Topic: Tell me. Have we been aggresive enough against terrorists since Sept 11?
MIB
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According to an excite pool, 53% says yes. Tell me. What the f*ck did we even do except for saying that the terrorists have made a grave mistake and all that. If this attitude keeps up, NOTHING is gonna be done about this. However, I guess that is a givin no matter what the people say.
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Depends on what you considering "going after the terrorists." If you think going after the terrorists means dropping the bombs and dragging those responsible for the September 11 massacres to be going after them, then obviously we have not. If you consider gathering intelligence, evidence, and international support for any actions to be going after them, then yes we are albeit slowly. If you believe that going after terrorists includes restricting the opportunities for those responsible or others to commit an encore performance, then yes we have been going after the terrorists fullheartedly.
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bull. It's been 20 days now. We know who did it, we know with very high certianty who's funding....."him" and we know who's haboring the son of a bitch. We also have the support of Russia, Australia, and almost all of the EU. What else are we waiting for? We can't wait for another 5 years so that a spy can infiltrate the terrorist cells.
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I think most of the delay now is taking various avenues to insure that there is minimal support in the not-so-helpful countries for a 'counterattack' once we make these particular bad guys extinct.
See, if we whack these guys the wrong way, we could turn them into martyrs for too many people and spark another round of new terrorists.
The way to avoid that is one of two things:
One, We wait, gather and present evidence, and flex diplomatic, social, economic, and military muscle until we have as much support as we can possibly get,
or
Two, We attack alone, and try to not only wipe out all terrorists, but all potential WOULD-BE terrorists... which amounts to a LARGE portion of the Middle East... including our current Arab allies... something our European allies would most certainly NOT support (except Russia, 'cause she'd just extend her borders south to the oil fields)
That's why.
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I rather doubt there's any way to respond that avoids creating martyrs or new terrorists. I fear we are facing a war that cannot be avoided, and cannot be won.
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Don't forget, there's a lot going on that many common folk do not know about. As far as we're concerned, we're on a need-to-know basis.
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If there isn't another deadly attack on US soil in Pres. Bush's term as president, be that 3 or 7 years, then we were aggressive agaisnt terrorism in the days, months, or years that succeeded Sept. 11, 2001.
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...well since he wasn't elected in the first place...
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Oh, great, now Omega gets to make another one of his "He's your president, too you ingrate bastards!" rants.
Our president who gave $48 million to the Taliban in May because of their anti-drug policy, nevermind they've just been revealed as the biggest Opium supplier in Asia ...
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Ironically, I hear that president Bush, in his infinite wisdom, has decided to financially support the rebel Afghan faction - known as the Northen Alliance - to help them in their struggle with the Taliban. I wonder in just how many years that money will be used by some of the more radical NA members to fund new terrorist attacks against the USA (or any other western country for that matter).
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