What should we do?

[johnsmith]

Alright, I've been reading this political part of the website for a while now, thrown in my two cents, made fun of people, been made fun of but now I want to know, what should America's foreign policy consist of from here on out? Not what should we have done, but rather what should we do from here? How do we stop terrorism? How do we win the hearts and minds of the world? How do we become the good guys again? How do we fix our economy etc? What's done is done, now what?
I would also like to ask that no articles be copied and pasted into this thread, I want opinions of your own, not someone elses. I would also like to ask RG to wait for a few opinions before posting his own, I ask this because people like Boutons will just use someone smarter then himself and their opinions to form his own "opinion" and that is usually whatever Randomguy says (I mean this as a compliment to RG by the way).
So let's hear it. Everyone that is always so open to publicly criticize, I want to know the solution.

[JoeChalupa]

The fight against terrorism must continue.
Strengthen our borders both NORTH and South and on the Coasts.
Use our intelligence agencies to their full potentional to stop and deter future tettorist threats.
Go after the terrorists where they are...not where we want them to be. Be consistent with our policy against terrorism and place strict repercussions for ALL countries that harbor terrorism.
Keep diplomatic lines open, if at all possible, with all foreign leaders.
Will diplomacy always work? NO, but it must the first step unless we are directly attacked.
Give our intelligence agencies what they need to get the job done without giving up our civil liberties. A thin line sometimes but it must be worked out.
Have a plan for Iraq so that we know where we are headed even if it turns out not to be the correct path.
Tell the truth.

[SA210]

What should we do?

Start the impeachment process.

[samikeyp]

Fight dirty.

The people who do this kind of act do not play within the rules of civilized behavior. Why should we?

[Hook Dem]

There are a lot of people who post in here that have opinions on where we have gone wrong but how about some solutions. We all know that all of the criticism has been for political posturing, but solutions are rarely offered. I really question whether anyone cares what the solutions are so long as their political ambitions are satisfied. Politics really never change. The solution is always where the other party went wrong. WE should be in charge. Unfortunately, history will prove that both parties are not without their faults. Solution?..........elect NBA Dan as President and Boutons as Vice President. Then it will be our turn to !

[ChumpDumper]

We should start a thread about how unoriginal johnsmith is.

[Mr Dio]

We should start a thread about how unoriginal johnsmith is.

GOT JaneSmith is a MORON.

[johnsmith]

We should start a thread about how unoriginal johnsmith is.

Typical answer from someone who has no solution.

[johnsmith]

GOT JaneSmith is a MORON.

This guy is perhaps the dumbest mother er on this website.

[johnsmith]

We should start a thread about how unoriginal johnsmith is.

Although clever........like I said, "been made fun of".......

[Mr Dio]

GOT JaneSmith has an answer?
What is the answer oh great Sucker of s???

[ChumpDumper]

Typical answer from someone who has no solution.

Where's yours? Are you waiting for the sports radio guy to blog one?

[johnsmith]

Where's yours? Are you waiting for the sports radio guy to blog one?

I don't have an answer, that's why I asked the question.

[Mr Dio]

Where's yours? Are you waiting for the sports radio guy to blog one?

Exactly, GOT JaneSmith has no common sense.
Where is her answer or ideas? Didn't she start this thread?

[johnsmith]

Where's yours? Are you waiting for the sports radio guy to blog one?

Also, didn't mean to come back at you like that either. I was getting all pissed off from Mr. Dio. He accomplished with me what I set out to do damn near every day on this site. Get someone angry.

[ChumpDumper]

The thing is our choices are now severly limited by our choices made in the past. As far as conventional military action goes, we are completely hamstrung by the occupation of Iraq and that won't change until we find a face saving way of getting out -- whether Iraqi forces are ready to take over or not.

As far as rehabbing our image, the detainees have to be adressed as they are a festering sore that, fairly or not, is being used as a barometer for the US views and at udes towards Muslims everywhere. It's very important to get a real legal process going with these detainees and I fail to see why the administration can't work with congress and the Supreme Court more closely to avoid stupid delays.

[JoeChalupa]

^rack 'im!

[j-6]

Capture Osama bin Laden, for starters. Double or triple our resources in that search - I don't care. It'll still be cheaper than trying to repair both the US economy and whatever AQ blows up the next time they attack. It'll also show the world that the US is serious about finding this asshole rather than Afghanistan looking like an underfunded, understaffed sideshow of the Iraqi conflict.

The next part is up to us. We need to elect a candidate that has some international credibility (you did say foreign policy) to remove the stigma we've recieved as of late, and still have a hard line with terrorism. At least on this topic, if Giuliani could get elected, that would be great. But will the religious folks in the GOP be OK with a pro-choice, pro-gay adulterer that's determined to kick terrorist ass?

[Yonivore]

There have been no terrorists attacks on U. S. Soil in 5 years.

The despotic regime of Saddam Hussein, and all the attendant problems that came with over a dozen years of post cease fire tension, was brought to an appropriate end.

The oppressive government of the Taliban was brought to an end, uprooting and causing al Qaeda to scamper like roaches.

What's left of Al Qaeda's upper management team is on the run or in hiding -- or, possibly dead. Just when is Osama bin Laden gonna make another video??

Thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of terrorists have been killed or captured.

Dozens of terrorist plots have been thwarted due to the vigilance of our National Security Agency and the effectiveness of their intelligence gathering techniques in spite of media efforts to ruin them.

I don't remember the percentage but a poll, released this morning, show that a ridiculously high percentage of Americans have the luxury of saying September 11, 2001 did not change their life at all.

And, all this has been accomplished in the face of an enemy that wants us all dead and a opposition political party that has done its damnedest to undermine the President's foreign policy prerogatives and conduct of our response to global terrorism...without offering what they would have done differently.

I'd say, stay the course and keep doing what we're doing.

[RandomGuy]

Also, didn't mean to come back at you like that either. I was getting all pissed off from Mr. Dio. He accomplished with me what I set out to do damn near every day on this site. Get someone angry.

Har, do a "find all posts" search by that guy.

Methinks the lady doth protest too much...

He has some strange obsession with sexuality.

Still holding back my solution. Get to that tonight.

[samikeyp]

Capture Osama bin Laden, for starters. Double or triple our resources in that search - I don't care. It'll still be cheaper than trying to repair both the US economy and whatever AQ blows up the next time they attack. It'll also show the world that the US is serious about finding this asshole rather than Afghanistan looking like an underfunded, understaffed sideshow of the Iraqi conflict

Well said...and don't be polite about it. If he is in your country, we are coming in to get him whether you like it or not.

[ChumpDumper]

Well said...and don't be polite about it. If he is in your country, we are coming in to get him whether you like it or not.

Seeing as he's probably in Pakistan, that could be a problem. Our polictal ally there is a military dictator whose regime could be in danger if we invaded at this time -- perhaps if we hadn't gotten sidetracked by another military dictator who used to be our boy in the mideast....We might not like the outcome of a popular uprising in Pakistan.

[DarkReign]

What should we do?

Grab a Labatt Blue, fire one up, sit back, relax and watch this whole world go to in a hand basket. With any luck it will all happen soon.

I say, re-elect Bush for a 3rd term and elect Republicans for both Houses. Hopefully, Bush will have his usual stranglehold over his own party (of mostly good people) and continue to abuse the out of said power.

With any luck, he'll ins ute a draft, pick a fight and send us all to oblivion. Could you imagine....I mean really imagine looking out your front window at night and seeing the flashes of war on American soil.

I am not advocating such a prospect, but I have given up on logic and reason....seems everyone else has as well. I am sick and tired of waiting for these politicians to do anything. I say take it all back. Democrap or Repuglican. Take it back. Take it back.

I mean barring Ford, I never thought we would elect a President with such an inability to publicly speek, make off-the-cuff coherent sentences, not mispronounce basic words of the English language and so on. Basically, I never thought I would see the day when a guy with a 6th grade education and mentality was elected President of the United States. Its almost as bad as Marion Barry being reelected as mayor of DC.

Big. Dumb. Americans.

[ChumpDumper]

Well, we didn't elect Ford, so barring isn't needed.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Alright, I've been reading this political part of the website for a while now, thrown in my two cents, made fun of people, been made fun of but now I want to know, what should America's foreign policy consist of from here on out? Not what should we have done, but rather what should we do from here? How do we stop terrorism? How do we win the hearts and minds of the world? How do we become the good guys again? How do we fix our economy etc? What's done is done, now what?
I would also like to ask that no articles be copied and pasted into this thread, I want opinions of your own, not someone elses. I would also like to ask RG to wait for a few opinions before posting his own, I ask this because people like Boutons will just use someone smarter then himself and their opinions to form his own "opinion" and that is usually whatever Randomguy says (I mean this as a compliment to RG by the way).
So let's hear it. Everyone that is always so open to publicly criticize, I want to know the solution.

you should volunteer to go to Iraq