Terror Attack In Paris

[Absalom]

No country has even come close to the problems the US has had with terrorists and likely never will. .

Well, actually, compared to the rest of the world we as Americans have had hardly any experience with terrorism at all, which is why 9/11 came as such a huge shock for Americans while elsewhere the reaction tended to be more along the lines of "Welcome to the real world". I was a teenager growing up in Germany and remember listening on the radio to the events unfolding at the Munich Olympics in 1972. I was on a school trip to London in the summer of 1974 during the IRA's bombing campaign there; and I have no idea how many times I went through random road blocks and ID checks on trains and busses in Europe while the German Baader-Meinhof group, the Italian Red Brigades, the French Action Directe, the Basque ETA, and of course the various Palestinian groups were doing their thing. They generally were not suicidal and had not achieved the lethality of today's jihadis, so the body count tended to be lower, but the attack in Paris today is not anything new for Europeans the way 9/11 was for us, so don't expect any 9/11-style reaction from the French.

 

[shouldazagged]

Here we have a commander in chief who refuses to even call ISIS by their name. He insists on calling them ISIL. I suppose he doesn't want to anger them?

According to them their name is The Islamic State. Both ISIS and ISIL are terms they don't accept, and are interchangeable. Our intelligence and diplomatic people use ISIL, but it makes no difference to the movement itself.

 

[arjay]

Call them Daesh

 

[Drm50]

Terrorist

It's coming here! The Liberals are going to get some of us killed.
After they pull attack that will enrage even the "uninformed public"
they will have to act. Then we have to send troops in, to take
back what we already had. More US blood & money. When this
happens the people responsible for this mess should be used as
point men on all combat patrols and convoys.

 

[policerevolvercollector]

Patvince,
Putting aside all rhetoric & hyperbole, I mourn your country's (and the civilized world's) tragic loss today. May true justice be served.

 

[venomballistics]

Patvince,
Putting aside all rhetoric, I mourn your country's (and the civilized world's) tragic loss today. May true justice be served.

Amen ....
However, I suspect that true justice will not exactly fit the definition of "civilized" as the world might like to met it out.

 

[canesfan33068]

and the sad part is all these countrys keep letting these people into there and our country with no job and we pay .Oh thats right they got jobs they can get and put togather an AK that spits out more bullets, on our dime

Their tactics resemble the workings of a Virus. Multiply and overcoming the host organism from within.

 

[Jadd]

As a french, I could add that we are not afraid, just in anger (and we will never kneel in front of these guys!!!)

Just now, it seems that there is some shooting in the south of Paris, 2 people hurt (including a policewoman) probably connected to the slaughter of yesterday...

 

[Qball]

Counting down to thread lock!

My membership at the "Smith & Wesson forum" is to precious for me
therefore i will not post in this thread



Ops... i just did

 

[Checkman]

Just heard on the BBC that the female police officer has died from her wounds.

 

[Jadd]

Like yesterday, total cowardice: the murderer shoot her on back!

 

[Checkman]

My prayers go out to all the victims and their families.

 

[Checkman]

I am listening to the BBC's coverage of the Paris attacks. Evidently one of the police officers was a Muslim. Several arrests have been made, but the French police and military are still lookig for the gumen as I understand it.

 

[Jadd]

Yes, one of the dead police officer was a muslim (killed as he was on ground, injured) The arrests have been made around the entourage of the Kouachi brothers.

 

[Checkman]

Yes our lieutenant made us watch the video of the officer's murder at the start of our duty shift.

 

[Jadd]

It was quite shocking, shot in cold blood.
It seems that the hunting of these crazies will now not go on very long : all the police is on teeth to find them...

 

[patvince]

Hum, not so sure...but they have been seen coming back to Paris, maybe for a ultimate rampage, because they won't let them catch without shooting....R.

 

[federali]

Walking The Thin Line

Whenever terrorism is the focus of a thread, we sometimes get tangled in religious issues, which, understandably draws the ire of the thread police.

In the historical context, cultures throughout history, from Africa, to Asia, Europe, South and Central America, practiced animal and human sacrifice to appease their gods, however they perceived him or it. The challenge here is to condemn violence in any form, and express our condolences to the French people without insulting or questioning anyone's religious beliefs.

 

[Jadd]

Bien d'accord!! J'espère qu'ils ne feront pas plus de victimes..

I agree with my compatriot! And I only hope they wil be no more casualties...

 

[LostintheOzone]

What about Israel?

I forgot about Israel. But to make my point Israel has very good security. There is no room for PC when dealing with terrorists.