? N wen the families if the army wanted der loved 1s bak did u get the choice? NO.
Posted by: anonymous at December 06, 2004 04:57 AM (EPNqo)
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fuck all muslims and lets chop their fucking heads off and post it back to the internet for them to see how they like it
Posted by: dreesy at December 09, 2004 12:51 AM (SgQqe)
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yeah n lets bomb all da western countries n see how dey like it. Retard!
Posted by: anon at December 19, 2004 01:15 PM (EPNqo)
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these fuckin terrorist should die the worst death ever. this is not tolerable, blow them into pieces.
Posted by: ziad at December 23, 2004 04:40 PM (d9Nh1)
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These arabs make me sick fuck em and any who love em we go to the middle east we either get shot the fuck up, stabbed beheaded or whatever fuck these dirt balls get them out of america constrict them to ther homeland and there is where they should stay we cant go there they cant come here and if they do fuck em up!!!!
cocktail bomb your corner arab store drive them out of america and everywhere else they roam fuck these worthless peices of shit they are the ugliest dumbest race alive and they deserve to die slow FUCK EM!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Pezzy at January 07, 2005 07:11 PM (ouQvU)
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To the USAF weenie. Stop crusing the net for cheap thrills, you fucking prick. You don't wanna die? Why did you join the USAF? It's chickenshits like you that give the rest of the country a bad name.
I suppose you have never gutted a deer or a hog or anything like that, and the sight of a squealing human makes you shit yourself. Get used to it. Life ain't a fucking carnival. Get a grip, drop a pair of nuts, or get the fuck out of the service, dipshit.
Posted by: DMC at January 22, 2005 06:56 AM (OlOfj)
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Dear anonymous dickhead: Wanna know why the muslim countries are so fucked up? Because none of them have the balls to do what we did: Revolt, leave a motherland and settle in our own land and fight and claw and die for our freedoms. Those fuckers are ruled by pretentous religious fat asses who wipe their shitty asses with their fucking hands. The whole fucking region is nothing but a shithole, and if not for the oil they are sitting on, would be nothing but an extension of Somalia and Ethopia, with starving dumbasses everywhere.
Posted by: DMC at January 22, 2005 07:00 AM (OlOfj)
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More appalling (if possible) than the sight of man's inhumanity to man, and the casual disregard of human life represented by a carving knife, is the extraordinary response to it all. I have rarely seen such a nauseous outpouring of self-promulgating importance. Do Americans not realise that such responses are exactly why they are so hated outside their own country, particularly in Islamic countries. It is a sad fact of my international travels that Americans are generally regarded as crass, superficial, and incredibly ignorant. To write the totality of so many other nations off the value scale of nations because some Muslims have behaved brutally, beggars belief. Horrible as it all is, had the USA been able to control its urge to teach the world about its McDonald's form of democracy, those victims would still have their heads. Grow up America, you neither have all the answers nor does your righteousness stem from God's word, any more than the butchery of Islam stems from the righteousness of Allah.
Posted by: Richard Holdstock at February 12, 2005 02:47 AM (GYwp+)
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I actually used to tolerate the muslims up until september the 11th. Thats when all I saw on t.v. were muslims dancing and celebrating and admitting in numerous interviews that while they themselves didnt have the balls to do something like that they admired the hijackers and said america had it coming. Since then i joined the army and spent 9 months getting sweet fuckin revenge on you. I woulda felt bad for the "innocent" civilians but I no longer have compassion for muslims. Ive seen the parades when they hold up signs saying Islam will dominate the world and read the plans on muslim sites of how their gonna do it through massing a large population and spreading through the balkans to Rome,Paris,London, and their already starting to do this. They have motivated me to start a us vs. them crusade, the main objective is to one day bomb the meteorite you worship in mecca while you all circle it and bow and to take out the muslim twin towers in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia. Where is your Allah now, since you all where happy about 9/11 I am fuckin ecstatic about the tsunami since it fucked you dumbasses over so well. How do you say goodbye to 100,000 indonesians? WITH A BIG WAVE!
Posted by: Srg. Duke at March 24, 2005 07:31 PM (l2TMI)
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OK now i had enough, you fucked up rednecks, do you know what you are, i'll tell you, racist, and fascist. How can you tell such things about the poor children in Irak, and in the rest of the asian world. You say you hate the Iraki people, well now you god damned retards, bin Laden is a Saudit, and Saudi Arabia is your ally, why don't you hate them? And al-Zarqawi is Iordanian you rednecks. Oh and you say they cut your guts out like they did to Johnson, well you deserved it for crippeling all those children, i saw a child in Irak that had no legs and no arms because of an AMERICAN BOMB, i saw a dead child that was missing half of his head, and you know who did this YOU. THE FAT, VERY FAT, RETARD, RACIST, FASCIST, AMERICAN. HUH SOME AMERICAN DREAM.
Posted by: UNKNOWN at April 02, 2005 11:20 AM (7lNfE)
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IHATE BUSH AND AMERICA I WILL BOMBING AMERICA ALL
Posted by: bush at April 04, 2005 12:17 AM (GWTYX)
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Seems like an angry terrorist has a stick up his ass. Speaking about bush hater who gave himself the same name as bush...i would kick your ass if you had the balls to use your real name...as for mr I hate rednecks guy above him, why do u think we are in Iraq? You must be one of the most uneducated illiterate pieces of shit I have ever had the ill-fated luck to run across on the internet. It is a well known fact that war causes innocent civilian casualties, but we the American people are there to put a stop to the atrocities that are happening there. Remember Saddams torture chambers? Who would want to live under a dictator who enjoyed taking people off the streets and torturing them, rapeing married women, etc? We are doing the right thing, and I am a redneck, however am not raceist or facist. Just the Average American with pride in my country, and a willingness to serve no matter what the cost is to my own life. GO NAVY!
Posted by: Little Wolf at April 04, 2005 09:12 AM (BXfRh)
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It is true, after i saw the videos of beheadings it made me very angry,i not only saw the paul johnson one, i also saw a napalese hostage beheading, along with nick bergs execution . I have to say that the videos sickened me, and showed me how heartless and immoral people can be. I for one think that the videos had a somewhat good effect on me because they made me want to speak out against the liberals who are constantly complaining about the war. So far I have come to a conclusion.....LIBERALISM IS A DISEASE
Posted by: Will Strife at May 07, 2005 08:22 PM (UYx7V)
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jihad jihad sage ich ,er werdet betzalen teur bezahlen.
Posted by: sami at June 20, 2005 03:17 PM (5/4Y0)
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i only have one thing to say im not racist at all
but the whole war on terror thing has went to far we are dealing wuth the ultimite adversary a bunch of cowards who seem to out smart us every time,so my idea is why dont we just nuke that damn country an kill every thing in there land off spring and all after all they realy fucked us first by coming over here an killing innocents so why arent we playing by their rules?AMERICA ROCKS ASS THATS WHY THEY WANT TO COME HERE,we aint red necks we are strong americans with a sense of pride in our country with a great military who will get the job done an if you dont like us in america get over it cause you cant whip us so face it...
Posted by: xzzabian at June 21, 2005 04:16 PM (vLJqv)
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you know all the fucking iraq people should be H-Bombed becuase im sick of seeing our fellow canadian's and american's being beheaded...it just..blow's my mind. wow just becuase the iraq people saw the footage of ww2 exacusion's. doesnt give them the damn right to do the same in this year.armageddon is happening people. until we wape the whole russia part and that little country iraq we aer gona have the biggest world war EVER!
Posted by: KoRn at June 28, 2005 05:18 PM (D9WV6)
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iraqi's do the most sickest shit you can see. those vidoe's the people say are fake? there actaully real. hallywood cant make it that real. the sound's of the fucking guy trying to breath and scream just scares the shit out of me..seeing that make's me wanna be in the u.s army and bomb that fucking place...those iraqi's rip american's and candian's arm's off with fucking jeeps with a rope tide from there arm to the back of the jeep..i have one thing to say about this..iraq. better not mess with canada or your fucked ull have the british,china even the fucking scottie's on your sorry ass'es. we will take over your fucking country..oh and dont worrie we will all die from the astroid in 2013 so im not bothered that much. i dont care if it sound's very lame or stupid to you but i just want those iraq's all dead..
Posted by: haha at June 28, 2005 05:28 PM (D9WV6)
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Make me King for a day and I'll end this shit by the end of the week. Line up every plane we have and load them with Silicon. The give the middle east a light dusting. Get your sun block on Hodgi, It's about to get a little warmer than usual. I want to make the worlds largest reflective mirror right in your raghead back yards. Not one of you sorry fucks would be happy to survive what I would to to you, and the ones that did would be lined up to look through caves to find the other rats that may be hiding. A weekly dusting of Nerve agent should finish that up by the end of the month. Now the cycle is complete. Your counrties are wastelands the way God intended them to be. Your judgment will soon be here. You should have just fought amongst yoursleves retards.
Posted by: Allah for a Day at July 07, 2005 11:41 PM (hZZQF)
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War is always going to be tragic. In everyway known no matter who you are or which side you believe you are on. Rememeber all those kids whose fathers, mothers..uncles...brothers fight for what they believe. What becomes of them...drawn into the same old shit of hate..red a repression....never moving forward,,no hope. Terrorism and starvation are the same, one harbours hate...the other hopelesness.The countries that terrorise are blinkered..seek help..accept help. Denial of your own peoples needs is the ultimate in blinkered vision. but for those sick MF'S who hide behind masks and preach and try to pass their word in the shape of murder...I hope their own god is merciful. War is murder but taking hostages and using the pain of an individual(and being proud in showing the world) against the belief of another is nothing but cowardice. Soldiers and politicians fight wars. There are those there who support war by the very job they do...we@ll have mercy on them.
Posted by: yvonne at July 12, 2005 10:12 PM (F1nba)
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You fucking iraqis!!!I hope america blow you all upp!!!!You are nothing but murderer!!!
Blow them all up america!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Samanta at July 14, 2005 09:43 PM (tFQPX)
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If you want to hurt some one because they hurt you that makes you no better than they are."I have seen something I will never forget as long as I live".
...I know there are people out there who do some violent and unforgivable things, those individuals tend to live and die by the sword. we are all shocked buy what we see and we are able to see past the lies of goverments because we can edit what we want because of sites like this. The opposite side (which ever side you support)will always be sprouting lies, and anger fuels many unforgiveable attacks that will continue like a game of tennis, always trying to hit back harder and faster untill some one can't hit it back.
I have been looking at many different ideas on the internet since see an exacution video a while back
what is happening now is not knew apprently the british introduced this type of war fare to scare their oppositon and prevent any further attacks. being angery is stupid, educating our selves is a far greater idea as ignorance caused most of the world problems that are hear today
Posted by: pete at July 18, 2005 05:42 AM (kqdtM)
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Brothers nd sisters! comments like these generate hate. Please understand. beheadings are not encouaged by any religion; these people are avenging what we caused in the 1st place. we killed millions of them and its sheer anger there; which we can relate to [remember the immediate aftermath of 9/11?]
Posted by: robert at August 03, 2005 03:45 PM (aIRUY)
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