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Originally posted by Ustwo
No, we are the target of terrorism because we represent freedom and prosperity which is threatening to people who's attitudes haven't changed since 550 A.D. If you will recall the first world trade center attack was under Clinton, and Clinton was the worlds as kisser. If you want to show weakness to our enemies, you do that, and we can have more embassy bombings, and Somalia’s, and WTC like attacks.
I just pray to god (which is hard as an atheist) that people like you NEVER EVER EVER get to make important decisions again about national security. I still remember watching people jump 80+ stories to their deaths on Sept 11, it will stay with me until the day I die, and that was not caused by a policy of strength but one of weakness and not wanting to offend anyone.
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this view is more than arrogant, it is pejorative and, surprisingly, racist. you don't represent any form of freedom if your stance is this. really, it seems like you would rather revoke the liberty of anyone who does not agree with you. tolerance and freedom go hand in hand, you cannot divorce them. tolerance is a quality of true strength, as are discipline, patience and understanding. pushing other people around is a sign of weakness. again, these are playground rules. kid stuff.
its natural to be angry about the attacks on the world trade center. i think everyone was, and is, and no one will ever forget. that's not the point, and we don't need to continually evoke the event to perpetuate this mistaken belief that if someone doesn't unquestioningly march the line that they are a liberal commie pinko who doesn't support the troops and is soft on the national defense, blah blah blah. it is not rational, and no matter how many times it is said and how loudly it said, it doesn't become any more true.
you seem consumed with hatred, both of liberals and of cultures outside your own. i find this a curiously common trait in others who espouse this slate of views. basic psychology links abject hatred to fear and insecurity. these qualities tend to make one highly susceptible to peer pressure, group think, and other forms of manipulation. that concerns me when i think about the current conservative movement. bleeding heart liberals have their own slew of problems, of course, but they are too disperate in their views to fall to pack mentality.