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Originally posted by Greenhat
Btw, in my opinion, more and more Democrats are getting closer and closer to being perfect root material for terrorists.
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Isn't that taking it a bit far? If that is going to be the case, how far are we from a one party system? If the other side is the enemy, than the only logical conclusion would be a single party system.
Would that be good or bad for our democratic republic?
The root causation seems almost too simple. Those that despise us hate the fact that we medle in their regious affairs for the benefit of our foreign policy goals. They can point to our dispersment of cash to many states, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel... The enemy hates that we have interest in their region and seek to influence one side over another to further those interests.
Last I checked the only stated reason that AQ is attacking us and our interests is because we have "boots on the ground" and we support regimes they do not. So, assuming we dissolve those things, they would also still hate our need for their resources and in so doing being a major player on whatever policy our enemy would like to put in place.
It's set up as a lose lose scenario by our enemies. We pull out and don't give any money to the regimes we support, we pay $100 a barrel for oil, IF they (our enemy) let us buy it.
They are deluded if they think we will ever allow that to happen. No matter what our enagements. The entire western system would collapse, by their design, if they succeed in their adventure in Iraq. I can only hope that we will all, US and UK, stay the course in Iraq and win the day. The alternative is frightening.
The world is a petro-chemical system. There is no denying that fact. The middle east will be pacified with reason and diplomacy or by force. It seems they are now choosing the later.
My only hope is that the nation has the same resolve that we all do. The coalition is that in name only. We must keep the will alive to further our goals on all fronts. Most of the population has already forgotten that Afghanistan even exists. The only reason is the body count, not the importance of winning the GWOT. I hope that someone can come on board and explain to the people exactly what we are doing. Almost all of us here understand it, yet the American people do not.
That would be the best move in the GWOT that we can make right now. Letting everyone know where we stand and where we are going.