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Originally posted by Seaver
Our moral highground would slip into an abyss.
1) Terrorists would have a reason to proclaim their hatred of us, and would proclaim those killed to be myrtars.
2) Moderate Muslims would sway away from us and back to funding terrorism.
3) Non-Muslims would start to feel sympathy for the terrorists.
4) American Muslims would be completely outraged. We didnt decapitate Japanese POWs even though they did it to us after all.
5) 90% of the population would be outraged and would ensure whoever was in office wouldnt survive the next election.
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Agreed.
I think most Americans are outraged at the simple fact that it is a beheading. Not necessarily because of its statement or intent or what not, but the fact it is a beheading.
If we started beheading people, a lot of people would be pretty outraged as well.