Which is to say you think it is okay for the United States to go on a world-wide witch hunt, if it makes us feel safer? According to Mr. Bush, after all, the whole world is a war zone. Surely, you do still want to have some limits?
There is a right to whine, now? Talk about a sense of entitlement!
Really? You have a valid source/link to that statement?
It’s probably that way because it’s the truth of the matter. You won’t balance it out. It is not possible.
If you’re waging the war on terror all over the world, that kind of makes the whole world a war-on-terror war zone. And hey, outside of the US, there’s often no Bill of Rights to slow us down. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for a fight on terror, and I’m all for world-wide cooperation on that front. I’m just not for knocking down doors without due reason to do so. We need to have respect for the right of innocent people to live in peace and without fear of a midnight knock on the door courtesy of the US government. Our bill of rights, after all, rest on the premise that these are human rights, not on the idea that Americans are some particularly priveleged people. Really–what Christian could go for a premise like that?
Of course!! But if you are living in Falluja, given three weeks to get out, and the Marines are rooting out sicko machete-waving suicide bombers, you may not get your “4th ammedment rights”. Sorry.
There are trade-offs that have to be made when a military engagement is under way, because of the lives that are at stake and the inescapable time limitations, yes.
We were infiltrated, bombed, were not given any warning and 3,000 civilians died.
So we should do the same to others? As I said: fighting terrorists, yes. Using 9/11 as an excuse to run roughshod over innocents world wide? Let’s hope not.
We didn’t. In Fallugah, we gave the civilians plenty of warning, and we rooted out the terrorists who were making their city into a bomb factory and a tyranny.
Trying to make sense of what you just wrote is driving me nuts! Wanna try again?
When it come to Americas’ foreign policy, I would agree with you.
In all charity, I just have a fundemental problem with that
What do you have a problem with? I believe the root cause of 9-11 was our foreign policy towards the middle east over the last several decades. This isn’t being “emotional” or “anti-American” but being truthful. Many foreign policy experts say the same thing.
Especially when those grounds are nothing more than shifting
sand.
Saddam did not comply. That it, that’s all, that’s the line in the sand. Period.
If you think he complied, was above board, as was NOT a friend or potential friend to terrorists in a post-9/11 world, then what can I say??
Using the logic that because Saddam violated UN treaties/santions then we were justified in our invasion, then would the UN be justified in building a coalition and invading Israel since they too have been in violation of UN treaties/santions?
Is that so bad?
Liberalism is. It is based on an idea that a utopia can be achieved. It can’t. History has proved that. Charity is not a liberal idea. But governmentally forced “charity” is.
So what should the role of the government be?
You’re wrong here. I’ve read dozens of books, and read hundreds of articles from the left, right, and in between. But I read these books and articles not with the purpose of reconfirming my position, but simply to know the **truth. **And this research, along with guidance from the Church has led me to my anti-war stance.
Being anti-war is your stance. War can bring horrible pain and suffering, but it also can bring justice and freedom. You are thowing out the baby with the bathwater.
I am no pacifist…I believe the application of force is sometimes justified. I just believe that our invasion in Iraq was a huge mistake. How can anyone, after all that we learned since the invasion, after all that we see happening over there, feel that this was a smart move?
When it come to the war in Iraq, I am certain of my stance. If this makes me self-righteous…so be it. BTW no ome has given me any “facts” that justify Americas’ war in Iraq.
Puleeeeeeeeese!
When you say I’m anti-soldier, what do you mean? I want them to die? I don’t care about them? I believe they are evil?
When your criticism is almost WORD FOR WORD the same as that of the middle eastern propagandists supporting the terrorists, it is NOT supportive of our soldiers. It just isn’t.
You reap what you sow. And Americas’s one-sided foreign policy in the Middle East, no matter how good the intentions, has sown hatred across the Middle East. I’m not justifying what the terrorist did, but to prevent it from happening again, I believe we have to understand their motives.
a woman who is raped reaps what she sows??
Hi PM,
