http://www.thecouchforum.com Come speak your mind about whatever. en-us This is what foreign troops are busy doing in Afganistan. It sickens me that my own government is also committed to having troops participate in this evil conflict. And yet, Obama is committing more American stormtroopers to Afganistan, to lead the slaughter of more Afgani children. It's disgustingly ironic that the USA baited Russia into a drawn-out war with Afganistan, armed and trained resistance militants, and now, years after Russia passed through its 'very own Vietnam', is back in the same country trying to (supposedly) root out the same people they purposefully brought to power in the first place. Who is trying to break the American spirit with these pointless conflicts in the middle east? They want Iran to topple next, as is clearly evident. What can the average person do against this tryanny? Protest is impotent. All we can do is spread the news, highlight the injustice, and illuminate the truth, and pray--[i]pray[/i] that enough people hear it and finally say 'STOP' and refuse to collaborate with the evil persons who are leading us to the chasm of utter destruction. Press TV: [quote] [url]http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114976§ionid=351020403[/url] The Afghan government says foreign troops have dragged 10 civilians from their homes and shot them dead in the open over the weekend. A Wednesday statement issued by the office of President Hamid Karzai said that international forces carried out the attack in the eastern province of Kunar on Saturday. Eight of the victims were schoolchildren. Military offensives in Kunar, which borders Pakistan, are being led by US Special Forces. The killings sparked a public outcry resulting in massive demonstrations. In the eastern province of Nangarhar, hundreds of university students staged a protest, chanting "death to Obama" and "death to foreign forces." The demonstrators also torched a US flag and an effigy of US President Barack Obama. Similar rallies took place in the capital, Kabul. The protesters called on the Afghan government to put an end to unilateral operations by western troops. Figures released by the United Nations indicate a[b] 10 percent rise in the civilian death toll from the US-led war in Afghanistan[/b] with a good share of fatalities caused by foreign forces. [/quote] CNN: [quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/afghanistan.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText[/url] Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan said Monday they are investigating reports that 10 Afghan civilians, including eight students, were killed Saturday in a coalition operation in the Narang district of Kunar province. [/quote] :mad: :nono: http://www.thecouchforum.com/comments.php?id=1475 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:19:42 MST http://www.thecouchforum.com/link.php?action=detail&id=1475 Heads up American cousins, the fascist state is rising quickly. Obama has given Interpol total immunity to operate within the USA above and beyond any restrictions that apply to national law enforcement bodies as per the constitution. [url=http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-30413.pdf]Executive Order 13524 of December 16, 2009[/url] [quote] [url]http://threatswatch.org/analysis/2009/12/print/wither_sovereignty/[/url] After initial review and discussions between the writers of this analysis, the context was spelled out plainly. Through EO 12425, President Reagan extended to INTERPOL recognition as an "International Organization." In short, the privileges and immunities afforded foreign diplomats was extended to INTERPOL. Two sets of important privileges and immunities were withheld: Section 2© and the remaining sections cited (all of which deal with differing taxes). And then comes December 17, 2009, and President Obama. The exemptions in EO 12425 were removed. Section 2c of the United States International Organizations Immunities Act is the crucial piece. Property and assets of international organizations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, unless such immunity be expressly waived, and from confiscation. The archives of international organizations shall be inviolable. (Emphasis added.) Inviolable archives means INTERPOL records are beyond US citizens' Freedom of Information Act requests and from American legal or investigative discovery ("unless such immunity be expressly waived.") Property and assets being immune from search and confiscation means precisely that. Wherever they may be in the United States. This could conceivably include human assets - Americans arrested on our soil by INTERPOL officers. [/quote] I think it is rather amusing that it specifies the 'International CRIMINAL Police Organisation'. Of course, we've known for some time that powers in high places are hopelessly criminal. Meanwhile, Annie, get your guns and plenty of ammo, before they take away your right to do so. [quote] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59E0Q920091015[/url] Wed Oct 14, 2009 The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto. The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were better. [/quote] The fear here, which is a real concern, is that by opening up regulation to an international body, Americans may--without debate or consensus--by suddenly subject to restrictions on the right to bear arms, even to the extent of forcible removal of all currently legal firearms ownership and/or detention for those that resist. This dovetails with the idea of giving foreign policing bodies immunity and access to American soil and citizens, as foreigners will by much more likely to support the supression of a native population than the nation's own troops. And no better reason to approve the radical increasal of security measures than another bogus false flag attack of a passportless, identificationless 'muslim radical' trying to 'blow up a plane'. Forget your carry-on luggage. Soon you won't be able to carry on even your pride. They want to make air travel extrodinarily cumbersome and prohibitive and use fear of falling planes to bolster public cries and demands of 'we want--we NEED--more security!!! put us behind bars for our own good!! pplleeease!!!' Open up your eyes yall. peace 8) http://www.thecouchforum.com/comments.php?id=1474 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:43:37 MST http://www.thecouchforum.com/link.php?action=detail&id=1474 Indignation Ithorio, Irrimambu, Meneneku; these are the names of the fallen, from a text which I do not comprehend, a scripture I do not recognize. If the church knew I was speaking of such sacred things, I would not witness tomorrow's dawn. Their folly and arrogance will cost us all greatly. The braggarts have interpreted the text wrongly; they think it is Michael but it is not. I too have read the manuscript and he is not Michael the angel of arch. "Divine will" they say; to use DNA and science to bring forth and abomination.. What has died must stay dead. "divine will, righteous doings, rebirth"; they server only their lust for power and imprudent ambitions, in the end we all must carry this burden. But there is time. it sleeps now in a womb of glass and metal, knowing our every thought, our deepest desires and darkest sins. For every beam of light there is a vein of darkness, for every dream there is a nightmare.. I know its name... I alone know its true name.. - the tempter (Matthew 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:5) - the evil one (Matthew 13:28, 39) - a murderer (John 8:44) - a liar (John 8:44) - the father of lies (John 8:44) - the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4) - prince of the power of the air (Ephesians 2:2) - the adversary (1 Peter 5:8) - the deceiver of the whole world (Revelation 12:9) - the great dragon (Revelation 12:9) - the ancient serpent (Revelation 12:9) - the accuser of our brethren (Revelation 12:10) I know its name... "Be sober; be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour" – Peter (Simon bar Jonah) - Face of Stone http://www.thecouchforum.com/comments.php?id=1473 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:52:31 MST http://www.thecouchforum.com/link.php?action=detail&id=1473 hi everyone, i'm sorry to announce that the couch forum will begin a hiatus of indefinite length beginning january 1, 2010. i have a lot of things going on in my personal life right now, one of which involves taking care of my mother whose health has seriously deteriorated in recent months. hence i would rather take an official break here than watch the couch suffer for months from my neglect, as i have seen happen in other forums. so, what this means is the couch will be closed to accepting any new members or posts after december 31. no winter newsletter either, sorry fellas. there have been a lot of great discussions here, and all the topics will still be available for viewing during the hiatus. i hope to eventually re-open the forum to active discussion, maybe in the spring. i will post a note to all the registered members if / when the forum re-opens. :heart:lib http://www.thecouchforum.com/comments.php?id=1472 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:27:22 MST http://www.thecouchforum.com/link.php?action=detail&id=1472 The United Nations gathering in Copenhagen that had the aim of protecting the world from the global warming (which threatens to kill millions of humans, damage billions of humans and have a devastating effect on the biosphere in general). Nothing was achieved in Copenhagen. No binding agreement was forged, no halfway decent targets were set. Since the third world countries were all for a strong treaty that would protect them from being pushed even further down and the relatively progressive EU supported a strong treaty as well, it is quite easy to see that a select number of major players made Copenhagen fail to serve humanity. Especially the US and China didn't do enough to help, or sabotaged the conference altogether. The result is a miserable global failure and, if we continue along this track, the deaths and misery of many. Copenhagen was a unique opportunity to right a monumentous wrong - and it seems all that the world's leaders did was blankly gaze at it as it fleeted away. The third world will obviously suffer the most of it, but don't you rich guys fall asleep now. Because you might get a piece of global warming too. For example, the dutch had better pray that they can hold out against rising sea-levels. Because if that thin line of dams breaks anywhere, more than a millenium of industrious building and development, many human lives, and most of the land in the low countries will be lost to the sea once more. I'm sure even the untouchable US has some vulnerable places where the sea might wreak havoc with jazz music in the background. Of course, there's much more to global warming than rising sea-levels. Do you really know? Do you think you realise what is at stake - what we are now quickly losing due to this failure? Thoughts? http://www.thecouchforum.com/comments.php?id=1471 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:53:36 MST http://www.thecouchforum.com/link.php?action=detail&id=1471