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Originally posted by nukunuku
backtoreality, so is it the lack of proper education, brainwashing, hollywood, parents, DNA...what?
What makes a person vote Bush second time around? (i vote election campaign/terror threat brainwashing)
Originally posted by XphilesPhan
I find the argument that current american policies creates more terror to be flawed. Since we have taken the war to the jihadists, there hasnt been any more terrorist attacks on americn soil. now that says alot,
Originally posted by backtoreality
Originally posted by nukunuku
backtoreality, so is it the lack of proper education, brainwashing, hollywood, parents, DNA...what?
What makes a person vote Bush second time around? (i vote election campaign/terror threat brainwashing)
Simple answer my friend: personal choice.
Might be hard to believe that everyone does not think exactly like you do, but that's the reality of the situation my friend.
Originally posted by nukunuku
Its not hard to belive, reality can be so cruel
However i wouldnt call the bush supporters THINKERS exactly. They think? I think not, for if they did, they would know the banality of "war on terror".
Somehow i think if people were more informed their choices wouldve been much different....not saying they had much of a choice anyway
basically they got screwed.
Originally posted by deltaboy
im surprise u guys think Bush's war create terror, u should remember that terrorism has existed long before Bush was even born. also Osama intends to create an Islamic Empire which he knows most Muslims do not agree with Sunni Wahabbi control empire, he uses violence to achieve that claims, he trains tens of thousands of fighters and sent them back to where they live, either in Chechnya, Phillipines, Thailand, Indonesia, Kashmiar, etc. so dont say Bush created something thats already existed before he was born .
Originally posted by backtoreality
Originally posted by nukunuku
Its not hard to belive, reality can be so cruel
However i wouldnt call the bush supporters THINKERS exactly. They think? I think not, for if they did, they would know the banality of "war on terror".
Somehow i think if people were more informed their choices wouldve been much different....not saying they had much of a choice anyway
basically they got screwed.
Perhaps you didn't get the message in my last post:
Not eveyone thinks like you.
Note: you can stop playing the Election Fraud card. It's over. No fraud. Let it go.
[EDIT]: terminology. 'thread' to 'post'
[edit on 24-6-2005 by backtoreality]
Originally posted by nukunuku
Actually i was playing the FEAR card
well no let me rephrase, i think Bush did
I belive americans actually DID vote him in, like i said, mostly becouse of the fear they have been fed since 9-11.
Originally posted by nukunuku
But perhaps he actually made things better by making most of the terrorists turn towards the USA now
Originally posted by deltaboy
Osama already turn to the U.S. dont u remember back in 2001 . also he turns to India, Russia, Spain, Phillipines, Indonesia i could go on .
Originally posted by deltaboy
im surprise u guys think Bush's war create terror, u should remember that terrorism has existed long before Bush was even born. also Osama intends to create an Islamic Empire which he knows most Muslims do not agree with Sunni Wahabbi control empire, he uses violence to achieve that claims, he trains tens of thousands of fighters and sent them back to where they live, either in Chechnya, Phillipines, Thailand, Indonesia, Kashmiar, etc. so dont say Bush created something thats already existed before he was born .
Independant Institute
The CIA’s recent botched attempt to kill al Qaeda’s number two man, Ayman Zawahiri, in Pakistan illustrates why the Bush administration’s overly aggressive “war on terror” actually motivates terrorists to attack the United States. Certainly, capturing or killing the brains behind al Qaeda is an important goal. Unfortunately, in the U.S. method of warfare—which unduly emphasizes attrition, heavy firepower and sophisticated weaponry, even against guerrillas and terrorists—the technology of killing has outstripped the quality of human intelligence needed to hit the correct targets. The CIA’s unmanned Predator drone fired missiles that killed many Pakistani civilians, including women and children, but apparently not Zawahiri.
Making things even worse, the killing of women and children continues to spark public outrage all across Pakistan, leading to mass protests in all of Pakistan’s major cities and the trashing and burning of a U.S.-supported aid organization. Such public ire will make it even less likely that the United States will receive accurate future intelligence about where Zawahiri and his boss, Osama bin Laden, are hiding, even though the prices on their heads are substantial.
President Bush should ratchet down the war on terror to make it more effective. The United States should improve human intelligence and strike al Qaeda only when the information is bulletproof. More importantly, to reduce terrorists’ motive for attacking the United States in the first place, the administration should quietly withdraw the unneeded land forces from Persian Gulf countries and its support for their authoritarian, venal rulers.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
For years the world ignore terrorists...
...and terrorism didn't go away, and in fact increased or changed to get worse.
"Can we win? I don't think you can win it."
After being asked whether the war on terror was winnable, "Today" show interview, Aug. 30, 2004