Warning: long off topic post. might want to skip ahead. And please, keep my signature in mind.
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Originally Posted by TAG UR IT
Please.... My point is that Osama doesn't care WHO he kills...just as long as he GETS TO KILL. That's what striking terrorism into the hearts of people means. And then...then, to bring down an economy. There's a point to where we have to ask ourselves how many is too many. In other words, would you kill 300 to save 300,000? Some people argue that killing just one person is one too many. Others will say that killing 1,000 is fine...and so on. But, Osama was found...years ago...CIA supposedly had found him in a town of 300 innocents. Bush didn't "pull the trigger" (by dropping one big @ss bomb) becuase the loss of innocent life was too great...by his standards. Eventually, Islamic Jihad will come to America, it will take thousands upon thousands of lives...it's going to be bad. Unless, we can SECURE our boarders perfectly and keep tallies on ALL terrorist related people here 24/7.
Yep...but the money isn't as easily replaceable. Unless they got something w/ his cash uip his sleeve.
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You cannot fully secure your borders. You don't have only the mexican border to think about. there are a few thousand miles of Canadian border too. And even more coastline. Ports are extremely unsecuure. Not everything can be inspected. Not all airports have top notch security systems. People become lazy and inattentive when searching and finding nothing. Passports are easy to fake, even fancy ones. Most terrorist attacks against the US (at home and abroad) have been conducted by citizens of that particular country.
The thing about fighting terrorisim is that no system designed by humans is perfect. There is always a drawback, a compromise. Its not an enemy that can be stoped by killing all of them. They have to no longer want to fight you. That is why Iraq isn't going too well, Afghanistan is doing a bit better but its not anywhere close to a self sustaining country. I support our troups, Canadian, Americian, Brits, and everyone else laying their lives on the line for everyones freedom. But when a terrorist (a freedom fighter according to the other guys) is killed, what does his brother think? or his son? Will they accept that he was a bad man and should never have fought for his country or beliefs? None of us do when it happens to our soldiers. Over there, the families of the fallen take up arms to avenge the deaths, and I would do the same thing if they killed one of my brothers. Kill 1 terrorist and you create 2 freedom fighters. Then there is the issue of civilian casualties. A smart bomb will almost always hit its target, but who says that target is accurate? then theres the ones that go off course. And of course there are false reports as well, "The evil Americans blew up a school today" could have been a terrorist training facility or one filled with innocent children. But what it actually was makes no differance. If people think it could have been children, the damage has been done regardless of the facts.
Its not all bad, there are schools and hospitals and lots of other good things being built. Our soldiers are helping the people. But human nature is such that we often forget about good things and focus on bad things. So if you just built a hospital that saves 10 lives a day, that won't make up for killing 10 people in combat. To win people to your side you have to provide them with something more attractive than what the other guy is giving. Problem is, a school and clean drinking water isn't as nice as a place in heaven with Allah.
As I said earlier, there is only 1 way to fight terrorism: make them no longer wish to fight you. 2 ways to do that, make them like you or make them fear you. If the US had invaded Iraq and used everything they had, the war would be over. And by everything I mean nukes too. If there is a terrorist stronghold, wipe it off the map. All that stuff about kill 1 terrorist make 2 freedom fighters doesn't apply when everyones gone. Its a brutal, heartless, cold blooded way but thats how its always been done. Stop the uprising by burning down the village. After a while, nobody will want the same fate.