by CARVER » Tue 27 Sep 2005, 11:25:28
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', 'T')his is why we're in Iraq. We're drawing out the terrosist in a hostile environment.
Where my wife works, where my chidlren play, this is not where I want to draw out the terrorists. In the subways of London, the streets of Spain, this is not where I want to draw out the terrorists. In the nightclubs of Indonesia, this is not where I want to draw out the terrorists.
And this is why we must fight this war. I will be the first to agree, Iraq isnt the best place to do it. But from a startegic perspective it is a good place to go.
Like I said, this is a war that will be fought regardless of whether we want to or not. Much like the criminal who preys on his victim. You can choose to be or not be a target of a criminal. You can however choose how to react to the situation.
We have chosen to fight the war they want to fight on their territory and not ours. Thats the best we can do. America didnt pay the terrorists to crash planes into our buildings so we could do this. This is something they did themselves, and now we must choose.
Fight them there, or fight them here. ...
Didn't the terrorists do the same, the locals didn't like the terrorist attacks in their own country, so it did not help them to get support. So they decided to do the attacks in foreign countries that were keeping the corrupt regimes in their home country in power. Watch the BBC documentary
The Power of Nightmares.
I don't think it is a smart idea to go around attacking people who don't agree with you and have the ability to harm you in some way (in the future). You can make a lot of enemies that way. So from a strategic perspective I think this is a suicidal approach. What have the countries that have participated in the War on Iraq achieved so far? Is there less of a threat now than before the war, or is there now an even bigger threat in even more countries? What are they trying to achieve anyway? Kill every possible terrorist, so basically everyone that does not agree with you, which is impossible to know. "If you are not with us, you are against us". People are calling it 'The American Way' now, but a lot of Americans are not with Bush on this.
It's only a very small group that is trying to kill eachother, but it is dragging the entire world into it. It is giving a lot of people a bad name. Most Americans don't want to kill Muslims, most Muslims don't want to kill Americans, and even more important almost none of them do, otherwise it would not be possible to live among one another like we do.
Specop, wouldn't you mind if some european countries would go to war with the US, because there are terrorists in the US and we don't want to fight them in our home countries. We can't get away with bombing our own country and taking out innocent citizens in the process, but we have no problem in bombing the US. However since we are liberating you all we need something in return, so we are going to take over your oil production. By the way since we know the US has WMD and poses a threat to us, we have every right to attack you. Sounds crazy, don't you think? I know the US or Iraq is not the best place to do it, come to think of it maybe war is not the answer at all?