Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[ieddyi]

<<<<<<<The governments of Iraq and Afghanistan are very unstable.
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This may be true as they are both transitioning from dictatorships to representative democracies. Don't you think we are better off without the taliban running terrorist training camps in afghanistan? Yes, Iraq is more unstable at this particlar point in time, but the previous "security" was because of the sadistic rule of sadaam. I would view that as a positive.
I think you're implying that our current anti terrorist stance has caused a resusgence in terrorism. 9/11 was how many years in the making? They first tried in 1992. This is not a new fight. OUr recognition of it and our reslove to fight it is new Your absolutely right to link the horror in russia to al queda. They purposely picked a catholic part of the country to commit their atrocity. They would lave to do the same thing to our children.
I think it comes down to how to deal with the islamic radical threat- appeasement or confrontation. Just think back to WWII and how chamberlain sought to appease the nazis.. Churchill sought to confront them and was labeled a fool and a warmongerer.
France is trumpeting it's antiwar status as a reason the release their hostages in Iraq- they just don't get it. They don't realize that they're a target as much as we are