I’m not sure if it gains something in the translation, or just that bullshit is universal:
Translates as – give us more money and powers!
What really gets to me, besides the tortuously long sentence, is that the intelligence or reporting thereof, fails to define the targets.
On both sides, Christian and Muslim, there are important distinctions between genuine followers and those using the creeds as a cover for extremism.
Islamist, like fundamental (or its variants) Christian suggests their philosophy to be a political extrapolation. The blanket generalisation is just plain stupid with even a quick analysis.
If the intelligence communities cannot define their potential targets more efficiently we are all in deep trouble.
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Martini? I thought they went the way of cuff links and tie clips. Really, the things people do in SF!
But, fundamentally, I agree with your stirred, not shaken, musings.
Well, to a point. I would much prefer that the duplicitous arseholes would leave religion out of it.
On the other hand, it could be worse, they could claim to be footballists or similar actually suggesting intrinsic value.
I think that the intelligence communities, for both Russia and America, have no desire to define their potential targets.
The "war on terror" is being used in both Russia and America in a very Orwellian way. If you've read the book, you'll recall that, at a moment's notice, the "enemy" would shift from Eurasia to Far Asia and back again. Who the enemy is is not the point. The point is that there must be an enemy, any enemy, so that those in power have an excuse for enacting unpopular policies.
Fox news describes these as "The Cost of Freedom." That's the whole point: the war, against whomever it's in the best interests of that particular country at that particular time, is the important thing. Who is the target of the war at any given time is secondary.
Try to place this quote:
"For the Protection of the people and the State"
"Restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press; on the rights of assembly and association; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed."
Does it sound at all familiar?
Thanks misneach. Yes, the old soviets and the Bush regimes have much in common.
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