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Originally Posted by EventHorizon
thats exactly what did happen though. our "empire" shit the money bed but we stuck with it anyways. i dont see how you can say this is all in the name of economic interest when everyone can agree that its not about the money, its about completing the yin-yang, or as we apparently retarded (i speak for just myself... i hope) westerners say: "what goes around, comes around". i'm not going to thump my imaginary gavel on my desk and say that "justice" was done because getting into what real justice is would take years and years of debate... and by extension, server maintenance costs for TFP that we probably just dont have. however, what did anyone think was going to happen? we were going to have a little hash session of "chase the terrorist" for a few years and then give up once the price tag is too high? i dunno man, i don't think it [the war in a-stan] was ever about the money. i'm still undecided about iraq, but thats another tangent. if
disagreements aside. i'd like to pose a question just to you RB. what would YOU do after 9/11you were the U.S. Govt?
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Not to preempt RB, and (as usual) I have my disagreements with Roachboy.
But one of the very interesting things about the GWOT (a term that is no longer used), is that terrorism transcends borders and commits crimes in the way you would see organized crime transcend borders---
Anyway, the long and the short of it is, the GWOT perhaps should have garnered a more law-enforcement style response, rather than a 'send-the-troops-in' response.
It's also interesting--we invaded Afghanistan since the Taliban (with no diplomatic allies) would not turn over Osama--in other words we held the Government of Afghanistan liable for acts of a non-state actor (a direct-control test governs--see i.e. the
Nicaragua cases where IIRC, people were trying to hold the USA liable for the actions of Contras).
/masturbation.
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Originally Posted by dlish
I'll probably still get picked out of an air port line to be randomly checked. i dont expect that to change. i have mr OBL to thank for that.
But I just wish that those americans that find the death of one man something to celebrate, that they get over Bin Laden like the arabs have and move on.
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If I fly with my South Asian friend, we invariably get picked out for a air-puff test. It's funny, yet, sorta sad at the same time.