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Originally Posted by Sarah
The old days are over. America has a choice. Kick ass, or have ass kicked.
Personally, I prefer to kick ass. But, I know there are a lot of weenies who don't want to kick ass unless theirs personally is kicked. SO, all in all, I gotta say.. I'd rather bomb the bejesus out of them before we get hit than us get hit and then bomb the same amount of bejesus out of them after the fact. Sure, they have families, but uh, we do too. And when it comes to a "you or me" situation, sorry pal, but it's gonna be the "you" that has to go.
Flame me if you want, but I've always thought that we should take care of a certain group of countries all in one swoop, or find a way to completely isolate them so that their violence over religions I could not care one iota about - for OR against - causes the militants to just take each other out. That being said, if their governments want to make weapons that are only ranged to hit each other, that's fine, I don't give a damn as callous as it seems. If they want to make weapons with the range to hit our targets, I give a damn, and will be highly pissed off if we sit around and do nothing about it because we're sissies who can't stand violence unless it's glorified in movies.
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Thats the whole root of the problem. Extreme thinking on both sides. Hate breeds, whatever your choice. Hollywood only glorifies the thinking. Anybody thats been in a real war will tell you its very different.
I'm not going to attack your post although the mindset does seem to be one of the reasons there is a global issue in the first place. The whole "first strike" mentality. There seems to be a thinking that if you get missles off first everything will be ok. If America "wipes out" those countries then it will get hit by Russia, China and who knows who else for a nuclear attack. Which threatens other countries too. Even if Iran doesn't get a missle off which is highly doubtful given the range, speed and distance of attack. What will happen is Iran would take the first strikes after the Iranian missiles were launched. So what does that prove? The end result is the same.
I think half the problem with the hate against America lies in the fact they have attacked and invaded countries without due cause. Vietnam, Cambodia, Libya, Afganistan, Iraq, Iraq (again) to name just a few within the last 35 years. Not a good record. Especially when they haven't technically "won" yet. Thats the cause of the ill feeling I believe. The only time there was a real threat to US security was the Cuban Missle Crisis. Had it not been for Kennedy being a "weenie" as you put it and calling Russia against his advisors judgement then America would not be here today. Nuclear war was inevitable but Kennedy was called a communist for his actions which effectively saved millions of lives because Khruschev would not back down.. If the same thing happens with Iran under the current US administration then you and probably myself too are screwed.
Now poking a big stick at the middle east is not going to work. All it does is inflame the situation. There is a history of Iran falling in and out of favour with the USA. Same with Iraq. Do some research. Don't take my word for it. Hatred of America is only great out there right now due to propaganda and media. Both sides are brainwashed to extreme levels right now. Luckily for the public we have diplomats working on a solution.