tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post844261626091786742..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: "U.S. drops "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan"Trooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-43345235243737533362017-04-14T06:50:24.521-04:002017-04-14T06:50:24.521-04:00I defer to the generals on the use of MOAB, but I ...I defer to the generals on the use of MOAB, but I question our position in Afghanistan. Post 9/11 and pre surge, Post surge and post Obama-its all the same. seems like we are exactly where we were 13 years ago. I do not see any future for a free and democratic Afghanistan any time soon. I do see value in retaliation for any exported terror that can be tied to Taliban et al. But occupation is a waste. <br /><br />I say lets go home.Jim in St Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028577920540521692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-40016915932032636042017-04-14T02:42:58.035-04:002017-04-14T02:42:58.035-04:00In the Middle East and Greece, the idiomatic expre...<i>In the Middle East and Greece, the idiomatic expression “the mother of all ---” has been used to describe the biggest, most extreme or ultimate examples of various things for more than two thousand years.<br /><br />However, it wasn’t a common phrase in the United States until Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein uttered his famous line about “The mother of all battles” shortly before the First Gulf War in 1991.<br /><br />In August 1990, Saddam had ordered Iraqi troops to invade Kuwait.<br /><br />For the next five months, the United States and United Nations tried using sanctions and threats to get Saddam to withdraw, ultimately giving him a mid-January deadline.<br /><br />Saddam was not impressed.<br /><br />On January 6, 1991, in a speech marking the 70th anniversary of the modern Iraqi Army, he boasted that Kuwait was eternally part of Iraq and predicted a long struggle in the Persian Gulf against the “tyranny represented by the United States.”<br /><br />Saddam told the people of Iraq: “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.”</i><br /><br />http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2010/01/saddam-hussein-and-mother-of-all.htmlMamaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300520132972757396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-8477842481743899832017-04-14T02:41:22.545-04:002017-04-14T02:41:22.545-04:00from Online Etymology
Mother of all ________ 1991...from Online Etymology<br /><br /><i>Mother of all ________ 1991, is Gulf War slang, from Saddam Hussein's use in reference to the coming battle; it is an Arabic idiom (as well as an English one), for instance Ayesha, second wife of Muhammad, is known as Mother of Believers. </i>MamaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300520132972757396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-70540789605895481852017-04-13T22:23:48.057-04:002017-04-13T22:23:48.057-04:00Leftists heart burning people alive in cages.Leftists heart burning people alive in cages.Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-28324057718439539272017-04-13T22:02:15.206-04:002017-04-13T22:02:15.206-04:00The bomb, as I recall, was designed by a woman.The bomb, as I recall, was designed by a woman.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-74677137249602867202017-04-13T21:47:07.409-04:002017-04-13T21:47:07.409-04:00Wait. They dropped Amy Schumer's act on the Mu...Wait. They dropped Amy Schumer's act on the Muslims?<br /><br />Cool.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-64127366144582452042017-04-13T19:41:38.810-04:002017-04-13T19:41:38.810-04:00The patriarchy - something he will never be part o...The patriarchy - something he will never be part of.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-90727695853118471082017-04-13T19:28:50.219-04:002017-04-13T19:28:50.219-04:00The only good one is a dead one.The only good one is a dead one.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-86939782910989707752017-04-13T19:20:03.980-04:002017-04-13T19:20:03.980-04:00Go big, or go home.Go big, or go home.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-90624599330167079082017-04-13T19:10:01.980-04:002017-04-13T19:10:01.980-04:00This faux man is a walking vagina.This faux man is a walking vagina.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.com