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Stompy you make a LOT of good points above, no doubt about it.
I disagree though, that America isn't any safer short term. I think the hyper-vigilant posture that America presently has, plus the fact that I believe that al-Qaeda has been rocked back on its heals and is in no position to organize and plan another attack for the moment, has made things safer. Just my opinion.
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The more I think about it though, the more I see Isolation, American isolation from its traditional allies, as a growing threat to both the effort in Iraq and on terror in general. I think in the long run, America is going to need more help, and that going about it unilaterally is indeed an unwise decision. In saying this, I do see in the future a growing coalition of the world's civilized nations standing up together in the face of spreading radical islamic fundamentalism.
Another issue that concerns me is the extraordinarily high, and potentially catastrophic level of internal mistrust, animosity and anger, within America, between ideologies, Conservative-Liberal, Right-Left, ProWar-AntiWar. Its as if the Enemy were each other, American v. American, and not external. I hope this will be addressed and resolved sooner rather than later. /OT
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