I wish I could say that it actually mattered. The main motivation for Al Queda was economical, and no amount of military action or non action would've changed their strategy. I think it's a no win scenario. On one hand I'd like to fry the whole middle east, but that would just galvanize any sympathizers living abroad to become terrorists (perhaps justifiably). Considering the state of our collapsing economy and the issue of illegal immigration, I would pull back all/most overseas military bases and become an isolationist for a few decades. Use the personnel and equipment to secure both borders and all ports (air and sea), and potentially respond to local crime issues similar to what Chicago has recently considered.

I think this country is being damaged from within much more than from outside terrorists threats. With the state of politics and a lack of moral values, we really don't deserve much better. The hard working people that founded and improved this country would spit at what it's become - a place full of lazy and corrupt PsOS.

I think this country is being damaged from within much more than from outside terrorists threats. With the state of politics and a lack of moral values, we really don't deserve much better. The hard working people that founded and improved this country would spit at what it's become - a place full of lazy and corrupt PsOS.

Oh no. Some one said something potentially negative about a republican issue, here comes the thought police. You are not allowed to speculate about these things, only those evil goings on that the Dems caused like that big oil spill or gay marriage. i kid.....kinda.

So that question is like asking "how many licks does it take to get tot he center of a groundhog"?

42

I wasn't asking for a number, XC.

Obviously, you think we're preventing attacks by being over there. Fine. Thanks.

Instead of taking the controversial (and in my mind, holier-than-thou) stance, I ask that you actually give us some sort of opinion on the topic, or just stay out. Isn't that the moderation you preach?

I think it's just as valid to hypothesize that you're creating more terrorists/terrorism with an extended engagement of an arab/muslim population, as to say you're preventing terrorism by 'fighting them over there'.
I'd have to imagine that if some occupying force was in the US, killing lots of people, that there would be some long lasting grudges formed (I dont know about you, but I STILL dont fully trust the english...) What if we've unwittingly supplied al quada (sp?) with their next generation of soldiers?

Seriously, enough of the "I have nothing better to say so I'll stir the pot" XC. I left this f'ing forum once because of your crap. If you don't wanna actually talk about an issue and would instead prefer to throw an adult version of a tantrum then fine, throw up your hands after you do you say "Hey! What? Me?". But nobody is buying the "I didn't mean anything by it" act. We get it. You have conservative leanings, whoop dee do.

There's no doubt in my mind that this is just exactly what has happened. All the proof you need is that there was no "al Qaeda in Iraq" before the US invaision. Now such an organization exists.

I would pull back all/most overseas military bases.