Defend ourselves?
Again, I said I was fine with the fact that we went into Afghanistan. The terrorists that conducted 9/11 were based out of that region.
But you keep skeetering around the elephant in the room - Iraq. What exactly were we "defending" ourselves from in that country? What did Iraq do to the United States to justify having us aggressively takeover their country and kill hundreds of thousands of their citizens?
Can't you admit that this war was likely started for some poor reasons (ie making $'s) and that this is pretty shitty of the United States?
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Are you playing smart or confused? First you posted "they did it because of Afghanistan". Now you are talking about Iraq. So which is it?
Iraq happened after 9-11. 9-11 happened after many attacks on US to which we closed our eyes, and refused to confront the enemy. This is what emboldened them.
Look, this war started way before 9-11. It began with the Muslim brotherhood in the 50's and 60's, and gained steam after the Iranian revolution, when Sunnis found themselves facing radical Shi'ite Islamism growing in the region. Osama bin Laden and Zawahiri were students of the Muslim Brotherhood. Iran and Iraq lost over a million people fighting a religious sectarian war, basically.
Bottom line is you have no understanding of what we are really up against. They're gonna have a problem with you (as in the West in general) whether you killed people or not, whether you defend yourself or not, whether they started it or you did. This is an ideological war, you understand? It is about the SPREAD of Islamic dominance in order to drag the world back to 7th century medieval Islamic barbarism and Shariah law. And the West is in the way.
You have two choices, you either fight, or submit to the will of Allah. Making concessions isn't going to help, it would be akin to appeasing the Nazis. We saw how far that got us. Neither is "negotiating". They look at any negotiation and "let's talk" or "let's make a deal" as WEAKNESS and sign of desperation. The only thing they respond to, is strength, fear, and might. That is how their leaders have ruled for thousands of years, it's their culture. The biggest baddest dog gets his way and rules. That's how Mohammad became prophet. He was the most barbaric among a tribe of savage barbarians.