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Originally Posted by Slava
Can you give me a reason why I should care? I guess that sounds callous, so hopefully it comes across properly. But when I hear about things ISIS is doing, I find that we see a lot of this around the world, but do nothing in those areas. The atrocities in North Korea, Sudan, etc. all seem as terrible if not worse and more organized yet we "have to act to protect ourselves" in one case only?
I don't think for a second that we can act in all of these situations. I just think that the ISIS issue is fear mongering because even if we jump all over them and do what Harper advocates it doesn't actually improve our safety that I can see.
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I don't think the right approach is 'why should I care about anything that doesn't directly affect me'. I don't know exactly where the balance is.
I keep hearing 'fear mongering' but do not recall Harper doing this. He has pledged our support and commitment to 'the cause'. I would like to see an example(s) of his fear mongering, versus the Libs or NDP using the rhetoric. I may misremember or gloss it over.