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Originally posted by djmcmath
Perhaps we are, and perhaps going into Iraq was even dumber than those F-1 rules changes we were all up in arms about. My point is that focusing on Iraq as if it is the only problem is dreadfully short-sighted. Whether or not anyone decides to grant amnesty to the people who are blowing up our boys will:
a - no longer be our decision, as we will have wilfully removed ourselves from the scene , and
b - won't make a whit of difference in the Grance Scheme of Things.
The Muslims who wants us dead don't give a rats's petut if we forgive them or not. They just want us dead. Listen, I'll acknowledge that maybe Iraq wasn't a great idea if you'll acknowledge that we have bigger problems with Islam right now.
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Oh I agree we have bigger problems. That's why all along I've been against Iraq. We need to deal with these problems!
We need to rebuild and get ready to deal with it ASAP.
I read an article, and it was a convincing argument that the Iran government itself was also behind 9/11. We have Pakistan literally harboring these terrorists, including Osama......etc. etc. Sharif going on the record in interviews saying that "we aren't looking too hard" (Pakistan)....and "America cannot look for him in our country" (basically, that's the gist of his comments).
And I don't think it's a problem with Islam, it's a problem with some fanatics who are Islamic.
But I also think this problem is not as big as it's made out to be. To give you perspective, We have something like 20,000 gun deaths a year in this country, yet our biggest fear is something that in the grand scale of things is relatively low of affecting you or me (percentagewise, oddswise). This is not to say guns need to be banned or anything, I'm just saying oddswise, it's a much, much larger threat to human life.
Same analogy of those who are afraid of flying...your odds are something like 20 million to one you'll die...but driving in your car....what are your odds? Yet people don't fear driving, but they fear flying.
Me, I fear none of it. I'm just careful, observant, and I pay attention.