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Originally Posted by daswig
IF we were beloved in the middle east by any part of the muslim population, I'd think your arguments would be considerably more valid. We're not popular in the Muslim world, because we refuse to sanction the annihilation of Israel. As long as we're unwilling to sanction the destruction of Israel, we'll continue to be hated, and they will be able to find people willing to die to try to hurt us.
Now, for an example, if there are 1,000 people now who want to hurt us, are we safer if we kill 900 of the less intellegent ones, or if we leave the full thousand in the field? It's much easier to stop 100 people than 1,000. Now apply that to the actual numbers of Jihadis out there, and tell me we're LESS safe after killing a bunch of them off than we are NOT killing a bunch of them off. Can you do that with a straight face?
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actually, i can say we may not be better off. right now, every one we kill will have family and friends say that "x got killed by the infidels." and they'll be pissed. and since we're not doing anything that they could look on us with a positive light, there's nothing to make them think more positively about us. eventually, they'll get to the point where they decide to fight us. so while it's great that there are ones going to iraq and dying there, not hurting us here, but at the same time the 100 intelligent ones are recruiting and training people to attack us HERE. not in iraq. they've got money, sleepers already in place, and more people to send this way.
we may be killing 1 of every 10 terrorists/insurgents, but they're still building upo elsewhere and they'll be able to do something in america because we're stuck in the quagmire that is iraq.
i don't worry about the people who will take a gun to a shopping center, because while they may hurt/kill a few people (even many, but relatively speaking), i'm worried about the ones who will finance, plan and get others to fly a plane into a tall, human packed building. and we're not really doing anything against them anymore.