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Originally posted by Macgregor6590
And you will blame the liberals like you are doing now for all the problems that you uninformed hatred filled republicans have caused.
America’s problems have become what they are because we let idiots tell us how to live. It’s what we want. H.L. Mencken said,”As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." He was right we are here right now. We are at a time in history where the world is begging for a leader who has the answers and who will stand up and do what is right. But this leader is no where to be found, so we have children on message boards talking about nuking innocent civilians.
Originally posted by Macgregor6590
And you will blame the liberals like you are doing now for all the problems that you uninformed hatred filled republicans have caused.
There are political differences over the issue, but I don't think its fair to throw the cause of the problem entirely at one side. How can you chastise somebody for blaming liberals then turn around and blame conservatives?
It couldn't possibly keep going without our consent implied by inaction.......... I'm sure that for those who do nothing about the path this country is taking, it is comforting to get online and complain, and wear your dissent like a badge of honor so that you can pretend to be dignified and say "not in my name".
As long as this remains a politicized issue full of partisan hate, it goes nowhere. There is a big problem with the political establishment on the right which seeks to benefit by using unpatriotic labels for those in society who wont fall in line and follow orders for the war, but there is an equal problem with the political establishment on the left which would rather derive power from stirring up anger over the war rather than make a workable attempt to STOP the war. To make a long story short, I am OK with discussing the weaknesses and strengths of the approaches the various sides would propose, but I detest the partisan blame-game. This stuff is exactly why Congress is the opposite of Progress.
by Macgregor6590: America’s problems have become what they are because we let idiots tell us how to live. It’s what we want. H.L. Mencken said,”As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." He was right we are here right now. We are at a time in history where the world is begging for a leader who has the answers and who will stand up and do what is right. But this leader is no where to be found, so we have children on message boards talking about nuking innocent civilians.
We are very fortunate to have children who call Bush names here to right the wrongs of the children who want to nuke innocent civilians. The children on both sides are a blight on the political landscape and utterly useless to a society which is looking for answers to some very deep questions about how we are going to defend ourselves, how we are going to interact with the world, and how we are going to govern ourselves.
I'm sure that for those who do nothing about the path this country is taking, it is comforting to get online and complain, and wear your dissent like a badge of honor so that you can pretend to be dignified and say "not in my name". The truth is though that none of this ridiculous partisan crap is changing anything. Every stupid ridiculous thing that the hawks do, you doves are equally responsible for because you have not stopped them, which is your duty as citizens of a democracy.
I sure hope you kids all grow up pretty soon. We can't have too many more of these "popularity contest" elections which ignore the issues and focus on who is a dum-bass or who is a vietnam coward. We need an election about the ISSUES and fast, or we may as well give our democracy a decent burial and put it behind us.
Originally posted by PtballDan
Here is my answer to several issues
- someone said that the war would get much worse for our troops if we started unconditional warfare
This is Not true bc the terrorists over there already employ those tactics
Someone talked about how how we should go after McVeh's family- did you all not read my messages???? I said we should go after the families or friends who are helping these terrorists- not just random innocent families.
And to the comment about how the Terrorists are just attacking military bases and those type of objectives.
-HAVE YOU not seen the film of SEPT 11th?
also have you not seen the news clips on how mosques are being bombed by these terrorists and schools.
Also what kind of terrorists are the terrorists in Palestine? They MOSTLY attack people at restaurants, clubs, and school buses.- They almost never attack military bases.
Does this mean we should lower ourselves to their level?
Do you think we should fire a J-Damm laser guided bomb at the school where a terrorists son goes to?
We could get the bomb to land within an inch of his head...
I never said that we would stoop to their level, i was just saying that we are just taking out the Support for the terrorists. And we are NOT blowing up schools and churches. We should simply SHOW the terrorists that they cant hide behind the skirts of thier women, and that the women that they hide behind are held responsible for their involvement- no matter what the cirumstance.
[edit on 1-3-2005 by PtballDan]
I never said that we would stoop to their level,
i was just saying that we are just taking out the Support for the terrorists.
And we are NOT blowing up schools and churches. We should simply SHOW the terrorists that they cant hide behind the skirts of thier women,
and that the women that they hide behind are held responsible for their involvement- no matter what the cirumstance.
[edit on 1-3-2005 by PtballDan]
Originally posted by nightbreid
Yes, it is time for unconditional warfare. But not brute force. The U.S. has to get smart. The infiltration of American hit squads made up of Muslim proxies and mercenaries into the shadowy world of terrorism would be a good place to start. These mercs wouldn't have to actually go into deep cover(embed into a terrorist cell), but gather enough info on who to target. Our "cells" would rotate with other groups so as not to be ID'd. Mossad would be a good model to follow. Car bombs and IED's would be used, of course, to wreak havoc on the combined psyche of all the different insurgent networks(the faster we get them fighting each other, the faster they will weaken).
Fight fire with fire is an age old axiom whose time has come in Iraq.
Originally posted by Trent
. Maybe looking at the British model for fighting terror would be a better idea because the IRA hardly ever blow up anything anymore.
Originally posted by Trent
Ah ok I know nothing about the IRA besides the fact that they are terrorists. Has any country effectively stopped a determinded terrorist organisation then? If so what tactics did they use.
Originally posted by Trent
Ah ok I know nothing about the IRA besides the fact that they are terrorists.
Has any country effectively stopped a determinded terrorist organisation then? If so what tactics did they use.
Originally posted by Trent
Oh i know you aren't going to stop all terrorism anymore than you are going to stop other random acts of violence like murder. However diminishing an organization to the point where it is no longer a huge threat and almost irrelevant would be what i would call a victory.