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[Beemnseven]

Not to turn this into a political debate, but here's an interesting take on why the terrorists hate us.

Warning: Not for the flag-wavers who think America always walks among the innocent.


When Will We Learn?

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Not to turn this into a political debate, but here's an interesting take on why the terrorists hate us.

Warning: Not for the flag-wavers who think America always walks among the innocent.


When Will We Learn?

What a load of bollocks this article is:

First of all, stop the hysteria. Stand back and ask how this could have happened. Ask how a prosperous country isolated by two oceans could have so embroiled itself in other people's business that someone would want to do us harm. Even sitting in the middle of Europe, Switzerland isn't beset by terrorist attacks, because the Swiss mind their own business.

Anyone who thinks that islam is reacting to current events needs an education in the 'Religion of Peace'. Spread by the sword and coming to a town near you, sooner than you think.

Idiot liberals are just making it easier for them to do so.

'83 they blew up the Marines barracks because they were infidels on islamic soil. The Marines were there as a peacekeeping force saving the lebanese from getting their asses handed to them by the Israelis.

Now can we lock the thread or move it to the Parking Lot?

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

What a load of bollocks this article is:

First of all, stop the hysteria. Stand back and ask how this could have happened. Ask how a prosperous country isolated by two oceans could have so embroiled itself in other people's business that someone would want to do us harm. Even sitting in the middle of Europe, Switzerland isn't beset by terrorist attacks, because the Swiss mind their own business.

Anyone who thinks that islam is reacting to current events needs an education in the 'Religion of Peace'. Spread by the sword and coming to a town near you, sooner than you think.

Idiot liberals are just making it easier for them to do so.

'83 they blew up the Marines barracks because they were infidels on islamic soil. The Marines were there as a peacekeeping force saving the lebanese from getting their asses handed to them by the Israelis.
Now can we lock the thread or move it to the Parking Lot?

That was the issue the article raised. Had the Marines not been there, acting as a peacekeeping force which is not what they're trained to do, and overall, ensuring that the United States Government keeps its nose out of business of the rest of the world, we wouldn't have lost 243 Marines. And maintaining a foreign policy of non-intervention might not have pissed off the Arab world to begin with.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

That was the issue the article raised. Had the Marines not been there, acting as a peacekeeping force which is not what they're trained to do, and overall, ensuring that the United States Government keeps its nose out of business of the rest of the world, we wouldn't have lost 243 Marines. And maintaining a foreign policy of non-intervention might not have pissed off the Arab world to begin with.

It's an issue totally worth discussion but I liken that kind to thought to the idea that I am asking for someone to steal my car when I buy a nice one.

We are a super power. We depend on many different parts of the world for many different things so it is our best interest to be involved. In fact I would also say we have a moral obligation to help other countries when we can. We are often asked(and sometime begged) to intervene. I think we should become somewhat more isolationist but not some much that we aren't around to stop the next holocaust. What would have happened if we had minded our own business there? It's a big time double edge sword that I don't think there is a clear answer to. It isn't a simple situation like democrats and republicans seem to want us all to believe.