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Originally Posted by Dion
After 9/11 I asked my brother if he was going to fly again. His response was that if he didn't board those planes the Terrorists would have won. It seems to me the American flying public adopted the same attitude. Part of the war can be won by showing no fear.
We empower the terrorists by having troops in the Middle East by taking sides and fighting other peoples wars. The extremeists don't want us there and use that as a justification for thier terror attacks on the west.
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If we did not have troops in the Middle East their dictators would still be brutal to their citizens and would still misdirect their dissatisfaction towards us. I am not sure how our troops play into that and how much of an effect our troops have.
We did many of those nations favors by being in Iraq since they now have more reasons to blame us for their citizens living poorly while they live in palaces.