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Originally Posted by peragro
1. We could continue to browbeat ourselves that this was our fault.
2. We could pull out of Iraq prior to a stabilised and ready government existing there.
3. We could continue to see the threat as terrorism rather than fascist islamism.
4. We could trust that the UN will solve the current problems and that it has the best interests of Western Civilisaton in mind.
5. We could pursue an isolationist policy with regard to the rest of the world.
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1. Good example of your black and white view. You assert that I say it was our fault. Rather, I'm saying that we had a part in the tone of things getting to the present, less than optimal state. We cannot only behave as thought the other side is evil, evil to the core and that explains everything.
2. As long as we're there, fools are going to be slitting the throats of people who cooperate with the Americans. It will not stablilize while we're there. Oh maybe that's the idea: permanent occupation.
3. More like Islamic nationalism. The fascist label is moronic.
4. You got a blueprint for a UN like organization that would work any better?
5. Instead, lets act like we're the ones who are needed to straighten things out and like our notion of the best path forward is unfailingly accurate.
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Originally Posted by peragro
I guess we really should consider Iraq the epicenter of today's war, since Bin Laden has called it that.
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It is and we made it that way.