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Tue Oct-13-09 08:20 PM
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| Seeing the war cost numbers, at some point we have to say that a certain number of terrorist attacks |
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Edited on Tue Oct-13-09 08:42 PM by RB TexLa
are acceptable. I don't see how we can just keep spending and spending on this. There is no way to justify the cost compared to losses in potential attacks.
edited to add: The economy would adjust to a number of attacks per year.
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| PDJane
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:23 PM
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| 1. moreover, there will likely be fewer terrorist attacks |
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If you will change to a tactic of building up the country instead of bombing it to oblivion.
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:24 PM
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| 2. What is the relationship between terrorist attacks & these wars anyway? |
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:25 PM
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| 4. All of the spending on protecting us. It's just too much money wasted. |
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Edited on Tue Oct-13-09 08:25 PM by RB TexLa
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:26 PM
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| The children we are bombing today will be the terrorists of tomorrow. |
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That is how they are connected.
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:25 PM
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| 3. If half of the money for the wars went to intelligence and police work, |
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any potential terrorists attacks would be dealt with for what they are--mass crimes. Most would be prevented.
The real cost of the Endless Wars is recruiting future terrorists.
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:26 PM
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| 5. Half of that spent on intelligence and police is still way too much money wasted. |
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Edited on Tue Oct-13-09 08:27 PM by RB TexLa
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:26 PM
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:29 PM
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| 7. "war" should never have been the response to 9/11 in the first place. |
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an act of war is perpetrated by a nation, not an organization of criminals.
by declaring war- the cheney misadministration elevated and legitimized alqueda from a bunch of thugs to an actual enemy.
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:35 PM
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| 9. Even if you cut out the war, just all the money wasted here on police and such. It's not worth it. |
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:32 PM
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| 8. The real enemy is within our gates |
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I heard Al Q was being defeated in Afghanistan and now moving to other countries instead. You have to ask youself what I have I done to deserve a terrorist attacking me? I haven't done anything?
Why doesn't China do more in Afghanistan?
I think the real enemy is actually within the gates.
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Tue Oct-13-09 08:39 PM
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| 10. we're completely happy living with 35,000+ killed each year by drunk-driving terrorists in the u.s.- |
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so a few suicide bombings here and there shouldn't be any big deal.
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