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**acissombiapse** · 12-11-2008, 05:28 PM

I'm rather tired of the back-and-forth "The US is a terrorist state!" "No, you kill innocents!" "No, you do!" So lets take a step back and set up a hypothetical, shall we?

It is 9/12/01, one day after the attacks, and you are POTUS. What would you do? What would you say? What would be your long-term plan, assuming you have 7 more years to be president?

This question is particularly meant for those living outside the US, but anyone can respond.

What would you, as POTUS, have done on 9/12/01?

Ill play devils advocate. I would remove all US military and govt funded support from the middle east and other islamic lands. THis is primarily what AQ wants. In the long run, I have no clue what this would do. Most likely allow them to overthrow more democratic countries into total theocracies and all the human rights abuses that come with it. We would also lose any ability to trade competitively, and might be cut off from oil alltogether depending on whether the new rulers allowed selling oil to infidels. It would probably not be safe for americans to travel to these countries.

We might be safe here at home, everyone else would not be. Its hard to tell whethe they would take our retreat as a sign for them to stay in their lands, or bolster them to expand their control.

12-11-2008, 05:28 PM	#32
acissombiapse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 411 Senior Member	I'm rather tired of the back-and-forth "The US is a terrorist state!" "No, you kill innocents!" "No, you do!" So lets take a step back and set up a hypothetical, shall we? It is 9/12/01, one day after the attacks, and you are POTUS. What would you do? What would you say? What would be your long-term plan, assuming you have 7 more years to be president? This question is particularly meant for those living outside the US, but anyone can respond. What would you, as POTUS, have done on 9/12/01? Ill play devils advocate. I would remove all US military and govt funded support from the middle east and other islamic lands. THis is primarily what AQ wants. In the long run, I have no clue what this would do. Most likely allow them to overthrow more democratic countries into total theocracies and all the human rights abuses that come with it. We would also lose any ability to trade competitively, and might be cut off from oil alltogether depending on whether the new rulers allowed selling oil to infidels. It would probably not be safe for americans to travel to these countries. We might be safe here at home, everyone else would not be. Its hard to tell whethe they would take our retreat as a sign for them to stay in their lands, or bolster them to expand their control.
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