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FinnMacCool said:Japan and Germany: We had a war with them and they lost. We did a good thing by helping them rebuild and forcing them to like us
South Korea: I believe we should never have been involved in that.
You said it yourself. Germany didn't even attack us either... you seem to like and pick and choose what countries we've helped rebuild are good and what ones aren't. How is South Korea or Iraq any different?
FinnMacCool said:I agree. We ignored it because we kept killing innocents and making people mad at us. Like I said, change in policy is the only way to solve this.
They hate America. They hate our culture. They hate the freedoms we have. They hate all the sex in our society. They hate the way we over-eat. It's not just killing innocents... there's a very long list of grudges they hold against us.
The only change in policy we could enact that would make them happy is to turn our country into an Islamic Theocracy.
FinnMacCool said:Thats why we have to show them we are not fighting a war against them. Invading Iraq and adding fuel to those peoples propaganda is no way to show that we are no tout to hurt the islamic people.
We ARE fighting a war against them (not all Muslims, just the extremists) whether you realize it or not and we're finally gaining more and more support in the Arab world. The constant killings of innocent women and children at the hands of al Qaeda including the bombings in Jordan are opening the eyes of most Muslims. Al Qaeda IS losing support.
70% (give or take) of Iraqis voted in this past election. That's a phenomenal turnout, especially considering the death threats they were receiving if they voted. This election NEVER would have been possible if the president decided to not go to Iraq.
FinnMacCool said:We need to keep in mind what George Washington said "Beware of foreign entanglements". We have to stop supporting Israel, withdraw from the middle east, and focus our efforts on our own country. We can leave someone else to do the "world policing".
George Washington didn't live in the 20th and 21st centuries. This is a different time man. Imagine if we hadn't gotten involved in Europe during WWII. It's nice to see you side with the enemy. Classic liberal/socialist.
FinnMacCool said:Most americans aren't very smart.
Your opinion.
FinnMacCool said:Complete security is impossible without sacrificing liberty. People are always going to die. We need to move forward instead of regressing backwords. Thats the only way we can be a truly free and happy society.
We're not "regressing backwards." You take the liberties you're blessed with for granted, they would NOT exist were it not for security. PERIOD.
FinnMacCool said:What is that the "New Domino Theory"? When one country falls to freedom the rest will fall? I don't believe thats ever going to work. And it definatly will not work if we keep fueling terrorists fire.
You don't believe a lot of things but that doesn't make them untrue. The drive for freedom is one of the most powerful forces in existence and a free Iraq would open the eyes of peoples all throughout the Middle East.
FinnMacCool said:So if the president had the power to spy on anybody he wanted, you wouldn't have a problem with that?
Nope. Not if it's limited to wiretapping.