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Radical Islam is a serious threat, and the Dems are treating them like our friends.
- Mars
Brasil? Attacking us?
What'll they do to us -- stop sending us their sugar and supermodels?
Radical Islam is a serious threat, and the Dems are treating them like our friends.
- Mars
No, they don't. Thank God, and the hard work done by our brave military and intelligence community. Not everything has been 100% perfect, but I'm pretty thankful for their work so far.
Whether or not you're for Iraq or the Patriot Act, we have to at least acknowledge that, overall, the GWOT has been a success. al-Qaeda's finances, chain of command, and recruitment have been in serious disarray since late 2001, and about all they're capable of these days is roadside bombs and small stuff, if they're even doing those. So we've done a great job on these goons.
I'm a bit more afraid of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. They have alot more friends in the media and the American Left. I'm not sure about their finances, but I know they'd be in a considerably better position to start trouble if they so chose. Not that they're aiming at us at the moment.
Overall, however, we still need to take the threat of radical Islam, and "orthodox" Islam in Europe, seriously.
Yes, I have heard of the Cons ution. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "abandoning it." Again, wake me up when the Bush administration (or the courts) take away the freedom of the press, or freedom against unreasonable search & seizure, or the abolition of slavery (12th amendment), or the freedom of worship.
On the other hand, you can make a decent case that our Cons utional freedoms have been steadily eroding over the totality of the 20th century. Good examples might be the 2d Amendment, Or the 10th. I'd be actually with you on that one.
But these Islamic radicals (they're still here in the US, we find some every so often) are the ones who want to "take away" our Cons ution. And I don't see how taking reasonable steps against them would be a bad thing.
Not sure about what these sweeping powers are. Care to elucidate?
On another level, I'm beginning to see why alot of people in the blogosphere, and at ST, have such hatred toward Bush, Rummy, Cheney, Rice, et al. The admin. has taken measures to deal with overseas threats, in particular radical Islam, before they cause us serious trouble. It is really unprecedented -- Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter never went to the steps that Bush went to to deal with terrorism.
I'm not trying to argue that everything Bush has done is right, or the proper move. But their actions would certainly anger lefties, who do not take the threat of Islam seriously, and in fact sometimes view the terrorists/murderers/destroyers (pick your word) as the good guys! And so unless the Right can show that we indeed have enemies overseas who would love to do us in, the Left will continue to be angry.
" "take away" our Cons ution"
and how would they do that? dubya's WH has been much an actual greater risk to the Cons ution, using the pretext of GWOT.
"reasonable steps"
no specifics?
Last edited by boutons_; 04-16-2008 at 10:38 PM.
And who's skeered? You're the one skeered that the gummint's gonna come and git you!
"GWOT has been a success"
Repug/neo- talking points, totally detached from reality.
Paki FATAs still operational and mostly untouched,
OBL more alive than dead.
7 years after US invasion, the Taleban are STILL increasing their attacks, with the US, having more troops there than in 2001, are still under-manned in Afghanistan.
The entire US forces are over-extended, tied down, and being exhausted and killed on two fronts. Pretty damn good situation for the terrorists.
The terrorists could justifiably say: "We fight them in our backyards so we don't have to fight them in America"
Last edited by boutons_; 04-17-2008 at 06:34 PM.
Just wondering, have you actually fought in the GWOT or served in Iraq or Afghanistan?
And how do you know Bin Laden is alive? Do you hold daily phone conferences with him?
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