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1. #1
   On December 16th, 2007 at 11:12 pm, nyc123me said:

   gee, who woulda thunk..

2. #2
   On December 16th, 2007 at 11:31 pm, BrianNY said:

   1. Abstinence programs don’t work,
   2. The death penalty doesn’t deter crime,
   3. You can negotiate with terrorists.

   Liberals keep telling me that if you say these things long enough, they eventually become true.

3. #3
   On December 16th, 2007 at 11:31 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

   I’d like to buy a round of waterboarding for those who let these dirt bags out! In fact, make it a double!

4. #4
   On December 16th, 2007 at 11:39 pm, fretless said:

   What would a moral and just society do with an ‘unlawful combatant’?

   Kill it.

5. #5
   On December 16th, 2007 at 11:45 pm, rightisright said:

   Liberalism is a cancer…if it isn’t cut out it will kill you, one and all.

6. #6
   On December 17th, 2007 at 12:02 am, Tennessee Dave said:

   Do you think this will cause the liberals to rethink about closing down Gitmo instead of setting those poor misguided people loose?

   I know, it’s impossible. I just thought everyone could use a laugh at the end of the weekend.

7. #7
   On December 17th, 2007 at 2:03 am, puhiawa said:

   And an air bomber wannabe ‘escaped’ in Pakistan. These Muslims want these moronic sadists loose. The incarceration in first place is a pretense. They think that is what religion is about. Islam is a primitive, murderous cult.

8. #8
   On December 17th, 2007 at 3:04 am, WarTip said:

   While it is a tragedy, one can only hope that it will cause someone at the UN to wake up. Maybe if they would finally take a stand, the loony liberal left would fall in step behind them like they always have. Then again, since Sarkozy seems to have a pair, the liberals have not been preaching the values of France to us in a while. I doubt it would change any of their emotional thinking or banter. After all, these are merely facts and statistics so they apparently have no place in our perceived socialist utopia?

   Liberal Drain Dream Media espousing the poor situation that forced these freedom fighters terrorists to perform this heroic defense of their nation cowardly and vicious terrorist attack in 5, 4, 3, 2,

9. #9
   On December 17th, 2007 at 3:09 am, graysonret said:

   Well, you know how the libs feel. Give them “a hug”, and they will be nice and go home in peace. Guess that idea doesn’t work. More dead. Maybe they need a “bigger hug”. If we’re nice to the world, they’ll be nice to us. Uh, uh. Dream on….

10. #10
    On December 17th, 2007 at 3:41 am, Dan F said:

    U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all nations on Wednesday to stand united against terrorism, calling it “the scourge of our times.”

    “This attack on the U.N. is an attack on us all and our highest ideals,” he said in a video address from Bali, Indonesia, to the 192-member General Assembly. He said the U.N. will not be deterred in its mission “to help those most in need.”

    What Pablum! Thanks Kim-Chi, from the families.

11. #11
    On December 17th, 2007 at 5:40 am, Prime Director said:

    Two convicted terrorists who had been freed in an amnesty carried out the suicide bombings at U.N. and government buildings that killed 37 people, an Algerian security official has said.

    This right here is why we need to shut down GITMO and release all the terrorists: The sooner those chickens come home to roost, the sooner we can pay penance for all the evil deeds Bushitler’s goons have perpetrated in our name.

12. #12
    On December 17th, 2007 at 6:44 am, zorro said:

    Life deals out another deadly lesson. Resist your personal feelings and enforce the law.

13. #13
    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:20 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    The government has offered amnesties to try to end a 15-year Islamic insurgency, resulting in thousands of militants turning themselves in, but sparking fierce criticism from the families of victims.

    It doesn’t work for rapists or murderers. Recidivism is real. Terrorism is real. You and me dead, is a real proposition, in fact it is the goal of these terrorists. And letting them back out on the streets to wreak more havoc is so absolutely nonsensical as to be unbelievable.

    You can’t lay these attacks at Bush’s feet. Try as they might… Liberals - this one is yours.

    I feel like I am a broken record.

14. #14
    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:25 am, trinitytim said:

    I think Islam and the UN share the tiltle of “scourge of our times”, but then what do I know.

    Th UN will never wake up and take the blinders off. They just want to talk to the murderers and take all the money

15. #15
    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:27 am, Babs said:

    Exit Question:
    Will the U.N. immediately pull all personel and support out of Algeria like they did Iraq after their mission was bombed in Baghdad?

16. #16
    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:42 am, docflash said:

    Maybe someday they will learn,which I doubt, the only catch & release is if your bass fishing.

17. #17
    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:42 am, Boomer said:

    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:27 am, Babs said:
    Exit Question:
    Will the U.N. immediately pull all personel and support out of Algeria like they did Iraq after their mission was bombed in Baghdad?

    I’m sure they already are making evacuation plans as I type this. The UN is a corrupt and greedy institution that has gone the way of the League of Nations. History truly does repeat we are staring into the abyss of a Global War against Islamic Fascism (again) and it appears only a small handful of politicians and leaders fully understand the threat. Just like the appeasers of the 1930s the ruling class of Western Civilization is trying to feed the alligator so it will eat them last.

18. #18
    On December 17th, 2007 at 8:49 am, bloghooligan said:

    #16…

    Winston Churchill..is that you?

19. #19
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:01 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    As Secretary General Ban Ki Moon declared, “This was an attack not only against the United Nations, not only against Algerians, but against humankind itself…Those who target innocent civilians in this way commit an unspeakable crime.”

    Well, they have gotten your attention. Now what?
    _______________________________________

    These terrorists bring their own suffering and captivity upon themselves. They choose to participate in terrorism. And if the only justification they have for it is Allah. Then so be it. Don’t make excuses for them - that my friend, is a slap in the face. You fight fire with fire when you have to.

20. #20
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:25 am, TexasTiger said:

    On December 17th, 2007 at 12:02 am, Tennessee Dave said:
    Do you think this will cause the liberals to rethink about closing down Gitmo instead of setting those poor misguided people loose?

    You deserve a prize for being the first person ever to use the words liberal and rethink in the same sentence.

    Sadly, liberals rarely rethink. They only react (e.g., react with outrage, react with anger, etc.).

21. #21
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:38 am, lgm said:

    OK, one lesson is not to free convicted terrorists. Are there any other lessons?

    How about: respect the will of the people. From the same linked article:
    

    Algeria’s insurgency broke out in the early 1990s, when the army canceled the second round of the country’s first multiparty elections to prevent likely victory by an Islamic fundamentalist party.

    Al Qaeda are in Algeria because of a (US backed, of course) coup that overthrew a democratic government.

    The resulting civil war has killed hundreds of thousands. The government was trying to end it. Why else would they release known terrorists? Even with the bombings, if they end the civil war, it will be worth it.

22. #22
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:48 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    The Frustration we feel toward our own government comes out in many ways. We tend to want to blame them for all of the ills in this world. After all it’s gotta be somebody’s fault!

    However, the question to be asked is why is there a civil war in the first place. The ends justifies the means, right? Terrorists are responsible for creating this strife, terrorists are freed to possibly end the strife and what do they do upon being freed? They partake in more terrorism.

    Yet, somehow miraculously and by using your logic - “Even with the bombings, if they end the civil war, it will be worth it.” Bombing the U.N. is going to end a civil war. Riiiight.

23. #23
    On December 17th, 2007 at 9:53 am, TK-421 said:

    @2 In the west with Liberals of all times there is this, It will work here, or it can’t happen here mindset. Also they seem like IGM, self important, better than thou in all aspects, attitudes. IGM, Algeria didn’t have a democratic Goverment but briefly, in fact it was under French control, till Islamic militants took up arms and won freedom, the US and western powers steped in and forced democracy. But the later Insurgancy was Soviet Funded and Equiped.

    The US of course is no innocent lamb, but in this case it was the Russians. And truth of the matter is the release might end it, or it might put troops back into the enemy line. Releasing prisoners in the West is a sign of human faith and good will. In the East it is weakness, it shows you are weak and that you can and will be beaten. Very few Countries in the Eastern work that have tried this policy are around now, least in the same form.

24. #24
    On December 17th, 2007 at 10:58 am, Chuck said:

    It’s all Bush’s fault

    in 3.. 2.. 1..

25. #25
    On December 17th, 2007 at 11:07 am, JHSII said:

    I see lgm blames America, of course.

    And, of course, lgm supports dhimmitude.

    I wonder if lgm believes the terrorists will leave him alone after he gives them everything they want…

26. #26
    On December 17th, 2007 at 11:49 am, gunslingerpatriot said:

    TFantastic trollete should not be fed.

    GSP
    Dhimitude-islamic word for crappy fighter

27. #27
    On December 17th, 2007 at 3:04 pm, desertdweller said:

    LGM says:

    Al Qaeda are in Algeria because of a (US backed, of course) coup that overthrew a democratic government.

    And just how do you know the motives of Al Qaeda?

    Of course to read the full transcripts of the AQ “press releases,” we should ignore all the Koranic hate-mongering and long term goal of restoring the caliphate.

    And never mind that Muslim extremism has been around for centuries longer than the US has ever existed.

28. #28
    On December 17th, 2007 at 3:30 pm, shooter said:

    Liberals keep telling me that if you say these things long enough, they eventually become true.

    Just click your red shoes together three times and poof….all better.
    .
    but, This is not OZ.
    SOMEONE needs to tell the frickin lib’s IT WAS A DREAM, A MOVIE ABOUT A BAD DREAM. ( and take the FT w/you)
    It wasn’t real in the 30’s and it’s not real today. Terrorists kill people, it is what they do, they kill and cause TERROR.
    Real actions must be taken to stop them. Actions beyond holding hands and clicking your heels together.

29. #29
    On December 17th, 2007 at 6:10 pm, Hannibal said:

    #21 - “Even with the bombings, if they end the civil war, it will be worth it.” Finally, some hard facts to quantitatively analyze the liberal mind. Thirty seven innocent lives are “worth it”. Okay lgm, would 100 be worth it? How about 1000, or 10,000, or 100,000? When does the law of diminishing returns kick in for innocent lives?

30. #30
    On December 17th, 2007 at 7:14 pm, Prime Director said:

    Al Qaeda are in Algeria because of a (US backed, of course) coup that overthrew a democratic government.

    Al qaeda is not in Algeria to fight for democracy; they’re there to help homegrown islamic parties like the FIS destroy democracy.

    Ali Belhadj and the FIS planned to use the ballot box to establish sharia, which would put an end to democracy in Algeria. According to Belhadj, “There is no democracy in islam.”

    So, does 51% of the population have the right to strip the remaining 49% of their minority rights to due process and the free exercise of their constitutionally guaranteed right to pursue ends not endorsed by the koran?

    The resulting civil war has killed hundreds of thousands. The government was trying to end it. Why else would they release known terrorists? Even with the bombings, if they end the civil war, it will be worth it.

    So if the government of Algeria ends the purported civil war by releasing people who massacre civilians in an attempt to establish sharia law, then it will have been well worth it?