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"If only more liberals were like you."

Haha! Unfortunately, i live in Canada and i am a "new-democratic" partisan...the close equivalent of the libertarian party, which explains my nickname! I think we should get rid of our problems in America (i mean the continent!!!) first! Even the war in Iraq is a bit doubtful but if it really is a matter of safety, i guess we "need" it, but i can't tell as we do not FEAR too much terrorist attack around here...

I think we should get rid of our problems in America (i mean the continent!!!) first!

I honestly haven't the slightest clue whether or not the "new democratic" party is the Canadian equivalent to the Libertarian party, so I guess I can't remark whether or not we would have the same perspective on certain things. I'm more of a Neal Boortz Libertarian - I'm all for civil liberties and strict Constitutional adherence, but I also realize that the enemy we're fighting takes some measures to defeat that might be perceived as violations to those values. But it's certainly not something we can ignore. If we can stop terrorist attacks and not tread on certain rights, great. But that's not the world we live in. I'm not about to sacrifice my life or the lives of my countrymen because I find it inconvenient to have my bag searched at an airport on in a subway terminal. It's good to have values. It's another to have fetishes.

But to get to your quote - we are never going to get rid of our problems here. Never. We will always have problems. Thomas Sowell states it best when he says that there are no solutions to our problems, only trade-offs. You'll never get rid of crime, poverty, violence, etc. The best you can do is have a system that's best equipped to help the most people with the limited resources that we have. Given that, not doing anything about the Middle East situation is ridiculous. Not only will we have the problems we already have, but then we'll have more terrorist attacks if we let outlaw governments and groups go untouched. Now, I am open to debate to whether or not invasion is the answer or whether we just go in and bomb the hell out of these countries until they will and ability to fight is eradicated. Either one's fine with me.

And believe me. We do FEAR terrorist attacks here. Maybe you don't in Canada because nothing has happened there. But I certainly fear it here. And many of my countrymen do, as well. Unfortunately, there are a great many who don't fear it and want to forget that 9/11 ever happened. I never forget.