Originally posted by: Tiptup
The war in Iraq was a very good thing "Was"? "Is", I presume you mean?
On the whole, they behave irrationally at every turn and cannot be reasoned with regarding reasonable issues. They not only frequently desire and frequently act to kill us, they also frequently desire and frequently act to kill each other. Their countries are ruled by murder and intimidation. The best course of action to take against that kind of evil would be to contain it as best we can (while encouraging good behavior as I stated in my previous point).
If we could only put up some kind of iron curtain... The war in Iraq was a very good thing "Was"? "Is", I presume you mean?
Originally posted by: Tiptup
because Saddam was a sitting upon lots of oil and that oil was going to translate into wealth and that wealth would have equaled far too much danger. To the US's bank balance, presumably...
The Islamic world is inferior to the Western world.
And Tiptup really knows his worlds! There was this one world and it was SOOOO shit! I mean really fucking crap, man! Tiptup had to, literally, put on some overalls and rubber gloves to kick that cunt out! What was that one? The Communist World, that's it! Man, the world is so much better off now that that world doesn't exist!Originally posted by: Tiptupbecause Saddam was a sitting upon lots of oil and that oil was going to translate into wealth and that wealth would have equaled far too much danger. To the US's bank balance, presumably...
Originally posted by: Tiptup
The Islamic world is pathetic and not worthy of our fear. The sane nations should be fighting to kill their warriors and their ability to threaten freedom. If we win, it would be a nice blow to Islamic moral as well. D'you know, I don't know where we would all be without you guys from the "New World" to tell us where we've all been going wrong all these millennia...
We cannot force democracy to exist where it will not first be appreciated in that fundamental way.
Quitter. You haven't killed enbough of them yet, that's all.Originally posted by: TiptupThe Islamic world is pathetic and not worthy of our fear. The sane nations should be fighting to kill their warriors and their ability to threaten freedom. If we win, it would be a nice blow to Islamic moral as well. D'you know, I don't know where we would all be without you guys from the "New World" to tell us where we've all been going wrong all these millennia...
Originally posted by: Tiptup
Fighting to give them democracy and "freedom" is obviously a nice goal Well, obviously! Fighting them to get them to run their country in exactly the same way as we do is a triumph for their self-determination!
I believe that, at best, we can only take actions that will support democracy in that area of the world. All people (no matter their culture or where they live) can eventually see clear costs and clear benefits when they are presented.
Yeah! So true! Like: "run your country the way we want you to or we'll blow your fucking brains out!"Originally posted by: TiptupFighting to give them democracy and "freedom" is obviously a nice goal Well, obviously! Fighting them to get them to run their country in exactly the same way as we do is a triumph for their self-determination!
Originally posted by: Tiptup
but not one that I believe we can accomplish in the way that we are currently fighting.
Why? Aren't we using enough bombs?Originally posted by: Tiptupbut not one that I believe we can accomplish in the way that we are currently fighting.
I believe that, at best, we can only take actions that will support democracy in that area of the world. All people (no matter their culture or where they live) can eventually see clear costs and clear benefits when they are presented.
We cannot force democracy to exist where it will not first be appreciated in that fundamental way.
The Islamic world is inferior to the Western world.
On the whole, they behave irrationally at every turn and cannot be reasoned with regarding reasonable issues. They not only frequently desire and frequently act to kill us, they also frequently desire and frequently act to kill each other. Their countries are ruled by murder and intimidation. The best course of action to take against that kind of evil would be to contain it as best we can (while encouraging good behavior as I stated in my previous point).