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Undertoad · 10-06-2001, 02:16 PM

Surprised you did not find one of the obvious conclusions from the Frontline report on the terrorism buildup - that when we retaliate with direct violent force, they get all quiet and go back to their hidey-holes.

I'm typically an extreme dove, but after watching that Frontline report, I'm convinced. It's really Reagan's fault. Botched response after botched response, the only thing that seemed to work is the response we gave Quadaffi: bomb the living crap out of his HOUSE.

They just don't respect anything but a severe smackdown. And I'm also convinced that racism is at the very heart of the entire problem.

Also, here's a question for ya... what would happen if we withdrew all support for Israel and left it to its own deeds? It might just go nuts, and it does have the resources to fight and probably win a war. Maybe the real reason we stay in the area is to stick our two cents in trying to prevent that war? Maybe the real reason the Arabs hate the Jews is racism and historically they've believed the Jews were inferior? Maybe the Jews would kick their ass across the desert in a way that we never would? Maybe we're there because supporting some form of status quo, no matter how screwed up, maintains the flow of oil?

I'm not sure, these are all hard questions.

10-06-2001, 02:16 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Surprised you did not find one of the obvious conclusions from the Frontline report on the terrorism buildup - that when we retaliate with direct violent force, they get all quiet and go back to their hidey-holes. I'm typically an extreme dove, but after watching that Frontline report, I'm convinced. It's really Reagan's fault. Botched response after botched response, the only thing that seemed to work is the response we gave Quadaffi: bomb the living crap out of his HOUSE. They just don't respect anything but a severe smackdown. And I'm also convinced that racism is at the very heart of the entire problem. Also, here's a question for ya... what would happen if we withdrew all support for Israel and left it to its own deeds? It might just go nuts, and it does have the resources to fight and probably win a war. Maybe the real reason we stay in the area is to stick our two cents in trying to prevent that war? Maybe the real reason the Arabs hate the Jews is racism and historically they've believed the Jews were inferior? Maybe the Jews would kick their ass across the desert in a way that we never would? Maybe we're there because supporting some form of status quo, no matter how screwed up, maintains the flow of oil? I'm not sure, these are all hard questions.