GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say a U.S. team is expected soon in the South American nation of Guyana to probe the crash of a Boeing 737 jetliner that all 163 people aboard survived.
Authorities so far have given little idea about the cause of Saturday's crash. The Caribbean Airlines plane ran off the end of a runway at Guyana's main airport and broke in two. About 30 people had to be treated at a local hospital, including the pilot.
The airline is largely owned by the government of Trinidad and Tobago and its prime minister has visited the crash site. Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is worried that the accident will hurt tourism to the Caribbean, a region that depends heavily on the industry. [Reply]
Originally Posted by go bowe:
maybe not install (iraq afghanistan), but it appears that democracy is being achieved from within in many me and north african countriesl...
the arab spring shows that there is indeed a possiblity of the me becoming more like turkey and less like iran...
The only problem is that Turkey is becoming less like Turkey and more like Iran.
Every time someone wants to show that an Islamic country can operate under a peaceful democracy, they point to Turkey, but even they are reverting back to their old ways. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frankie:
So FC58 has finally decided to go look up a post of mine that he has been misquoting for the sole purpose of agitation all over this forum. Good. At least it's better than altering a different post with the childish wording of his.
What FC (which I have a good idea what it stands for) conveniently omitted was that this was a reply to the post by mnchiefsguy who said, "There is nothing that the United States has done that warranted that attack." I was explaining that there was not one big thing but a total sum of many smaller things that added up big. Hence the "Pounds" and "Ton" reference.
This was just a statement of a sad fact. And if anybody does not think that the West, especially the US did not partake in the looting of the Middle East over most of the 20th century he/she either has his/her head up his ass or is in total denial.
AGAIN: I did not say the US did something like a military attack that provoked the 9/11 attack. I said the US policies in most of the 20th century was definitely a major contribution to it.
MC58 also failed to mention that I, as most Iranians and former Iranians have, have condemned the 9/11 attack. Mine was even repeated several times in that very thread.
I don't expect bigoted idiots like MC to understand what I just said. But most of the rest of you should, unless you wear ignorance as a badge of honor.
Originally Posted by milkman:
What's he going to google?
American diplomatic policies that provoked 9/11?
Oh I don't know,... maybe something about the history of American involvement/policies in the Middle East. There are books about it all over the place. If he does not know how to google he needs to buy one and educate himself. Instead he likes to try to pin you to a word, a phrase, a sentence and try to spin it out of it's original point. It's a silly game he has played on this forum for years and he thinks he's smart doing that.
BTW, when was Donger's last Football post on the CHIEFS Planet? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dartgod:
I'm still waiting Frankie.
You alledged that I hadn't owned up to insulting your mother. Please tell me that you were mistaken, or I might be inclined to believe that you purposely lied.
Quoting this because Dart thinks he's on ignore from frankie and wants a response.
Sorry Dart, but I don't thnk you'll get one, but atleast I tried. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Frankie:
Yeah this strategy is really working. :-)
You are a dumbass if you think I don't know you by now.
Of course it isn't working. I had no doubt that you wouldn't have the courage to explain your own words. Heck, I was even trying to help you (again) by giving you a specific example so that you could either agree or disagree that it did or did not provoke AQ to attack us.
You're a fine example of your people, Frankie. It's no wonder that they allowed a religious nutjob to return from exile and welcomed him home with open arms. [Reply]
