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Last night on TV there was a report on security at Turner Field for opening day. They were searching everyone and everything -even making people remove hats and unzip jackets. Whether or not anyone agrees, I'd rather stay home than be subjected to increasing *security*.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Aubie: (snip) We have done exactly what the terrorists wanted - we have ruined our Democracy while fueling decades of terrorism-to-come, which will further suppress our Democracy. (more snip) </font> Or, should we pursue a path of policy that is in our best interest and fitting with our perceived mission? In other words, should we do what we think is right or what others see as right for us? You propose the latter. I think that the terrorists DID NOT win for we have not appreciably changed our policies..that is really what they wanted. In fact, they want the same thing that the other Middle Eastern countries want. They want us to disown Israel, stay out of the Middle East and buy their oil without complaint. The difference is that the terrorists use force, fear and pain to convince while other countries try diplomacy. I think your analysis is off the mark. Our democracy is far from ruined. Some of us might say the democracy was damaged by leftist liberal policies that have left us with a handout based society that punishes success and rewards whining. Some of us see what is happening as strengthening the country, not damaging it. Some of us have gotten over the election, others have not. All that said, what has all that got to do with Travel Safety rather than political beliefs. http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...um/biggrin.gif |
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To change either our domestic or foreign policies because of either terrorism or the threat of terrorism would only encourage others that are dissatisfied with our specific policies to try and effect change in the same way, i.e. more terrorism or more threats of terrorism. Once you set a policy of negotiating with terrorist, then terror becomes an effective tool for many others to use. IMHO this type of thinking is seriously flawed. rawbert <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Aubie: The terrorists were OUR doing - a product of OUR foreign policy. As the Cold War ended, the UN, not the US, should have taken the World stage. Yes, what the terrorists did was wrong, just as the invasion of Iraq is wrong, but both are the same elements of military agression. After an initial hunt for those directly involved, a responsible leader would have taken a good analysis of the elements that caused the attacks, and adjusted our foreign policy so that other people would have less reason to want to attack our country. A recent NPR interview with a Prof. of Middle Eastern studies said this: Our gov't does not seem to understand that terrorism is not rooted in people, but rather, in ideas. The idea of terrorism is every-changing and without structure. It is impossible to physically contain terrorists. The more we provoke the Middle East, the more fuel we will add to the ideas of terrorism. We have done exactly what the terrorists wanted - we have ruined our Democracy while fueling decades of terrorism-to-come, which will further suppress our Democracy. A tiny army only a few dozen managed to get 19 soldiers to defeat our entire trillion-dollar army. Thanks to the assistance of the bush admin, we have lost the war on terrorism. Today, the USA stands defeated. Our democracy stands a slave to a new fascist police state. Does anyone have the courage to discard the ruins of democracy and start again? </font> [This message has been edited by rawbert (edited 04-01-2003).] |
To not change and protect ourselves, which should have been done years ago, would have more devestating effects. But I agree that limits should be set.
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