bedbug wrote:
Wake up! The United States did not start this war. W. did not start this war. Dick Cheney did not start this war. Islamofacism declared jihad on the world more than 3 decades ago. Iraq was a state sponsor of terrorism. Afghanistan was a state sponsor of terrorism. Iran, Syria, Lebanon, N. Korea, Sudan, are state sponsors of terrorism.
Right on the money. We have been at war with at least a large section of Islam since 1979 when Iran seized our embassy for the first time. Each year since then they have attacked again and again on more and more fronts. The war reached our shores in 1993 when Islamofascists bombed the WTC for the first time.
Largely, the US has not responded to the repeated attacks over the years. It would have been better if we had. Maybe some sharp military acts early on would have hurt the nations sponsoring the war against us would have realized it wasn't worth the cost. But, largely, those same nations have never suffered for their actions. This changed under Bush. But, the Iranian and Syrians have not yet suffered from the consequences of their actions. I suspect that will change in the near future though I suspect it will be more costly for us now than it would have been in 1979.
bedbug wrote:Liberals will say prove it. Jesus, apply some intellect and connect the dots....
This is a religious war and it is not going away. You can't wish it away. You can't run from it, because they will chase you right back here and kill anyway. You can't negotiate an end to it, because the enemy will not let it end, for them the war ends when ALL non-believers are dead. If you think leaving Iraq will end this war, you are delusional. All that will change is the front on which the war is being fought.
This is a relgious and cultural war. We ARE at war with a significant portion of Islam. Our only options are submit and lose our freedoms or defeat them and retain our freedoms. The only thing we control right now is the realestate where the war is fought and I would rather have it fought there than here.