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Forrest Gump....
Reader comment on item: Counterterrorism in Obama's Washington

Submitted by Rick Schwab (United States), Aug 18, 2009 at 19:50

Wasn't it Forrest Gump who once proclaimed, "foolish is as foolish does?"

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Notice of Christmas Bomb Technique [127 words]D BakerFeb 24, 2010 00:28
set it right: "somehow at war" [46 words]mythDec 29, 2009 08:08
↔ Islam is at war with everyone. [70 words]Tom DundeeMar 13, 2010 19:48
lack of focus on the USA [113 words]mythDec 29, 2009 08:04
Enemies of the Open Society [189 words]Karl Raimund PopperSep 10, 2009 00:12
↔ Karl Popper Died in 1994 [43 words]Steve FrankSep 13, 2009 18:48
making things simple for O'bama and company [56 words]Jules PostenSep 9, 2009 14:04
Global World Summit on Counter-Terrorism [304 words]vigilantSep 8, 2009 21:14
Knowing what everyone wants [41 words]WilksSep 3, 2009 12:33
They Cant Eliminate the Official Islamic Terrorism [137 words]Christian Mohamad BenedictosAug 31, 2009 13:09
regarding terrorists and legitimate grievances [271 words]Cynthia C.Aug 30, 2009 13:36
No Big Surprise [20 words]John StraiteAug 27, 2009 10:00
↔ no wealth [26 words]ll mullinAug 28, 2009 14:16
Method and Madness [25 words]moeursalenAug 24, 2009 21:35
Failure of the Communication [538 words]M. ToveyAug 24, 2009 15:41
Obama kosherizes antisemitic islam [118 words]yuval Brandstetter MDAug 24, 2009 04:09
↔ A Kosher American Response to the Israeli Middle Eastern Crisis - Hardly [170 words]M. ToveyAug 27, 2009 19:41
↔ Read about the Roman Empire. [26 words]Tom DundeeMar 13, 2010 19:56
Obama Patronizing Arabs [92 words]Edward HalperAug 22, 2009 23:17
distorted interpretation [301 words]JeffAug 21, 2009 18:23
Scotland to release Islamist terrorist bomber of Lockerbie Pan Am Flight 103 [37 words]Frank SmithAug 20, 2009 02:56
↔ Scottish release of Megrahi [159 words]Martin HoranSep 17, 2009 07:04
Head buried in Sand! [144 words]B.N.GururajAug 19, 2009 23:20
The Importance of Jihad [156 words]EuskalHerriaAug 19, 2009 20:50
Obama scares us more than the Islamic terrorists. [85 words]M.D.Aug 19, 2009 17:07
↔ Obama is not an American Patriot [221 words]vigilantSep 8, 2009 21:01
↔ He's not even an American. [227 words]Tom DundeeMar 13, 2010 20:08
↔ He's not even an American [637 words]Vigilant101Mar 13, 2010 21:11
Brennan is reciting the creed [129 words]Peter HerzAug 19, 2009 16:07
Simple: 0bama is in favour of shamnesty-naturalising the terrorists [25 words]DevasahayamAug 19, 2009 15:58
Agreement with Mr. Pipes Conclusions [30 words]Gene BishopAug 19, 2009 15:55
anything less than blaming islam is a huge mistake ! [591 words]Phil GreendAug 19, 2009 15:51
Brennan article [180 words]Ha ShamirAug 19, 2009 13:53
Savings for Obama to create Socialism [30 words]Charles McDowellAug 19, 2009 13:51
Scary Truth [52 words]ChrisAug 19, 2009 09:13
Liars? [16 words]Gene LewisAug 19, 2009 08:29
↔ You Are Correct [5 words]Tom DundeeMar 13, 2010 20:11
Study shows ZERO correlation between terrorism and poverty [33 words]GedaliahAug 19, 2009 05:16
Terrorism is State Sponsored Robbery [206 words]kamekishAug 19, 2009 02:07
Brennan [80 words]Omega2Aug 19, 2009 01:48
terrorism [36 words]marlene kreitenbergAug 19, 2009 01:02
Agendas and Actions [78 words]Jay1Aug 19, 2009 00:02
the problem is "the One" [91 words]A. CohenAug 18, 2009 22:29
↔ the problem is the"one" [13 words]Sylvia ScottSep 27, 2009 21:59
HOMELAND SECURITY UNDERSTANDING OF TERRORISM [102 words]JACQUES HADIDAAug 18, 2009 21:19
↔ We Are Aware [30 words]Tom DundeeMar 13, 2010 20:21
Trite but dangerous mindset [110 words]John W. McGinleyAug 18, 2009 20:31
agree
[w/response] [57 words]		Matthew S. HarrisonAug 18, 2009 19:59
⇒ Forrest Gump.... [12 words]Rick SchwabAug 18, 2009 19:50
Who is our enemy? [259 words]Janusz KowalikAug 18, 2009 18:19
↔ War on radical wahhabism or wahhabists [159 words]Stephen BorkowskiSep 2, 2009 21:28
↔ To Believe or Not to Believe [84 words]Tom DundeeMar 13, 2010 20:28
↔ response [11 words]Stephen BorkowskiMar 14, 2010 22:23
Sad but true [58 words]Tom F.Aug 18, 2009 18:18
US being gutted from within corridors of power. [182 words]rodney allsworthAug 18, 2009 18:15
"Governments don't have people: people have governments." [155 words]Abu NudnikAug 18, 2009 18:03
There is no counterterrorism under Obama [296 words]batya daganAug 18, 2009 17:59
EXCREMENT [295 words]MannyAug 18, 2009 17:46
What's in an interpretation? [163 words]Rebecca MouldsAug 18, 2009 17:43
Obama's Policies & Philosophy on Countering Terrorism = His Lack of Resolve to Revamp the American Health Care System [53 words]Renee BouvierAug 18, 2009 17:30
↔ Healthcare [15 words]Tom DundeeMar 13, 2010 20:18
Straw man - Nothing about who terrorists represent.
[w/response] [76 words]		D. McLaughlinAug 18, 2009 17:15
↔ The terrorists can do more than "claim to represent" the Islamic world [48 words]HomefrontAug 25, 2009 18:32
Actually, the White House is logical [12 words]Peter HerzAug 18, 2009 17:07

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