"Won't that just make the terrorists mad and cause them to increase their attacks?</European Logic>"
It's intersting how American patriotism manifests itself these days--the same way Rome's did during the latter part of their empire. We're better than you, neiner neiner neiner, and we hate all of you unless you obey our directives.
American logic: Bomb them (we'll watch on tv as we drink beer and eat hot dogs) and suicide bombers will be afraid they'll be killed, hence decrease their attacks. The Patriot Act prevents them from hurting us. Why, security is so good now, they can't hop on a train or walk into a mall and blow it up. Geez Louise, why can't Israel "prevent attacks" the way we have?
Answer. Because they haven't set their sights back on us.
They can hit us, at any time, and regradless of the undemocratic measure we take, we cannot stop this with force and security alone.
Why haven't they attacked us again? It is apparant they are taking a western tour. When they decide to hit us again, they will, so maybe we should stop acting arrogantly and as if other nations are idiots and we are so purely perfect. We do need to unite against this and find a solution instead of trying to ridicule and bully other western nations into being followers of our directives. We are vulnerable and we do need help. I personally think Bush is an idiot. I wouldn't hitch my horse to his wagon for all the tax breaks in the world. He can make stupid repetitive Orwellian statements all he wants, but I am watching his other moves, and unless the border is protected and oil and interventionism policy is adjusted, his "war on terror" is useless. Sorry, but that's the truth.
Ugh, aren't you posting on the wrong forum.
I think your probably trying to be well meaning.
However, the cowardly pacifists anti-American liberals (Democrats) in this country will someday get a lot of Americans needlessly killed.
Why? Because they want to bury their heads and hope the savage terrorists go away.
No, we bomb, invade, replace their corrupt, backward leaders with decent ones and show the huddled masses of the Middle East that there's more to life than splattering women and babies on a bus. Anything less is surrender to an extremist element of their culture. I would love for other nations to work together with us in accomplishing this massive, difficult task, but they have another "solution": Pay the corrupt, backward leadership not to kill us and otherwise stick their head in the sand while their non-assimilatory Muslim population grows. As for closing the borders, I'm with you but that's the kind of thing our progressive friends consider "Orwellian."