<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>JoeUser Forums » RSS Feed » War on Terror Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/JoeUser/forum/254</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In War on Terror</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 3:07:49 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 3:07:49 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/458467</comments><description><![CDATA[I met four former slaves.  One of the reasons I wanted to see  South Sudan  was that I wanted to speak with locals liberated from North Sudanese slavery.  Christian Solidarity International  arranged for me to interview former slaves. They also provided an interpreter.  The subject of slavery fascinated me all my life. I could tell you the usual story of the sophisticated European liberal who obviously opposes all forms of slavery but the truth is most sophisticated European liberals don&#39...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/458467</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/458467</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 7:20:22 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-10-16T07:20:22-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Slavery</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/458468</comments><description><![CDATA[It is not easy to write about certain things.  The capital city is easy, and so are funny stories about flights in small aircraft and descriptions of tiny but widespread towns in the middle of nowhere.  Even slavery, after the fact, is a lighter subject than some.  And so it took me a long time before I could write this.  This is what I also saw.  Read more:  http://www.desertpenguin.org/south-sudan/patience.html   &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/458468</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/458468</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 4:25:02 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-10-15T04:25:02-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Patience</title></item><item><author>ShadowWar</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/434108</comments><description><![CDATA[PATROL BASE 7171, Helmand province, Afghanistan &ndash; Infantry Marines deployed to Afghanistan endure trials that Americans unfamiliar with military life cannot begin to fathom. Inclement weather, insatiable hunger, perpetual fatigue and direct combat with enemy forces are challenges frequently confronting the infantryman because he regularly operates in austere, hostile conditions. The infantry Marine in Afghanistan, commonly 18 years old and fresh out of high school, is often significantly m...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/434108</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/434108</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 9:47:42 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-10-17T09:47:42-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>PATROL BASE 7171, Helmand province, Afghanistan</title></item><item><author>ShadowWar</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404996</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following was written by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and will be published later this year, but I have his permission to use the material anywhere, and in any way, including here:  &nbsp; In this age of sensational tabloid journalism, the media can encourage our returning warriors to wallow in a "pity party" by presenting endless reports and exaggerated "news" pieces implying that virtually every veteran of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan (and, by extension, any police who exp...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404996</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404996</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 8:16:10 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-02-27T08:16:10-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>The PTSD Trap - By Lt. Col. Dave Grossman</title></item><item><author>BoobzTwo</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/409539</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I think of torture the first thing that comes to mind is Vietnam and the rat pits and well you should know what I mean.&nbsp; But there is no end to the chain of torture throughout man&rsquo;s history. Of course there was Rwanda and Darfur to name a couple to bring things to more modern times. If I think of religion then I think of the inquisitions while States and City States speak for themselves. We have at least a 20,000 year history...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/409539</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/409539</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 1:23:59 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-12-17T13:23:59-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>What are your impressions on torture?</title></item><item><author>BoobzTwo</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/408310</comments><description><![CDATA[The war on terror was a product of the government as they controlled (still do) everything. The &ldquo;truth&rdquo; and any paper trails have all come from our altruistic American Government and Co. All the analysis, the forensic evidence (shipped to China), video footage and audio tapes (FAA and NORAD), investigations, findings, recommendations, excuses, insane &lsquo;coincidences&rsquo;, incompetence, identification of all perpetrators (most Saudi), picked out the culprit in chief and on and o...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/408310</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/408310</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 8:17:15 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-24T20:17:15-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>The War on Terror</title></item><item><author>Anthony R</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/405005</comments><description><![CDATA[I've come to believe that Bush's policy of Democratization in the Middle East is a farce and a lost cause. It began to unravel when I saw the Iraqis time and time again standing on the smoldering ruins of American machinery and lives screaming allah akbar and it came to a grand finale, in a political sense, when Hamas. a terrorist organization, was democratically elected in the Gaza strip. Add to that woeful outcome the election in Lebanon of Hezbollah, a terrorist organization responsible for t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/405005</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/405005</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 2:18:26 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-11T14:18:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Mid East Democratization a Farce</title></item><item><author>Bahu Virupaksha</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/408365</comments><description><![CDATA[ On 29th April 2011, President Barack Obama signed an excecutive order that authorised the Navy Seals VI unit to seek and kill Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the targets in USA. Are we to believe that the US president has the authority to order the execution of those deemed inimical to the US. Is this argument that USA can violate the sovereignty of a state, enter its territory, carry out a clandestine operation, pick up the evidence and leave, all actions done in accorda...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/408365</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/408365</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 8:25:49 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-06T08:25:49-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>OPERATION GERONIMO: AMERICAN LAWLESSNESS AGAIN?</title></item><item><author>ShadowWar</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/407886</comments><description><![CDATA[ Compiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases    &nbsp;Afghan and coalition forces detained several suspected insurgents yesterday in the Sayyidabad district of Afghanistan&rsquo;s Wardak province, officials said.    Troops were searching for a Taliban leader responsible for planting roadside bombs to target security forces traveling along Highway 1.    In other news yesterday throughout Afghanistan:    -- Forces captured two suspected insurgents, inc...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/407886</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/407886</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 9:40:44 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-20T21:40:44-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Today throughout Afghanistan</title></item><item><author>ShadowWar</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/406317</comments><description><![CDATA[  March 12th, 2011 - WASHINGTON &ndash; A federal jury in Norfolk, Va., today convicted Justin Cannon, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, 29, of Virginia Beach, Va., of involuntary manslaughter while working as contractors for the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan.    Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI&rsq...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/406317</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/406317</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 8:45:06 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-06T20:45:06-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Two Contractors Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter for Death of Afghan National in Kabul, Afghanistan</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/405297</comments><description><![CDATA[I have read western news reports about Egypt and noticed the lack of similar reports about Iran. The media have chosen sides again, as did our politicians who called on Mubarak to step down but won't openly point out the complete illegitimacy of the Iranian regime.  Here is some information on current events that everyone might find useful. My sources are this poll:&nbsp; washingtoninstitute.org&hellip;pollock-Egyptpoll.pdf &nbsp;and friends and acquaintances that could confirm the poll and te...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/405297</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/405297</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 1:58:59 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-01T13:58:59-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Some information about the Middle-East and current events</title></item><item><author>ShadowWar</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/405997</comments><description><![CDATA[ &nbsp; Yesterday was a historic day in Afghanistan. And you heard nothing about it on the news. An Afghanistan unit is paving the way to secure their own country by becoming the first unit in Afghanistan history to transition to an independent state of security and to become self-sufficient. They are no longer relying on support from coalition forces to either train or fight the war on terrorism in their area. The 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, of the Afghan National Army became the firs...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/405997</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/405997</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 9:09:03 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-03-03T21:09:03-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>A historic day and Afghanistan Army history!</title></item><item><author>greensleeves</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/405234</comments><description><![CDATA[  Visit the pies n peas support network website @ piesnpeas.co.cc       I truly love the book, which I purchased a few years ago. It is a brilliant coffee tabel book, the kind of thing you can just pick up and read a few interesting snippets from.  There is a very informative article on the strange death of world government - secret probing -&nbsp;Danny Casolaro.&nbsp;It really was a case of 'Ye know too much'&nbsp; It appears that Danny Casolaro who was probing the PROMIS software case am...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/405234</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/405234</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 8:09:11 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-02-12T08:09:11-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Gang Stalking - Were Danny Casolaro and Jim Keith some of its original victims?</title></item><item><author>ShadowWar</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404883</comments><description><![CDATA[ Recently it was my honor and pleasure to, for the ninth or 10th time, to listen to a daylong motivational seminar given by Lieut. Col. Dave Grossman U.S. Army retired Ranger, researcher, and downright just plain good guy. And having listened to Dave before and been able to sit down and have conversations with him privately I know where Dave's heart lies. It lies truly in the domain of a person who has dedicated his entire life to protecting and serving the citizens of this great country, a clai...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404883</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404883</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 8:45:00 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-02-04T08:45:00-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Do our returning vets pose a danger to society?</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/400123</comments><description><![CDATA[In the news today:  The enemies of the U.S.A. {... in the war on terror} announced plans to buy every family an all expenses paid ticket for a cruise on one of Carnival Cruise Line's cruiseships.  In making the move the terrorists announced that they couldn't think of a better way to torture their opponents.  &nbsp;       ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/400123</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/400123</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 4:44:21 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-11-11T16:44:21-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>In the news today...</title></item><item><author>Phil Osborn</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/398538</comments><description><![CDATA[When we see someone investing huge amounts of energy in pursuit of ephemeral or fantasy goals that have no connection with the real world, we generally conclude that that person is "neurotic."&nbsp; In fact, that's nearly a definition of neurosis, the stupid expediture of real resources in the pursuit of symbolic values.  Economists have, of course, also covered this ground.&nbsp; Like the person who walks three blocks to save 50 cents on a hamburger on sale, while ignoring the chance to save&...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/398538</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/398538</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 8:58:57 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-10-06T08:58:57-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>9/11 Fantasies</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/397321</comments><description><![CDATA[We will hear more from them:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sXYiY6KZ6Q&amp;feature=player_embedded   &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/397321</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/397321</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 3:39:00 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-20T15:39:00-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Christian Aramaean Nationalism</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/395715</comments><description><![CDATA[   1. Jerusalem remains Jewish, with special rights for an Arab state to the Temple Mount.    2. Hevron becomes part of an Arab state, which special rights for Israel to the Cave of the Patriarchs.    3. Jewish towns in the West-Bank get annexed to Israel.    4. Arab towns in Israel get annexed to an Arab state.    5. Alternatively to or in conjunction with points 3. and 4., Israel and the Arab state (possibly  Jordan) form a EU-like federation where citizens of both countries have  the ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/395715</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/395715</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 5:22:05 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-19T17:22:05-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>My peace plan for Israel and the Arab world</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/394290</comments><description><![CDATA[Khomeini wrote a book. Really.  Here's a quote:    Having sex with the wife is illegal before reaching nine years, be it a  permanent or a timed [timed marriage in shia], but the rest of acts  like foreplaying [touching for sexual pleasure], hugging and Tafkhid is  legal even with a baby.     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahrir_al-Wasilah   Men suspected of homosexuality and women suspected of adultery have to be executed though.  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/394290</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/394290</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 3:47:26 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-30T15:47:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>The Iranian "Cleric" the Left Celebrated in the 70s</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/394294</comments><description><![CDATA[My favourite Palestinian blogger has written a surprising article again, quoting an interview from the Arab Gulf:    Interviewee: I have my own personal opinion on the Palestine  conflict. In my opinion I have no problems with Palestine belonging to  both Jews and Muslims. Moreover, it was originally a Christian state.&nbsp;      Interviewer: Why for both the Jews and Muslims?      Interviewee:  The origin of the name (Israel).. The people of Israel who were in  Egypt migrated back to Pale...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/394294</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/394294</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 3:45:37 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-30T15:45:37-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Gulf Arabs' Position on Israel Slowly Changing</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/391057</comments><description><![CDATA[Two of the most common arguments for Israel are the Holocaust and the need to reward victims with their own country and the Biblical argument that G-d gave the holy land to the people of Israel.  Both arguments are good and true. The Holocaust indeed showed that a Jewish state was necessary and the Bible (and the Quran) indeed claim that G-d gave the holy land to the Jews.  However, the odd part about the arguments is not that they are made but by whom and why. They always come up in discuss...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/391057</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/391057</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 3:15:41 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-20T15:15:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Two Common Arguments for Israel</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/390836</comments><description><![CDATA[I found this article on a German news site:   http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Terrorgefahr-in-Frankreich-article1283981.html     Frankreich ist w&auml;hrend der Ferienzeit wegen m&ouml;glicher Terroranschl&auml;ge in besonderer Alarmbereitschaft. Da "die islamistische Bedrohung" sich ausweite, gelte erh&ouml;hter Alarm innerhalb der zweith&ouml;chsten Stufe des Terrorwarnsystems, teilte die franz&ouml;sische Regierung mit. Die Gefahr eines radikalislamischen Anschlags bestehe f&uuml;r Franzosen u...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/390836</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/390836</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 1:06:52 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-16T13:06:52-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>What People Know and Believe about Danger</title></item><item><author>unera</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/356041</comments><description><![CDATA[Even Corporate Lawyers Can't Stand the Sins of Guantanamo  Stories My Father Told Me  Buzz up!  When America went to "the dark side" to fight terrorism, she became unrecognizable to the world. That's when my father took on the case of Guant&aacute;namo prisoner number 707 and became unrecognizable to me.  He is basically talking to himself. The words come out, the translator translates them into Arabic. But then they just seem to linger, reverberating off the cell walls and ceiling, unac...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/356041</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/356041</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 9:28:40 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-11T21:28:40-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Even Corporate Lawyers Can't Stand the Sins of Guantanamo</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/390157</comments><description><![CDATA[ Irish national hero Daniel O&rsquo;Connell said in 1846:    Ireland has claims on  your ancient race, it is the only country that I know of unsullied by  any one act of persecution of the Jews.    What is left of Daniel O&rsquo;Connell?  During the Great Potato  Famine in the mid-19th century, the Rothschild family were among the  biggest contributors to food and other aid. It certainly seemed prudent  of the Rothschild bankers to support a country and a nation that was so  friendly towards Jew...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/390157</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/390157</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 9:49:52 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-05T09:49:52-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Why I Stopped Reading Irish Newspapers</title></item><item><author>Leauki</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/388869</comments><description><![CDATA[  Mubarak, who has seven brothers and sisters, has never set foot outside the village where he was born into a family which was inherited as slaves by their local master.        Sheikh Mohammed Badawi's father had bought Mubarak's parents 50 years ago, shortly before Yemen's 1962 revolution which abolished slavery. Mubarak has known no other life except that of a slave.     http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/07/21/114451.html   Isn't it great how excellent human rights are respected in...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/388869</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/388869</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 1:04:42 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-04T13:04:42-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Slavery Alive and Well in Yemen</title></item></channel></rss>