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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:26 PM Original message |
Poll question: What / who is al-Qaeda? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. The public name given to any group/club/gang of brownish people who don't like the US |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I think it might be the other way around, substitute "any brown people we don't like." |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Good point |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. That includes individuals too - it's a CIA database, not an actual organization |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Indeed it is. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Push poll much? |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's just your typical run of the mill international terrorist organization. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Without the organization. nt |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. its a A loose collection of groups and individuals that DOES refer to itself as al-Qaeda |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Like a Myspace friends list? Or do they need to get an Al Queda badge from a cereal box first? |
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seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. more like myspace - no badge required |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. I voted #2 |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Other: A PR firm working for the CIA |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. And That is why thinking people call them Al-CIAda. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. A fictional construct of the Bush Crime Family |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. 'any two bit dumbass who lights his balls on fire' |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. And the Twin Towers are still standing but are invisible? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Red Herring |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. this |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. So it's either a |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Actually, it's a loose collection of Islamist mercenaries... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. According to the BBC it's something that doesn't exist: |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I'd agree with most of that. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. That's why I am clueless |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. It certainly was NOT a country that attacked us. Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Mujahideen, Sadam... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Do you even admit there was an attack? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I can admit that JFK is dead |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Yea ...but not by another country ...was that too hard to grasp for ya? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. The question is, BY WHOM? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Incorrect - some of the organizations do call themselves Al Qaeda |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Not the base. The database |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's a CIA op used against the USSR that went rogue after they left Afghanistan. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Deleted sub-thread |
seeinfweggos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. correct |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. Al Qaiada is blowback |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Al-Qaeda was so last decade's terrorism. |
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WT Fuheck (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. al Qaeda is whoever |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. BINGO! We have a winner! |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. I get so sick of hearing al-Qaeda. Yech. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. A handy fundraiser for the MIC. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. anybody and everybody who wants to harm anyone..i.e. the bogeyman |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. An outfit with more No. 2s than the Papermate factory..... |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. that needs to be a poll option (nt) |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. A blanket term to describe anyone associated radical islam n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's a name for something that sort of exists, but is really just a catch all |
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StarfarerBill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. "The Power of Nightmares" is an excellent documentary detailing the rise of Islamic and Christian... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. Disgruntled former assests of the CIA giving the USA blowback. n/t |
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