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Originally Posted by onwebcam
How soon we forget. Iraq... When are people going to get it. We created the real Islamic "terrorists" to do a job for us. Most current "terrorists" are really just oridinary people protecting their families against people who want to come over and kill their families. See how it all works? Bombs aren't the answer to the problem. Obama hasn't been in office long enough to "talk." So he obviously isn't trying to talk. And the reason being is because Obama doesn't really run the show.
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Oh don't get me wrong - Iraq was 100% the wrong thing to do and was a manufactured war, and "terrorists" there are probably mostly fitting under your definition - militants born out of vengeance over being attacked. I also realize that the U.S. did CREATE the mess in Afghanistan to help them stave off Russia, and the situation we left there probably gave birth to a ton more terrorists. The only problem is that it doesn't change the fact that NOW those people are plotting against us.
Just like Obama can't just call an end to the Iraq stuff in an instant (gee, you don't think the people we're fighting would take advantage of the situation if we did, would they? I just don't see them instead going 'whew, the Americans are out now - let's go sit down and play video games!'), he can't call an end to any other military operations currently going on either. Phase it all out over some time, sure, but not an immediate end to all of it. He's never said he would do that, and this stuff shouldn't be unexpected to anyone. Look at the Guantanamo Bay stuff - his actions, which are probably about the most immediate he can take, are to agree to get it closed down in a year's time. Does that mean he's condoning it for a year in the meantime?