I think it's useful to be aware of the consequences of our actions. I think it's important in our laudable goal of improving life around the world to adopt the most useful tactics possible. The post's title draws our attention to one of the articles authors' points - allow me to draw attention to some of the other ones:
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All of a sudden, after we were used to consider America to be a rational and balanced country... All of a sudden, it violates international conventions, cancels treaties, ignores the U.N., acts on its own accord, attacks nations, kills innocent people, and claims it has the right to do so - and all this is based on lies. These were lies from beginning to end, and we were not used to lying - not in policy, not in our discourse, and not in the media.
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So this man states how much respect he used to have for America for its rationality and balance. How this expectation has evaporated in the face of America's actions.
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I believe a dirty Zionist hand carried out this act. Zionism has taken the opportunity to escalate the war in Palestine, killing hundreds of thousands so far, while we watch from the sidelines in astonishment and ask: What’s going on?
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He's so astounded by America's actions, that he feels the need to cook up this implausible story - because he's at a loss to understand otherwise.
I certainly don't agree with his analysis, but I think it's important to recognise how worried one can become when the most powerful nation in the world appears to flex its muscles more or less indiscriminately.
I wouldn't label myself as being 'left' - far from it. And I have to ask, why does raising an important point of principle get labelled as being leftist?
Yawn on if you must, but I honestly don't understand how linking the left with the terrorists has anything to do with me, or this discussion.
To put it simply, I am disagreeing with Ustwo's assertion that more war is the solution to the percieved problem of Islam. This man hasn't called for the death of any Americans. He's done nothing different i.e. labelling a group of people i.e. 'The Zionists' as the bad guys, to Ustwo labelling all of Islam as the bad guys.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If this is there intelligentsia, can we expect any more enlightenment from their average citizen which is fed a daily dose of this crap?
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The same could be said by those outside of America when reading articles by Anne Coulter, or those watching Fox News.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Its so laughable its almost comical but they believe it.
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