[NEWyear]

What is this so called "war on terror?" Who are we fighting? We sit back and debate why and how we should fight this war, but what are we fighting? The answer is nothing. Were fighting a thought, an idea, an emotion. So what do our leaders do? We kill the bad guys, but if terroism is an idea how do we kill it? Do we just whipe out every person with a bad thought about us? Are we psycic? What about the sons and daughters of the terrorists we do kill? Oh my god... they come back more passionate because now this great problem solver has killed there mother or father. No this is obviosly not the answer. If we kill the bad guys there will only be more bad guys. We never fix a problem, we just create these quick fixes that fix it for a short time. It works for the time being, but the problem always comes back worse. So why is there terrorism? What creates terrorism? Well the answer is simple. Passion is the sole engine of terrorism. Whenever there is passion there is action and we create this passion. Our constant minipulation and backstabing have finally caught up with is. It was inevitable. We screw people over and of course they are going to be pissed about it. We have ignored the world and thought only of ourselves. For years we have thought we were doing what was in our best interest. Afterall who wants to do what isnt in there best interest? So where are we? We have thought of our selves as the problem solvers. We invest in countries to help them out. It is a good deed that we do. Or is it? Is it a good deed to aid a country and then wave this aid like a carrot above there head? Threatening to take it away if they dont do as we tell them and support our ideas. That my friends is minipulation. That is what creates this passionate hate that drives terrorism. Think of Osama Bin Laden, he is a man so passionate that he made others passionate. A leader that made others feel passionate enough to give up there own lives for the sake of the cause. I dont hate Osama Bin Laden for what he did on 9/11. I pity him. He is a person so driven with hateful passion that he had to do something to get back at us.

[Jannet.K]

[QUOTE=Banry
Think of Osama Bin Laden, he is a man so passionate that he made others passionate. A leader that made others feel passionate enough to give up there own lives for the sake of the cause. I dont hate Osama Bin Laden for what he did on 9/11. I pity him. He is a person so driven with hateful passion that he had to do something to get back at us.[/QUOTE]

For some reason, People don't beleive what Osama said after 911. Noiw suddenly, Saddam is responsible for 911, (at least the Bush administration is promoting that line.)
BUT
Osama stated that the reason for his action was retaliation for our actions in favor of Israel, and in opposition to Islamic countries. That is the biggest lie regarding 911

[drlifeech]

Never assume everyone in Washington is stupid. The only reasonable conclusion I can come to is that the "war on terror" is deliberately vague so as to sound good but mean nothing. A politician can say we are "winning" and no one will have any numbers to disprove it.

See also: "smoke and mirrors"

[k1ePRlda]

Im sorry I didnt mean for my post to come accross as a statement that all people in washington are stupid. Washington is filled with very smart people.

[Tusanoc]

"War on Terror" is the same thing as "Stay the Course", or "Just Say No", or "Zero Tolerance". It's catchy lingo that politicians use to describe some kind of plan of action that only really works in newspapers and on tv and has no real basis in our own current living experience. What the "War on Terror" is to me right now is actually a war that America is having with it's own self. If America is serious about freedom and sovereignty and democracy in Iraq, than it's only real solution is to get out of there and let Iraqis decide what to do and how to live. Without the American leash. If we want them to be truly free, than the only thing we can do is to leave, in the end. But now I'm digressing.

These catch phrases are supposed to encompass major things, but in reality, people aren't "Saying No", and the silly "Stay the Course" idea is wearing out it's welcome.

[italertb]

Im sorry I didnt mean for my post to come accross as a statement that all people in washington are stupid. Washington is filled with very smart people.

Agreed. However, all those smart people are working for the very stupid ones so the end result is the same.

[teridbruse]

These catch phrases are supposed to encompass major things, but in reality, people aren't "Saying No", and the silly "Stay the Course" idea is wearing out it's welcome.

The "war on terror" isn't wearing thin with the right wingers. Although it IS a useless phrase with precious little meaning, it DOES have the word "war" in it, prompting the George Bush fan club to trot that out when they bring up that garbage about criticizing a president during wartime.