Should we bomb Agrabah?

[Valjean]

I don't know if I should be more amused -- or worried.

30% of Republicans support bombing a fictional country. So do 19% of Democrats.
Green and Libertarian party positions unclear...
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/18/its...so_said_theyd_bomb_fake_country_from_aladdin/

 

[Altfish]

You couldn't script it!
It sounds arabic therefore we should bomb it

 

[Augustus]

You poor misguided naive liberal peaceniks

Jihadis armed with genies and magic carpets could wreak havoc in the West. Better to fight the terrorists over there than in your own back yard...

And if they really wanted to cause lasting damage they could fly around singing 'a whole new world' until you would gladly submit to Caliphal authority and Sharia Law simply to make the torment stop

Don't you see the danger now?

 

[Revoltingest]

I voted <no> as soon as I saw the title.
Even if we bombed a fictional country, government would over-react to fictional terrorists.

Don't forget that the leading Dem prez candidate, Hilhil, has repeatedly threatened to....

 

[BSM1]

Obviously the Democrats are not concerned with out safety.

 

[Papoon]

Meanwhile.... Check my earlier posts (will find it for you later if requested) ...I predicted a major influx of heroin this year after bumper crop in Afghanistan last season. On ABC news (Australia ) yesterday, a story about huge increase in heroin traffic here following 'crackdown' on ice. Exactly as and when I predicted...during the annual 'Christmas drought' when cannabis is withdrawn to generate a new crop of addicts for the 'powder of the year'. This runs like clockwork here.
Question - with all the satellite and drone surveillance, how can huge crops of opium be grown in the open desert landscape of Afghanistan ?
Answer - with the assistance of the USA.
Why ?
Finance of black ops, and garnering grass roots support for the US interference and local rigged government. Win win.
Satellite surveillance can identify crops the size of a suburban back yard.
It amazes me how ignorant the general population WANTS to be.

 

[Augustus]

Question - with all the satellite and drone surveillance, how can huge crops of opium be grown in the open desert landscape of Afghanistan ?.

Because poor farmers need money, because drug producers can make billions, because many powerful people in Afghanistan make money, because many powerful people are paid to look the other way, because Afghanistan needs $$$ and other hard currency, because eradicating crops in a remote lawless militarised society is easier said than done even if there is a political will (which there isn't), because trying too hard to eradicate them will cause an insurrection against the government, etc.

You do understand the reasons the whole War on Drugs is failing don't you? It is certainly not CIA black ops...

 

[Father Heathen]

We'd get an influx of refugees from Agrabah and then our cities would begin to look like Toontown from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

 

[Draka]

Just posted about this on FB. Read through some comments from people about it and it is quite telling. Not just the ignorance, but the hatred. The thing I kept seeing in the comments was about not knowing that Agrabah was fictional. So the f what? Isn't that the point? That you see just a name that sounds like it is in a certain region and want to bomb it without knowing absolutely anything about it? That's not just ignorance. That's paranoia and hatred deep to the bones.

 

[YmirGF]

Just posted about this on FB. Read through some comments from people about it and it is quite telling. Not just the ignorance, but the hatred. The thing I kept seeing in the comments was about not knowing that Agrabah was fictional. So the f what? Isn't that the point? That you see just a name that sounds like it is in a certain region and want to bomb it without knowing absolutely anything about it? That's not just ignorance. That's paranoia and hatred deep to the bones.

Not being an Aladdin fan (I have not seen the movie), I've never heard of Agrabah, but even I know that is not the name of a real country. Then again, no one ever accused Americans of being especially good at geography.

 

[Papoon]

Because poor farmers need money, because drug producers can make billions, because many powerful people in Afghanistan make money, because many powerful people are paid to look the other way, because Afghanistan needs $$$ and other hard currency, because eradicating crops in a remote lawless militarised society is easier said than done even if there is a political will (which there isn't), because trying too hard to eradicate them will cause an insurrection against the government, etc.

You do understand the reasons the whole War on Drugs is failing don't you? It is certainly not CIA black ops...

You missed my point. Which is that there is a worldwide distribution of drugs grown under the watchful eye of US military intelligence.

 

[Revoltingest]

Just posted about this on FB. Read through some comments from people about it and it is quite telling. Not just the ignorance, but the hatred. The thing I kept seeing in the comments was about not knowing that Agrabah was fictional. So the f what? Isn't that the point? That you see just a name that sounds like it is in a certain region and want to bomb it without knowing absolutely anything about it? That's not just ignorance. That's paranoia and hatred deep to the bones.

I admit to prejudice & ignorance.
Before discovering it was fictional, I'd prejudged that bombing it was wrong.

 

[Draka]

Not being an Aladdin fan (I have not seen the movie), I've never heard of Agrabah, but even I know that is not the name of a real country. Then again, no one ever accused Americans of being especially good at geography.

And like I said though, it isn't even the issue of it being a fictional place. Though that is quite amusing on a certain level. It is solely that people would support bombing a place that they, apparently, knew nothing about. i mean, one would hope that some answered that way in jest, but honestly, I don't think it was the majority. You are, unfortunately, correct. Americans, as a whole, don't seem to do that great with geography. they hear a name of a place and just assume it is in a particular region.

 

[Draka]

You missed my point. Which is that there is a worldwide distribution of drugs grown under the watchful eye of US military intelligence.

What does that have to do with people supporting bombing places they know nothing about though?

 

[Revoltingest]

You missed my point. Which is that there is a worldwide distribution of drugs grown under the watchful eye of US military intelligence.

I'm skeptical.....

When Bullwinkle had been captured by government agents......
Rocky: "Hey, what's the meaning of this?"
Agent: "Military intelligence. That phrase mean anything to you?"
Rocky: "It sounds like a contradiction of terms."

 

[Augustus]

You missed my point. Which is that there is a worldwide distribution of drugs grown under the watchful eye of US military intelligence.

Seems like you think it is a simple task to stop drug cultivation. It is not.

 

[Laika]

I don't know if I should be more amused -- or worried.

30% of Republicans support bombing a fictional country. So do 19% of Democrats.
Green and Libertarian party positions unclear...
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/18/its...so_said_theyd_bomb_fake_country_from_aladdin/

I think that will keep me awake at night.

 

[BSM1]

Not being an Aladdin fan (I have not seen the movie), I've never heard of Agrabah, but even I know that is not the name of a real country. Then again, no one ever accused Americans of being especially good at geography.

Thank goodness for smart bombs.

 

[Augustus]

Thank goodness for smart bombs.

Reminds me of this:

"Less than two weeks into the bombing campaign, the US admits its new range of smart weapons may be too intelligent. Sources say the $7m Supersophic missiles have a range of only 50 metres because less than a second after launch the onboard computer has worked out that violence only leads to more violence and that all war is futile. Realising there's no point any more, the weapon either deliberately crashes itself into a beautiful woman or flies back home to America to spend the rest of its days buzzing round a farm. The Pentagon orders that, from now on, missiles must be 'no more intelligent than a steelworker'."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/17/september11.terrorism

 

[columbus]

30% of Republicans support bombing a fictional country. So do 19% of Democrats.

Isn't this the same country that made a mega hit of the Toby Keith song? The one where he "don't know the difference between Iraq and Iran", but he's ready to go kick some diaper head butt?
Tom