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Originally posted by Paul Victorey
How? In the period of time from the week before the war with Iraq to the week after, anti-american sentiment in Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia jumped by *twenty percent*. That's HUGE. We won't win against terrorists until we can decrease the anti-american sentiment across the Mideast as a whole. In a region where the majority of the population hates us, there's no way to AVOID terrorism except to win popular support. Terrorists can't be beaten with guns; the terrorists only become martyrs and a dozen more will take their place. They can be beaten by winning over the public opinion. Without popular support, the terrorists will fall. Bin Laden and those like him are seen as sort of Robin Hoods, who fight for the rights of the undertrodden.
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The only reason they are whining about us is because we are there...I could care less about anything going on in Iraq except when Im watching TV and I see everyone arguing over everything, and I find myself thinking "Why dont we just bomb the hell out of all of them?" and its probably the same thing about them...they see our soldiers, they see our reporters, they see us on tv...they are just plain sick of us...so they complain, I cant honestly say I blame them...but come on...These people have always hated us, they resent the non religious bases goverment we have...they are upset cause they live in a ginat sand box, and they are plagued with war lords and dictators...They are perminently in a pissed off mood...besides, when did this war become about keeping the middle easterners happy??? This is about eliminating any threat to the US, and preventing any further terrorist attacks...If they got sucha big problem with it...o well, get your crap together and get a military worth the dirt they march on and do it yourself...until then shut the hell up...let us do what we got to do, and then we will leave...Just my humble opinion of course...