faithful_servant
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You all remember this quote:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin.
I seem to remember conservatives supporting this quote, especially when discussing gun rights. Now, I for one, disagree with Franklin's quote, but then again, my disagreement is universal. Seems to me that some of our conservative friends are being hypocritical.
We're not giving up any liberties, we're telling these nations to get their act together. This should be a call to action for these nations to start dealing with their problem children and stop ignoring them or even worse supporting them. If doing that is more of a burden on them than not being able to send their best taxi drivers here, then I'd say that the issue isn't all that big a deal.
Can you agree that the best solution for the whole world would be for these nations to not be in a place where they get tagged as being supporters of terrorism??
Shouldn't we be doing everything we can to encourage them to fix their problems??