[kidd]

nor can it be argued that any nation this century apart from Japan has posed such a threat

Other than a direct attack on American citizens on American soil, the gruesome murder of an American reporter and threats to unleash nuclear and chemical weapons on America, those Al Qaeda guys and their supporters in other countries are really pretty nice people, huh?

[johniegrad]

I can appreciate Demidog's position. I think the issue boils down to who determines what the imminent threat to our nations is and what the criteria used are. Please see my #31. I maintain that Demidog will never have the opportunity to test his beliefs about military intervention because no one with that set of beliefs will ever be elected to the appropriate position of authority. The electorate will never settle for that level of risk to our sovereignity. Therefore, he can argue from an irrefutable position not because it is necessarily correct but because it can never be tested.

[Demidog]

So is it your contention that it is America's responsibility to rid the world of people who aren't nice?