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Old 05-04-2016, 09:03 AM
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We are not comfortable doing so, because such a definition might implicate us.
You got that right or they might be romanticized as if they already are not.
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Old 05-04-2016, 09:06 AM
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This sounds like the silly GOP claim that all we have to do to beat ISIS is call them radical Islamic terrorists and they'll just wither up and die.
I don't think you read the article.
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Old 05-04-2016, 09:25 AM
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I don't think you read the article.
I did indeed. I found it to be a good example of navel-gazing.
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Old 05-04-2016, 09:26 AM
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To a significant degree the article is a chastisement of people with conflicting interests trying to do the very difficult. It also clearly shows that decisive leadership is lacking. Not sure this is a bad thing.
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Old 05-04-2016, 09:44 AM
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I did indeed. I found it to be a good example of navel-gazing.
You should try doing some navel-gazing sometime, Finn. It has it's points.
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Old 05-04-2016, 09:53 AM
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You should try doing some navel-gazing sometime, Finn. It has it's points.
I frequently do, but I don't write lengthy articles about it.
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Old 05-04-2016, 09:59 AM
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I frequently do, but I don't write lengthy articles about it.
Yeah, it's hard to get other people interested in one's own navel-gazing. It takes a really good singer-songwriter to pull that off.
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Old 05-04-2016, 08:01 PM
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I did indeed. I found it to be a good example of navel-gazing.
OK, maybe you just didn't understand it in the way that I understood. Fair enough.
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