no one used the word "proof" until "YOU" did. i guess i gotta splain this to you really slowly... if you'll actually read what i said instead of what you THINK i *said*--perhaps about 20 times--you may eventually catch on. i was responding to singrdave's observation regarding the overall lack of anger over this particular attack in pakistan and suggesting that lack of anger proved the error of those claiming we who are opposed to the war in iraq are also opposed to fighting a war on terror.

I guess I'm the one that needs to talk slowly! I am talking about a "specific" word! The word that was used is "proof" as in "it's maybe proof of what you wanna deny." I was NOT talking about your observation OR your opinion or even "how" you used the word, but your "use" of a specific word! Now would you like a hanky to wipe the egg off your face? Maybe you should go read my last posted thread called: GAAAAAAH!

Is that bad intel going to be used to win the hearts and minds of the Pakistani people? Are we going to have to try and spin this for support of American presence in Pakistan?

i doubt there's much we could do to win the hearts & minds of northwest pakistan. spin for support of american presence in peshawar? what the hell have you been smoking?

you asked:

Where is the outrage? Where is the umbrage? Where is the taking to task of the persons involved with the faulty information and/or the botched airstrike? Where is the breast-beating from Dems over America's callous disregard for Pakistani innocents in the War on Terror?

it's not as if i wasn't aware of your sarcasm or the point you were hoping to make whe i decided to treat those questions as if they deserved answers.

what can i say? on its way to setting us free, the truth generally undermines and erodes flawed assumptions. in this case, what's true is what we've been saying all along. we're as strongly supportive of a real war on terror and willing to accept honest mistakes to that end as we are totally and fiercely opposed to a buncha irresponsible, incompetent ideologues squandering precious lives and resources as the clock slowly ticks us closer to the next shoe dropping.

I was NOT talking about your observation OR your opinion or even "how" you used the word, but your "use" of a specific word!

well i guess you told me.

but hey...did you take note that NO ONE used the words egg or hanky? At least not until you did.

I was NOT talking about your observation OR your opinion or even "how" you used the word, but your "use" of a specific word! well i guess you told me.

I guess I did.

I guess I did.

so how many magic beans did you get for the cow?

Kingbee:

what the hell have you been smoking?

I was being facetious, considering how much antipathy the Pakistanis have for an American presence. But since we're propping up the Musharraf government ("a powerful ally in the War on Terror"), I figured the next logical step would be either the US or Paki gov't coming out and saying that everything was fine, status quo.

in this case, what's true is what we've been saying all along. we're as strongly supportive of a real war on terror and willing to accept honest mistakes to that end

Which is where I think this falls. File this under "Well-Intentioned Miss".

a buncha irresponsible, incompetent ideologues squandering precious lives and resources as the clock slowly ticks us closer to the next shoe dropping.

Oh, and the anticipation is driving us all mad! Mad, I say!