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Originally Posted by fastom
The enemy is what... terror? The insurgents are fighting because "we" are fighting them.
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This reminded me of a funny article that said wars have historically been fought against proper nouns, like Germany. They're typically more successful than wars against common nouns, because the proper nouns can give up and promise to never do it again.
I have thought the same thing as your second statement above. Bush talks a lot of rhetoric about the imminent danger to us on USA turf if we don't win over there. This doesn't sit completely well with me, mostly based on gut feelings so I'm not sure I can articulate why. I guess, except for 9/11, which I don't want to get into my gut instinct there, I haven't seen them flooding our borders to wage war on us here. Maybe the threat is worse now that the decision makers have destabilized their country, and I'm just not in tune with it. Maybe my discomfort has something to do with that statement of Bush's seeming a little like a threat and coercion to continue his agenda. I'd like to hear someone else's take on those statements of his.