Posted on 12/17/2008 9:27:31 PM PST by Masti
Talking Points Memo & Impact Segment
America and the Arab world
"Press reports say the guy who threw his shoes at President Bush is a big hero in the Arab world, which points out how difficult it is to deal with some Muslims. There's no question that the USA has sacrificed greatly to bring a measure of freedom to Iraq. If this guy had thrown his shoes at Saddam, he would have been executed. But now he has freedom of expression, thanks to us. The question is, why we are spending billions to free these people if many of them don't even want freedom?
We just don't know if our investment in blood and treasure will ever pay off. For now, the Bush administration and the incoming Obama administration must protect us from Muslim fanatics. There are two schools of thought: Obama apparently believes in a 'softer' approach, saying he will ban all coercive interrogation and close Guantanamo Bay; Dick Cheney thinks that's a mistake and says America was right in getting tough on people like Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. So all Americans need to think about the danger from the Muslim world and how we should deal with it. Despite the economy, that remains the toughest problem Barack Obama will face in his presidency."
Alternative (like nuclear) energy?
Howdi masti, how u feel?
The question is, why did we spend so much treasure and blood to free slaves if many of their descendants don't even want freedom?
The question is, why we are spending billions to keep Americans free if many of them don't even want freedom?
“The question is, why we are spending billions to free these people if many of them don’t even want freedom?”
After 9/11 we became engaged in the WOT. The powers that be chose iraq as the location to begin taking the WOT abroad. Giving these a-holes freedom was incidental to removing hussein and killing the AQ cockroaches who went there to fight.
A-rabs can not live in peace- not with each other nor with anyone else. They are by and large a hopeless subpart of the species.
They have been indoctrinated to hate Israel and the US and for many of them, that will never change, no matter what liberties they attained through our efforts.
Just finish kicking some radical islamist ass and then get the hell out of there. Afganistan is next.
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