Talk about black or white.
In my original post how was i dismissing the lives of those lost on 9/11???
It had nothing to do with that at all. It had to do with an academic approach to his speech. What was he saying and, assuming he meant any of it, what did it say about HIS perspective? How are you going to defeat someone if you don't understand what makes them tick? Thinking otherwise is foolhardy and ######ed!! Not because you should sympathize but because you need it to properly strategize!
If hatred of American imperialism and reckless disregard for life really rallies young men to Bin Laden's cause is it really wise to go out and kill randomly and for questionable reasons people throughout the mid-east? Could you not find a better way to spend that 270 Billion dollars (through to the end of next year only) and 1200 American lives (~ so far)? It is called 'opportunity cost', say it with me now, 'opportunity cost'. Very good! What that suggests is that for every dollar (or resource) you spend on one thing cannot be spent on another. Not only could you have made a bigger impact on the terror world by spending your resources differently but you would at the same time create less opportunity for the Muslim world to rally around BinLaden in the first place, creating less opportunity for him to draw followers to his cause, and a less messy cost 'collaterally' to innocents. Not to mention the loss of political capital expended in this cause…
I assure you that if i was in charge i would be MORE vicious then Bush, not less!! Just because I have flexible viewpoints and am willing to look at the other side of an issue does not make me some liberal flower child. I would secretly be sending the best and most advanced death squads on the planet into remote areas of the earth to execute and destroy every terrorist enclave on earth. I would be spending billions honing satellite and communication interception technology to help track their movements. I would be spending more again on securing and destroying REAL WMD that have proliferated around the world (often with America’s consent). And I would be spending money on actually making a dent in the incidence of scanning of incoming cargo into the USA. All for likely less then the mess in Iraq will end up costing America! I would be not be gallivanting around Iraq with VERY questionable motives and absolutely no direction other then killing Muslims because Americans can't tell the difference between Iraqi's and Afghani’s and Bin Laden's followers and it is an easy sell with great side benefits to certain elite groups.
Lastly, the Taliban, the USA government, and the Bush family each have a long and close relationship. Your blind support for bad planning and questionable back-door policy astounds me, particularly in light of your willingness to condemn anyone who has ever expressed the slightest association with Bin Laden or his ilk.If you TRULY wanted to make the world a better place in honour of those lost their lives on 9/11 you would demand leadership that delivered on its war on terror instead of its promises to special interests disguised as a war on terror…
Claeren.
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