Appeasement verses War.

Maybe NiteShift understood a false dichotomy, but apparently you don't. A DI-chotomy, by definition, is a division into TWO, not three, options.

As for it being a "$20 word", sorry, it's just the way I speak. I had no other words that were as precise and concise.

Besides, never use a small word when a diminuitive one will do! :tongue3:

 

For clarification, here is more from Wikipedia, along with more $20 words for NiteShift:

Notice, there is a three-choice version of false dilemma, known as a trifurcation, however that is a subtle difference in strictly false dichotomy and a false dilemma, since a dilemma can have any number of mistaken arguments. A false dichotomy is strictly also a false bifurcation.

 

He not only "has now said" it. He has always said it.

 

How many Liberals does it take to win a war?

How many of you Liberals does it take to win a war?
Well how the hell can we tell? You won’t fight one anymore.
You say that you support the troops, but the truth’s plain as your face,
You’d pull us from the battle, march us home in full disgrace.
You’ve no stomach for the fighting, got no mettle, got no pluck;
If you ran this war on terror, we’d be a very well plucked duck.
The wolves of Jihad smell your dread, can smell your craven breath,
And emboldened by the fear they scent, lust for our bloody death.

SNIP


So how many of you Liberals does it take to win a war?
Or is there simply nothing you believe worth fighting for?
How is it that you’ve never learned, like most when they grow older,
That appeasing badness is a bad idea, only makes the bad guys bolder.
Has your fear of spilling human blood made you Jihad’s useful fools,
Ignoring that their wolf packs never fight within the rules?
By your demand we stay our hand, you weaken and you bind us;
Forcing us to fight off wolf attacks with that hand tied behind us.

So we bend some rules, in war you fools; so what? Show some respect,
When it’s your fuzzy-headed “feelings” “thinking” men fight to protect.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

 

EG, once again, you are showing such lack of understanding of the facts that you embarass yourself. Pity.

As for making Texas "look bad", too late. Electing W as governor has already accomplished that!

 

We should have been fighting them where they were. Unfortunately, Bush chose to fight them where they weren't. And not surprisingly, where they were, in Afghanistan, they are now coming back, because we are busy fighting them in Iraq, where they weren't.

I know, Rumsfeld said "but all the good targets are in Iraq."

Still, there's something to be said for attacking the enemy instead of the most convenient targets.

I guess Rummy can at least take some comfort in the fact that since we invaded, there are now terrorists in Iraq.

 

EG, your slander and ad hominems only detract from whatever God-knows-what point you are trying to make.

 

EG, your ad hominems continue, so I guess you have no point to make. The wikipedia excerpts are to support a point, and were small parts of a large article, which is standard practice. I have also explained in my own words. So quit trolling, stop the ad hominems and stick to the issues. As for using English and logic, heed your own advice. And for rhetoric, you are full of that! :laugh:

You are certainly free to disagree with me, but do yourself a favor and stick to facts and not personalities.

 

Ok I see it now, you just enjoy giving people a headache.

 

NiteShift, not trying to do that! However, you and EG need to get over your fascination of me and get this thread back on topic.

 

lol...there is no fascination. I've already made the points that I wanted to.

 

Gentlemen, please stick to the topic and refrain from personal attacks. Personal attacks only prove to the rest of us that you are losing your side of the debate.....:sleep:

 

What appeasers fail to realize is that, with this opponent, they will smile and knod at your peace offerings while they stab you in the heart and cut off your head with a dull knife.

Allah akbar!