We're Not for Sure
Ugh! Newspaper! ... litterbin ...dreadful tinny sort of words. Tin, tin, tin.
Bound ... Vole ... Recidivist.
Bit tinny
--Woody vs. Tinny Words,
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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"A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles Wednesday at an alleged hideout connected to a Taliban leader. . ." (Suspected US Missile hits Taliban Stronghold).
A suspected hits an alleged.
Suspected U.S. drone. . . why not have a line-up and see if the drone can be identified as a U.S. missile? It's a safe bet the Taliban and Al-Qaeda did not fire the hellfire missile at their suspected hideout. They would not waste a good missile on anything but a hard target, unlike the prime suspect, the U.S. (But boy, that sure would be sneaky of 'em!)
Does anybody else have drones that fire missiles? So, why do we parse tinny words that say nothing, while implying everything?
Addendum: Under, "Oh no, I did it again" comes today's headline, "Pakistan: Suspected US missile strike kills 3" ("A suspected U.S. missile strike on a car killed two alleged militants and a civilian . . .") Because y'know, these very big pesky things that go boom might just be a swarm of locusts or an unfortunate sunspot phenomenon.
You cannot be too sure.
Labels: al-qaeda, drone, phony war on terror, PWOT
posted by Lisa at 7:19 AM
8 Comments:
Lisa, Lisa, Lisa.
Tsk, tsk.
Now, don't you know, that you're suppose to just allow the assumption of the unknown to be defined by whatever thoughts you are having at that moment.
Say, for example, you were thinking of egg's benedict at the moment of reading that article. Of course, it is assumed, you would automatically think that your egg's benedict were really just metaphors for the missiles, and that you are the drone that fired them at what could quite possibly be a Taliban/Al-Qaeda chef who has been sneakedly hiding in your kitchen pretending to be Gordon Ramsey.
It all makes sense when you throw in some LSD in with your coffee, and just let your mind accept the alternate realities that our government enjoys living in, unchallenged by the media.
Sheerakahn,
You know how to play the game! Relax and float downstream. You are ready for the Flying Circus:
"--What's gorn dear?
"--Nothing, nothing, I just like the word. It gives me confidence. Gorn ... gorn. It's got a sort of woody quality about it. Gorn. Gorn. Much better than `newspaper' or `litterbin'"
for my friends Lisa and Ranger irt your kind note..... thank you, i cannot...... the compass has no rose.....
and now she turns
this way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
this fire burns
i realize that nothings as it seems
Sting
Dearest ghost dansing,
I will be sad, but must respect your choice.
An impeccably chosen song, thanks.
U.S. drone attacks "may have hurt more than they have helped," said a U.S. military official who's been deeply involved in counterterrorism operations. Seems they've become a great recruiting tool for al Qaeda and have caused the valued targets to disperse into Pakistans cities further destabilizing the country. Gee, why does this not surprise me? The Brits got kind of pissed off at those V-2 rockets too.
Here’s an interesting link on drones
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175056/filling_the_skies_with_assassins
Maybe they should start using the drones on the Somali pirates Lisa. A boat full of pirates should be easily discernable from an Afghan wedding party! I can see the headlines now. A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles on an alleged Somali pirate ship!
tw,
Aaargh, matey! Pirates would be a smashing good target, provided they wore gem-encrusted scabbards, and head scarves, and eye patches, gold earring and things -- because we don't anymore of this "suspected" tripe. REAL pirates. . .
Another good use for multi-million dollar technology.
Sometimes it seems like the US is the kid on the playground whose parents went out and bought him the SuperSoaker 9000 that has some sort of motor and cuts a hole into you when you get hit with it, and since everyone else is running around with pissy little squirtguns, they don't want to play.
Then the US gets all upset that people don't want to play, and can't figure out why people want to beat them up.
1984 is honestly becoming more real every day.
Grant,
The thing that blows my mind (figuratively) is all of the DARPA type tech sites don't get this simple truism of the squirt gun (=asymmetrical warfare): They will always win by getting you to shoot your wad and bleed yourself dry, ruining your reputation in the process.
A lose-LOSE.
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