I don't know what is the definition of "troll", Mr. Mod, but I saw this:
The article quoted by Mr. McCool at #52, is neither a Chinese media source, nor quoting any Chinese media. - the only thing related to Chinese media, is
"Sources of Xinhua said they tried to enter the area after the incident took place, but no media people were allowed inside."
- and THAT, became "Chinese media just reports random stuff"?
I guess what we call 标题党 has fooled some of our senior members here - some genius AT DEFENCE TALK, using a shocking title, that "Chinese media says this", and our good senior member just take whatever being told, hah?
Man, I see what's coming.
I am anxious to see that the US troops at Afghanistan packs up...
...and go to middle east. (Mediterranean, more precisely)
- just like 1 year ago they pack up at Iraq and go to Afghanistan.
尘归尘,土归土…… Fan arts for the fans.
After more digging, fans never fails your expectation.
Stop making multiple post! If no one has responded to your post use the edit button to add to your last post. Multipile posting is permitted in photo and news threads.
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It should be released and whoever wants to see it will be able to see it. Otherwise, we'd just see more of these google and facebook scams.U.S. preparing to release photographs of OBL's corpse.
"U.S. officials describe the photos as "gruesome" and "graphic."
They reportedly show Osama bin Laden’s bloodied body in an Afghan hangar with a massive head wound above his left eye from the shot that had killed him earlier in the day.
The accompanying video is less gory, officials say, but may be just as inflammatory. It allegedly shows bin Laden’s lifeless body draped in a white shroud before it is placed in a weighted bag and deposited into the North Arabian Sea from the deck of the USS Carl Vinson............."
well it didn't stop you from having a sermon didn't it?
He is a frickin' bastard because you (and foreign policy of US) made him into one, if no one would give him attention he wouldn't be what he was.
And he is not a irrational bastard as we characturize him to be.
His whole modus operandi was to provoke an reaction, that is what terrorists DO.
by reacting to them like some people (including you) reacted to them you help them succeed in their goal.
and
Just ask yourself. what would Jesus (or Buddha, pick your favorite Diety) do in this situation? would the killing of a life cause them joy? or relief?
and to make your head hurt a bit more.
what is a terrorist anyways? before you answer that question, let's agree that whoever fits the definition would be qualify, regardless of your feelings? fair?
my definition is: people who deliberatly kill innocent civilians to make a point.
Ok,
how many civilians died in Bomber Harris's fire bombing of Dresden.
Or LeMay's firebombing of Tokyo.
They were trying to make a point you know. the whole premise of strategic bombing was based on killing civilians to make a point.
so how many lives... opps I should use the euphamism of "collateral damage".... does it one qualifies for that definition? in this age of precision strikes weapons and Blackwater security shot up cars full of family and kids?
how many? care to give me a number?
some body gotta ask these question, might as well be me.
Have you ever read some of the junk on Chinese websites? Do you realize how much irrelevant stuff I have to sort through on Chinese defense forums to come up with stuff that's kind of authentic. Xinhua's website a lot of times are not official news, but rather re-hashing of things from other news sources. In my opinion, that's not a good thing for a news service that's striving to hit the international stage.
I agree!
Thank you Assassins Mace! great post.. the latest spin on what happen.
hehehe... I am not sure whether debating with a mod is a good idea. The point is, TAHT link, comes from DEFENCE TALK, a "famous" western forum. The guy who put the post together, "JUST POST RANDOM STUFF", and using the shocking title "Chinese says this", - because Chinese news agency, at this time, quoting some other news agency... and he knows when he say "Chinese says this", everyone else would make it "it is said by Chinese news agency"
Since you don't want to make it looks like "I am judging this thing by ONLY ONE occurance", you brought out the big gun:"Do you realize how much irrelevant stuff I have to sort through on Chinese defense forums"
Hat off for the mod job which I really appreciate. But if I say the following, what would you think? "Do you have any idea how many white-racist I come accross, every time, surfing a western forum?" - So, WTF? why brought up the big gun when there is no point to brought it up?
A good forum trys to stop trolls, right? So we ALL to avoid "jump to conclusion", shall we? (The fact of Xinhua news agency doing a shit job, I agree. But you can take a look again and again, they quoting others, NOT CLAIMING they said, unlike that shock title fooled many senior members here...)
by reacting to them like some people (including you) reacted to them you help them succeed in their goal.
What would your advice have been after the embassy bombing. The "Cole" and Twin Towers. Turn the other Cheek?