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Many people feel that the proper response to terrorist acts is to go after the terrorists themselves, not declare war on a country and subject that country's citizens to the same horrific violence that we underwent. Our government says we should be prepared for more terrorist acts against us as a result of the war in Iraq. It will be interesting to see if the world's reaction to next act of terrorism against us is different than it was the last time.

I don't give a flying f**k what the rest of the world "thinks" next time we get hit. It's a huge mistake to expect anything rational from the world of appeasement. Since when did the opinions of the spoiled, who have been protected from evil for 50 years by American might, have any weight?

We saw who our friends were in the last several months...we know whose opinion we respect...but frankly, we don't tell them who they HAVE to listen to...they have elected leaders for that. So do we. WE can either throw them out, or re-elect them.

Dubya is constitutionally charged with PROTECTING AMERICANS from all enemies, foreign and domestic. Our troops in Iraq are doing that now...and freeing the Iraqi people at the same time. A pretty good daily double.

I have finally figured out that I shouldn't be surprised that so many Americans think we shouldn't do things that other countries oppose. In a country where kids now are expected to play baseball games where no one keeps score because "the losing team might feel bad", it's no surprise that we wouldn't go to war to protect ourselves from weapons of mass destruction because "we might hurt the Kofi Annan's feelings."

the analogy, as strange as it seems, applies.

"Many people feel that the proper response to terrorist acts is to go after the terrorists themselves"

And those who harbor and support them!

"not declare war on a country and subject that country's citizens to the same horrific violence that we underwent"

Would this be the horrific violence that Saddam has imposed on Iraqi civilians for over 20 years? Gassing them, cutting out their tongues, torturing children in front of their parents?
Saddam and his regime deliberately kills more citizens EVERY DAY than we will accidentally kill in the whole war.

From under which rock did you crawl?

What if the chief terrorist also happens to be the head of state of a country? How do you propose to go after the head of state of another country without going to war?

Being the friend or relative of a 9/11 victim does not automatically grant anyone any particular wisdom in knowing how to respond to terrorism, by the way. And I will point out to you that we tried mild responses to terrorist acts for 8 years. It led only to bigger and bigger terrorist acts, culminating in 9/11. The appeasement of evil has never worked, and will never work.