Originally posted by Derfel CadarnYes it has but on the other hand it has created just as many.
I think people who have lived in the Middle East their entire lives know the difference between another Middle Eastern person, and a person from America. Nearly, nearly, nearly.
As much as people hate to admit it, America's presence in Iraq has rid the world of some very evil people.
Originally posted by Derfel CadarnMaybe ,maybe not .
And when they become prominent, the rest of the world will sit around and blame America for it instead of trying to end them.
It is just that these terrorists are stepping in for the fallen ones.They will always be there,in some way or form.If they are not doing the acts then they will be ordering them,this is why you will never end terrorism.You get rid of one organisation and another will just be created.Terrorism will never be beaten as long as there is so much hatred.
This whole thing is ridiculous, in these wars in the middle east there is no collateral damage of innocents. If here in America I let a band of thugs form in my neighborhood that supported and committed terrorism or any other form of anti-social or psychotic behavior, or rather let them flourish by supporting them with money, guns, food, shelter or even my silence and passive acceptance……even receiving money, food, shelter from said group of thugs for my own regard would make me just as bad as them. If I made a decision to put my family at risk by supporting such things and the military came in and started bombing my community, I really should not be surprised. It would be horrible no doubt, but I shouldn’t be surprised.
To aid and abed is just as bad as committing the act itself!
It’s just too bad that the parents of the children did not make better decisions in regard to their families safety. I guess I get madder at the parents for being irresponsible.
The thing that I find odd is that in Lebanon the people let a group of people retain and gather massive weapon stocks, enough to be able to take over their own country, and dictate a war with another country while the Government sits by and watches impotently.
Lebanon’s Government does not even have the power to negotiate a peace with Israel because they don’t hold the power to control their own population.
Moral of the Story…..
If you allow a thug to live next door and turn your head, and the military or police come to burn down the house next door, yours will probably burn too, and rightly so.
RTh
Originally posted by Derfel CadarnYes it is.
Well, unlike the attackers on 9/11, America isn't aiming to kill innocents.
Just read John Pilger's report on US vetoes in the 90's, targetting cancer sufferers in Iraq.
Hiroshima, Vietnam, Panama, the training of terrorists to operate in South and Central America...the list is endless.
Nam mean anything to you guys? Wonder why we don't see the caskets coming home? Atleast in nam we saw the caskets and wondered "Damn that's a lot of people. Is this really worth it?" And another thing you may see similar as nam. Both wars were started with a lie to the American people. Nam was a ship blown up with american people in it. This one was WMD's. Anyway the "terrorists" worked quite nicely for the Bush campaign, didn't they? Now it's just out in the open. American imperialism? And does anyone really think that the president is the one making decisions? Seriously? And America really doesn't care about innocents. Americans in america killed innocent muslims, right?
Originally posted by pizzinteahuh? some nut went off and killed a muslim gas station attendant, I recall, but i don't remember Americans killing innocent muslims as being some sort of national policy...what are you talking about?
Nam mean anything to you guys? Wonder why we don't see the caskets coming home? Atleast in nam we saw the caskets and wondered "Damn that's a lot of people. Is this really worth it?" And another thing you may see similar as nam. Both wars were started with a lie to the American people. Nam was a ship blown up with american people in it. This one was WMD's. ...[text shortened]... lly doesn't care about innocents. Americans in america killed innocent muslims, right?
Originally posted by General PutzerI don't know about other places in USA but in the Detroit/Toledo area after 9/11 Muslim, Jewish, Secular and Christian community leaders immediately got together to avoid any backlash and have been working together ever since.
huh? some nut went off and killed a muslim gas station attendant, I recall, but i don't remember Americans killing innocent muslims as being some sort of national policy...what are you talking about?
Originally posted by General PutzerObviously not a national policy. People are such xenophobes. Addressing only that point?
huh? some nut went off and killed a muslim gas station attendant, I recall, but i don't remember Americans killing innocent muslims as being some sort of national policy...what are you talking about?