Death To America

[maru657]

This is great fun. Posts by the ill educated, and uninformed. Maybe the so-called terror threat would be less problematic if our fearless leader hadn't put a political stooge in charge of the TSA. Heck of a job Kippy. A bozo with no background in security or law enforcement. Maybe the Arabs and people of middle eastern descent wouldn't be so angry if the US had reigned in Israel in 1967. You know when they where purposefully bombing, strafing and torpedoing the USS liberty. Maybe if "little george" had backed the military when they had Bin Lauden cornered at Torra Bora. You know, instead of cutting and running. All I've seen is a lot of wasted effort, US lives and tax dollars. However, like breaking a horse, it's important to first be smarter than the horse.

 

[atafan]

Maybe the so-called terror threat

Stick your head in the sand, it's quiet, warm and safe down there. It also will make it much easier for Mohammad to saw off your head.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Here's a quote from President Bush pertaining to how we should treat Muslims:

I urge - I know I don't need to tell you all this -but our nation must be mindful
that there are thousands of Arab-Americans who live in New York City
who love their flag just asmuch as the three of us do.
And we must be mindful that as we seek towin the war
that we treat Arab-Americans and Muslims with the respectthey deserve.
I know that is your attitudes as well. Certainly theattitude of this government,
that we should not hold one who is a Muslimresponsible for an act of terror.
We will hold those who are responsiblefor the terrorist acts accountable and those who harbor them."

And here is one very informative article on the complex situation we are in. I urge those of you who speak as if you've got the simple solution to read this.

http://www.alternet.org/story/11647/

I think we can all agree that we want America safe. We disagree on the means.

A few points:

Holding innocent Muslims responsible for acts perpetrated by extremists will only aggravate the cycle of terrorism. Furthermore, "Nuke em all" or "round em up and put em in camps" ideas ignore the fact that millions of Muslims vehemenently disagree with terrorism. How would you like it if some extremist group perpetrated violence in your name, and you were held responsible for it?

We need to understand the war we are fighting. Killing Osama Bin Laden,or any other Al Quaeda leader, although JUSTIFIED and DESIRABLE, only means one less crazed lunatic extremist. In fact, it's very likely it would have a net effect of an increase in lunatic Islamic extremism.

Thinking this is WW3 is a perfect example of ignoring the assymetric reality we're in. And approaching it as such contributes to the problem.

Why does analyzing terrorist motives, and searching for ways eliminate them get branded as an "anti American, ************************* liberal, tye dye wearing" approach? It has nothing to do with weakness or appeasement. If the end goal is making America safer, what is going to get us there?

Offensive (war and killing) strategies in terrorist conflicts actually contribute to the cycle of violence, and inspire ever larger,and more diabolic acts of terrorism. So we should anazyze the cost/benefit ratio when implimenting violence. We should not underestimate the terrorists' adaptability, and overestimate the effect of our offensive strategies.

America is safer today because

1. A government which protected terrorists is no longer (Afghanistan).

2. We have a stronger security structure in place at home.

3. Better Intelligence capabiliities, and the ability for more effective responses.