I hope you won't mind being reminded that the target was Saddam Hussein.
chaz,
Not sure what you mean, but that building we knocked out was because we were going after Bin Laden, not Saddam Hussein. You may have me confused, but I remember when this happened awhile back and someone on TV just mentioned it today. It's very likely we killed innocent people trying to get back at Bin Laden.
I am not sure what is being taught in schools today, but when I was a young man attending Palo Alto High School across the street from the great citadel of liberal professors at Stanford University, we were taught that Americans were indeed guilty, that the military was evil and that great companies like IBM and HP were in the business of spreading an evil form of American economic imperialism around the world. This education along with further liberal arts education in college impacted decisions in my life for many years, but eventually the same thing happened to me that happens to many young men---I became more conservative like my father and learned to love America for its greatness.
hueyone, I can not tell, but if you are assuming that I've been taught to not love America that can not be anything more but wrong. I love this country and I wish I could do something to help those people in need. I'm very grateful for the opportunities I have and my freedoms. I just think we need to keep an open mind and realize that some of the Arab people don't view us as a beacon of freedom and democracy. They see us as the devil.
btw, I still think it would have been better if this attack was against a military outpost, rather than civilian buildings. There are unwritten rules of warfare and these terrorists have no notion or idea of it. That's what scares me. These people have the ability to launch a biological weapon on a major US city with-out a second thought. The Soviet Union or China would most likely never do this. I really don't even know if Saddam Hussein would ever try a move like this. Saddam has made comments that if the US used nuclear technology on a major Iraqi city, he'd do the same (except he'd use biological weapons).
There is a compelling need to confront evil forcefully. The period preceding WWII proved that ignoring it only allows it to grow powerful.
If it was only that simple! I would be very, very surprised if the United States is able to knock out Ben Laden and end terrorism. The reason I'm very doubtful is because we can not knock out the drug cartel and their main objective is to sell drugs. These people are not nearly as mobile as Ben Laden. Terrorist groups are focused on killing people and are much more focused on military operations and staying very mobile to keep governments from finding them.
I do expect the US military to put a lot more money behind finding Ben Laden than what we've put behind getting the drug cartels. Still, i'm a skeptical.
You can disagree with my comments..that's fine. If you want to go to war and kill more people...that's your thing, not mine. I just feel that if we go to war and kill Ben Laden another one will appear. Obviously, I wish the terrorists would go away, but they feel we're taking their rights away and they've made this into a holy war. I suggest you pray for the innocent Americans, but more importantly, pray for these terrorists. I think that's what Jesus would want us to do.
p.s. these posts have nothing to do with gorilla gaming, so this will be my last post on this subject. If you have anything to say to me, please PM me. |
