I would like the government to follow the Constitution and not violate my rights in a scattershot attempt to attack distributed renegades with a central military force.What would you rather America do? sit here and go "It's ok Al Qaeda, it was just two buildings... we have plenty more... just be careful next time"?
I won't support it. I'll probably be one of those 'terrorists' insomuch of not paying my taxes, nor allowing the government to 'process' me for 'national service.'I think a long-term occupation of the entire region is the only way that this problem will be resolved, and I think that is what will end up happening, even if it takes decades, however, within the next 10 years we will have some significantly advanced ground/air drone technology which will save American lives, and make the process much less bloody.
Two words: horse puckey! Why? Because the simple fact that no force, no matter how fancifully equiped can sustain a military operation for decades without some sort of fatigue and a need for new recruits. Recruit numbers are sporatic[sp?] at best, thus a 'national service' program will probably be put into effect despite it too being too late to repair the damage.Great Britain got it's Black-Eye because it spread its forces WAY too thin, we however do not have that problem, we are the only nation with the logistics capability to wage a major overseas regional war for decades on end.
They have to, it's in their contract of service. Four years of service for pay, training [college], and board [barracks, even a home at times]. I don't think the trade is a fair one, but it's a trade and upheld in court.And you are also very wrong when you say that no one cares about the cause, you answer this... if there was no American military willing to die for your sorry ass how would you like to wake up to IEDs, RPGs and Suicidal freaks with bombs strapped to their stomach in your neighborhood?
They need to start by getting the neo-conservatives out of the Republican Party. Even the late Barry Goldwater was frightened of them, and that's saying a lot from a man that would have used the 'Bomb' on the Soviets if he had the chance in his day.We aren't doing this for the sake of being a hero, but rather setting the world straight!
Pointless and assumptive. I do my own thing, insomuch I look toward my own interests. I have no moral debt to strangers, thus to demand I play an altruist is to demand my life. I think that's even incompatible with Immortalism as it is with rational self-interest in general. Plus, what I do has little to do with pretending to be a Yoko Ono or John Lenon, rather it's more to do with science and reason, both which have a longer legacy than the typical 'lets save the world' pop-political action drivel.you are just sitting in your comfortable chair at your nice little computer b*tching about how things aren't done right while others are doing all of the work!
Within reason and within the law.When a nation is attacked, it must defend itself!, If a leader had your attitude their nation wouldn't last a year, it would be overcome by more powerful and forthcoming nations... we simply can't tolerate this terrorism in any part of the world, and we can't tolerate weakness!
It's a real shame that we don't have more nations like Israel, they really know how to deal with terrorists, they are just limited on their resources.
Israel has done a terrible job stopping the terrorists. Hell, they even have more draconic laws for identification, personal searches, and what not, and yet they still have bus bombings, kidnappings, and wars. The plead to Israel as the bastion of safety via anti-liberty laws is silly considering the track record.
In the end, the terrorists won't stop because they don't have a healthy respect for life. They want to kill, because it's all that matters to them. Whether it's for God or whether it's for economic or social justice. Their drive to kill overrides their self-interest to stay alive and enjoy life. That makes them dangerous, more dangerous than any army, since they don't wear uniforms, they don't have static bases, and they definitely don't have a singular homeland. This viral mobility to their nature makes them hard to stop. The best way to cease their actions is to stop trading with those that habor them. No more money to the Saudis, no more money to Pakistan. And definitely no more economic trade with the Mideast for as long as they habor such anti-life individuals. And I know you'll probably say, "Where will we get our oil?!" To which I reply, "In Wyoming there is a gigantic deposit of shale oil. Granted, it's expensive to extract, but it's over 100 times the amount the world has consumed for a century, thus making it the ideal source for our uses. Yes, gas won't go below 2 bucks a gallon, but that's what happens when you depend on a single source of fuel to power your economy. You pay or you fold." :-P