[truenospinzone]

Yeah, that's all Al-Q'aeda is--a theology and knitting party... Knitting and baking brownies and helping the less fortunate.

Actually, despite your attempts at cheap humor and misrepresentation of my thoughts, you just illustrated my point exactly. We agree that the Al-Q'aeda is "them". So let's go after them - not them, anyone who looks like them, anyway in a country near them, or even anyone who celebrates what they did in the streets. Prove that a country directly helped out this terrorist group, and we'll target them as well. But the key word is "prove", as opposed to "rely on the base instinct of humans to harm those that did harm to them, and point our guns towards other groups we'd be better off without whether they have anything to do with 'terrorism' or not".

My point is that whether I'm right or wrong here, the viewpoint stated above is not automatically unpatriotic.

And wow, look at that, I got through an entire thought process without hurling a cheap insult your way. Who knew you could do that on FR?

[Cogadh na Sith]

So let's go after them - not them, anyone who looks like them, anyway in a country near them, or even anyone who celebrates what they did in the streets. Prove that a country directly helped out this terrorist group, and we'll target them as well. But the key word is "prove", as opposed to "rely on the base instinct of humans to harm those that did harm to them, and point our guns towards other groups we'd be better off without whether they have anything to do with 'terrorism' or not".

It is my sincerest belief as a member of the National Guard and one who works in the defense arena in a civilian role as well that what you described is precisely what we are doing. I support it wholeheartedly.