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Supporting the war on terror

DashingAmerican

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Do you support the war on terror? Why or why not?

I think radical Islam is an idea and ideas are bulletproof.

Every time we bomb a country or town, we create more, very much in a hyrda-like effect, cut one head off and two sprout.
 
DashingAmerican said:
Do you support the war on terror? Why or why not?

I think radical Islam is an idea and ideas are bulletproof.

Every time we bomb a country or town, we create more, very much in a hyrda-like effect, cut one head off and two sprout.
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I'm with you brother.

Bombing for peace is like ****ing for virginity.
 
DashingAmerican said:
Do you support the war on terror? Why or why not?

I think radical Islam is an idea and ideas are bulletproof.

Every time we bomb a country or town, we create more, very much in a hyrda-like effect, cut one head off and two sprout.
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Terrorism is a tactic of warfare used when the two sides are grossly mismatched.

A war on a tactic of warfare is absurd.

We are not at war with terror. We may be fighting ISIS, AlQaeda, the Taliban, and others of their ilk, but we're not at war with them. Congress has not declared war on anyone since 1941.
 
Dittohead not! said:
Terrorism is a tactic of warfare used when the two sides are grossly mismatched.

A war on a tactic of warfare is absurd.

We are not at war with terror. We may be fighting ISIS, AlQaeda, the Taliban, and others of their ilk, but we're not at war with them. Congress has not declared war on anyone since 1941.
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What is your opinion on these serial, unsanctioned attacks on the terrorist groups?
 
DashingAmerican said:
Do you support the war on terror? Why or why not?

I think radical Islam is an idea and ideas are bulletproof.

Every time we bomb a country or town, we create more, very much in a hyrda-like effect, cut one head off and two sprout.
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The Global War On Terror is a fraud of epic proportions meant to bring great profits to those who profit from war. Meant to consolidate the oligarchy and weaken liberties and constitutional governance.
 
DashingAmerican said:
What is your opinion on these serial, unsanctioned attacks on the terrorist groups?
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For one thing, who has the right to carry out those attacks, if they're unsanctioned?
For another, what is the result? How many times has the head of AlQaida or ISIS been killed, and yet the cockroaches keep coming out of the walls?


Sure, the world would be better off without such groups. The question becomes one of whether what we're doing to combat the problem is effective. If it isn't, then maybe we need to re examine the so called "war on terror."
 
Dittohead not! said:
For one thing, who has the right to carry out those attacks, if they're unsanctioned?
For another, what is the result? How many times has the head of AlQaida or ISIS been killed, and yet the cockroaches keep coming out of the walls?


Sure, the world would be better off without such groups. The question becomes one of whether what we're doing to combat the problem is effective. If it isn't, then maybe we need to re examine the so called "war on terror."
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I would say, nobody has the right to carry out attacks if they're unsanctioned, but they do it anyway. At what point is it war to bomb countries? At what point should a president have to have congressional approval instead of doing what they want?

My point exactly. Radical Islam is an idea and ideas are bulletproof. Killing a leader of Isis or Hamas or whatever just gives rise to another.
 
DashingAmerican said:
I would say, nobody has the right to carry out attacks if they're unsanctioned, but they do it anyway. At what point is it war to bomb countries? At what point should a president have to have congressional approval instead of doing what they want?

My point exactly. Radical Islam is an idea and ideas are bulletproof. Killing a leader of Isis or Hamas or whatever just gives rise to another.
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According to the Constitution, the power to declare war lies with Congress. If Congress hasn't declared war, then we're not at war.

And, we ignore the Constitution at our peril.

But, how do we declare war on an ideology, or on a tactic of warfare? It can't be done.
 
Dittohead not! said:
According to the Constitution, the power to declare war lies with Congress. If Congress hasn't declared war, then we're not at war.

And, we ignore the Constitution at our peril.

But, how do we declare war on an ideology, or on a tactic of warfare? It can't be done.
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Exactly and at what point are we bombing a country and not an ideology?
 
DashingAmerican said:
Exactly and at what point are we bombing a country and not an ideology?
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I dunno... seems to me that when we're bombing, it's a country that is being bombed. Meanwhile, the ideology gets more recruits from countries that don't seem to enjoy being bombed for some reason or other.
 
Dittohead not! said:
I dunno... seems to me that when we're bombing, it's a country that is being bombed. Meanwhile, the ideology gets more recruits from countries that don't seem to enjoy being bombed for some reason or other.
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The only thing keeping this from actually being called war is that nobody is coming to the defense of the countries we're bombing.
 
DashingAmerican said:
Do you support the war on terror? Why or why not?

I think radical Islam is an idea and ideas are bulletproof.

Every time we bomb a country or town, we create more, very much in a hyrda-like effect, cut one head off and two sprout.
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Problem is they want to kill you either way...
 
DashingAmerican said:
The only thing keeping this from actually being called war is that nobody is coming to the defense of the countries we're bombing.
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Because we are not bombing countries... we are bombing groups.
 
Thoreau72 said:
The Global War On Terror is a fraud of epic proportions meant to bring great profits to those who profit from war. Meant to consolidate the oligarchy and weaken liberties and constitutional governance.
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Somebody needs to learn their history...
 
DashingAmerican said:
That are inside countries.
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That is as silly as saying when we attacked Nazi Germany we were bombing Earth.

We did not attack Afghanistan. We attacked Al Quada in Afghanistan. Al Quada.

The "country" is that government. We attacked Syria recently. See the difference?
 
Bodhisattva said:
That is as silly as saying when we attacked Nazi Germany we were bombing Earth.

We did not attack Afghanistan. We attacked Al Quada in Afghanistan. Al Quada.

The "country" is that government. We attacked Syria recently. See the difference?
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If someone decided to bomb the KKK or WBC would they bombing said groups or would they be bombing America?

We were at an open, declared war with Nazi Germany.
 
DashingAmerican said:
If someone decided to bomb the KKK or WBC would they bombing said groups or would they be bombing America?

We were at an open, declared war with Nazi Germany.
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Did you miss the Syrian analogy or waz that on purpose?

Is the KKK killing people in other countries? That is yhe root and you are missing it. Find a group doing that and i can answer you.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Did you miss the Syrian analogy or waz that on purpose?

Is the KKK killing people in other countries? That is yhe root and you are missing it. Find a group doing that and i can answer you.
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We did attack Syria recently, without congressional approval. Which will likely give rise to more terrorist groups.

How long do you think it will take to bomb an idea into nonexistence?
 
DashingAmerican said:
We did attack Syria recently, without congressional approval. Which will likely give rise to more terrorist groups.

How long do you think it will take to bomb an idea into nonexistence?
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So we should just let ISIS take over Iraq and Syria? Why?

Not really sure how launching strikes on a Syrian Air Force base will "spawn more terrorists" either.
 
DashingAmerican said:
We did attack Syria recently, without congressional approval. Which will likely give rise to more terrorist groups.

How long do you think it will take to bomb an idea into nonexistence?
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The War Powers Act allows the President to use the military in any way he sees fit for up to sixty days without congessional approval... and you just want to pout. You keep changing the debate line or they are merely red herrings in the first pkace. :roll:
 
Winston said:
I'm with you brother.

Bombing for peace is like ****ing for virginity.
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Way to use such an ancient cliche.

It doesn't change the fact that letting terrorists run rampant ensures that no one will have peace anytime soon.
 
Tigerace117 said:
So we should just let ISIS take over Iraq and Syria? Why?

Not really sure how launching strikes on a Syrian Air Force base will "spawn more terrorists" either.
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Not our problem if two countries can't keep an organization from taking over.

The same way that bombing terrorist groups gives rise to more terrorists...

I'll ask again, how long do you thing it's going to take to bomb an idea into nonexistence?
 
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