# I Think They're All Bozos In This Base: More Al-Qaeda Idiots Apprehended **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 8, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-theyre-all-bozos-in-this-base-more-al-qaeda-idiots-apprehended/403284 "2007-05-08T18:49:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-theyre-all-bozos-in-this-base-more-al-qaeda-idiots-apprehended/403284/61 "2007-05-11T17:12:47Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Moto] Considering that I already have done more than most in this area, and in fact continue to do so, I personally will not consider any criticism directed my way in this area worthy of my consideration. [/QUOTE] I see you’re rationalizing away anything you have a problem with. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-theyre-all-bozos-in-this-base-more-al-qaeda-idiots-apprehended/403284/62 "2007-05-12T03:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] **minty green** , why aren’t you serving in Afghanistan? Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] Because: > [@minty green](#): > > [T]he point is quite limited to those able-bodied persons who (1) support El Presidente’s Global War on Terra (i.e., the current debacle in Iraq), (2) piss their pants every time the authorities announce anything that looks even remotely like it might be terra-related (and which is almost invariably overblown b.s.), and yet (3) pointedly do not volunteer to serve in the military conflict that they constantly assure us is the most existential threat to the continued existence of Western civilization ever. None of the above apply to me. ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-theyre-all-bozos-in-this-base-more-al-qaeda-idiots-apprehended/403284/63 "2007-05-12T03:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] Um…no. Thats not what your cite actually says. [/quote] Well, yeah, it is. Your summary is true as well, but it doesn’t really invalidate mine in any way. Yeah these guys were dangerous. But they were ALSO clueless buffoons: something for which we can be thankful. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-theyre-all-bozos-in-this-base-more-al-qaeda-idiots-apprehended/403284/64 "2007-05-12T03:28:09Z")
**Epitaph for the Bush Administration** [QUOTE=Apos] Yeah these guys were dangerous. But they were ALSO clueless buffoons [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-theyre-all-bozos-in-this-base-more-al-qaeda-idiots-apprehended/403284/65 "2007-05-12T04:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=Apos] Well, yeah, it is. Your summary is true as well, but it doesn’t really invalidate mine in any way. Yeah these guys were dangerous. But they were ALSO clueless buffoons: something for which we can be thankful. [/QUOTE] I agree. The point I was trying to make is that even ‘clueless buffoons’ sometimes get lucky. The guys who pulled off 9/11 weren’t exactly genius masterminds when we take a step back and look more closely. I also agree with you that we should be thankful that MOST of these folks end up shooting themselves in the dick…most of the time. -XT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-theyre-all-bozos-in-this-base-more-al-qaeda-idiots-apprehended/403284.md?page=3)