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Originally Posted by moosenose
Hey, if the Jackboot fits, wear it. What have the Democrats come up with since 911? Well, they've come up with "We need to understand why they hate us, and change so they will not hate us"
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Yes, exactly. THAT IS what needs to be done. Blowing them to hell won't work. Sanctioning them will not succeed. Only once you know your enemy, understand what they want, why they want it, and how they will attain it, will you be able to
effectively fight and win a battle.
At the beginning of the Iraq war, Hussein was a nominal threat to the US and the world. We took him out of power, we destroyed his government, we set up a new one. Why are we still there? At this point, I'd be all for releasing Sadaam, letting him try to go back and reconstruct. He has no power now. If the insurgents want to kill him, fine. If he truly is strong enough to form a new government, he knows that the entire world will be watching him so closely that he can't head to the bathroom without being seen.
Today, we are doing nothing but hurting ourselves. The Arab world hates us. The Asian world is not really fond of us, either. Has anyone ever attacked Sweeden? Seeing a mad rush to wage war on Canada? I don't think so. Understanding those that may oppose you and trying to diffuse hatred is the only way to avoid war and future death.
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Originally Posted by alansmithee
In the current climate, liberals would label Hilter a misunderstood leader bringing prosperity to his country, and FDR and Churchill would be denounced as evil warmongers bent on spreading Christian propaganda through a rapidly secularizing Germany.
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Why was Hitler hated? Is it because he mobilized Germany's economy? Is it because he structured an amazingly well-trained military force? Is it because he rebuilt a nation from nothing to one of the strongest countries in the developed world? No, Hitler is looked at as evil and as a devil because HE KILLED PEOPLE IN MASS NUMBERS! Had he not allowed his mad drive for success to extend beyone Germany's boarders, and had aides that prevented him from committing mass genocide, the man might have been known as one of history's greatest leaders.
Instead, he became hungry for recognition and control, invaded other nations, and killed a huge number of their inhabitants for a mis-placed ideological cause that eventually led to the destruction of everything that he built.
Sound familiar? The past leads to the future. Welcome to America.