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Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
This is a very interesting comment, DT.
Are you saying because we didn't have troops occupying other countries, we got attacked at Pearl Harbor? That's what it reads like.
But then, you said our troops were home at the time of the 9/11 attack, which is what didn't prevent the attack? REALLY? How many tens of thousands of American troops were stationed around the globe at that time? How many on ships in the Indian Ocean? How many Air Force personnel based in nearby countries?
How many successful foreign terrorist attacks were carried out inside the US prior to 9/11?
You think this was about not having troops in Iraq and Afghanistan? Is this Urinalysis, er, your analysis?
Exactly WTF are you trying to say with this because it reads like stereo instructions...
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Yssup, I know it's a struggle at times, but try to keep up.
The point I was making is that it doesn't matter whether we have troops deployed, not deployed, occupying countries or not, as long as the United States remains a World Power, we will ALWAYS be a target for attacks.
Right now in more than a few locations, some wanna-be terrorists are being shown videos of our troops in Afghanistan, Iraq etc and are being told that THIS is the reason why they should blow themselves up. To get rid of the evil "occupiers". My point was that we weren't occupying Iraq or Afghanistan prior to 9/11 yet teams of terrorists were sent to attack us. Now, a whole new generation of wanna be terrorists are being told to attack us because of our current occupation.
The fact that there was no
logical reason to attack us in 1993, to blow up our embassies in other countries, attack our ships or to attack us again in 2001 isn't part of the indoctrination process for these would be terrorists.
Even though we did NOT declare war on Germany or Japan after they began invading one country after the next, we were still attacked.
There will always be some nutcases or even entire Countries out there that, for whatever reason, decide that the "evil" United States is the problem. In my opinion, taking on those nutcases or Countries before they get a chance to strike or, making sure they pay the price for any strikes carried out against us, is essential for our Country to remain safe. So yes, I believe carrying the fight to Afghanistan has helped us disrupt potential future attacks. It's helped prevent them from setting up safe havens, training camps, logistics etc. Even in the tribal regions of Pakistan, where for years they felt untouchable, they now constantly have to stay on the move lest they find themselves on the receiving end of a Predator fired Hellfire missile or a Spec Ops team raid.
Those kinds of actions require that we keep troops overseas and bringing them home won't end the terrorists' will to attack us. Quite to the contrary, it will embolden them and provide them with the means, opportunity and time to plan and carry out further attacks.
