[OKIEDOC]

cssmall wrote:
"By the way, most of the rest of the world has very liberal governments with strong social safety nets and the people, generally, are happy"

REPLY:
Just one little thing to pick with you. Yes European governments are very liberal (socialists/communists) and have very big safety nets.

They also don't have a standing army big enough to save their butts in case some small country like Iran doesn't like their liberalism.

These free love countries are also on the Muslims immediate endangered list.

In a few more years the Muslims will be installing their own brand of safety nets and then what kind of pickle will these liberal pacifists cowards find thyself in.

Just, as in the last hundred years, Europe will once again be calling on those terrible old conservative Americans to come save their sorry butts.

Only problem will be, is if liberals do get back in power, there will be no strong America to help save the world.

[lexorbis]

With all due respect to your comments about standing armies and liberal European governments, there is a reason that some of these governments (Germany in particular) do not have a terrorist problem.
During the 1970's, Germany was beseiged by terrorist activity and, instead of sending an army into the middle East to deal with the problem, they created a tactical police division called GSG9. This unit consisted of specially trained cadres and had one directive; to target and exterminate terrorists. Through surgically dealing with the issue and assassinating terrorists rather than destroying entire countries, Germany was able to eradicte virtually all terrorist activity within it's borders.