Bruzilla said:
Gee... now she's an expert of Middle Eastern politics... what an amazing woman.
Yeah, I read that part where she claims if we just got Israel out of the West Bank and us out of Iraq, the terrorism threat would end.
Of course, BEFORE Israel ever entered the West Bank, tens of thousands of Arabs tried to erase them from the planet - repeatedly.
Of course, before we were ever IN Iraq, we were attacked on 9/11 - and many many times PRIOR to that.
Before all of that - well, let's just say that countries like Turkey, Ireland, England, France, Germany, Russia, Japan - they've *NEVER* experienced terrorism, right? None of THEIR attacks had anything to do with al-Qaeda or Iraq or Palestine.
Terrorism isn't just about Palestine and Iraq. It's about someone with very limited power willing to threaten and kill to get what they want. (I'm waiting for the next big reason why we should capitulate to the North Koreans' version of terrorism.)
Now, as Americans, we do have a healthy amount of self-recrimination - that voice that says maybe we SHOULD have done things differently. That's good. It's a far cry from the self-LOATHING from the far left, who too frequently decries the United States as the worst in everything. While it MIGHT be patriotic to critque something, it's decidedly UNpatriotic to openly loathe it.
But there's a line where self-recrimination just ENDS, or at least it should. I mean, if some punk threatened to kill your dog unless your daughter went out on a date with him - most of us would have the cojones to kick his ass if he tried. So when when some thug tries the same stunt on a larger scale - why do so many want to surrender, blame themselves (well, their country - no one on the left blames THEMSELVES) and capitulate?
I can't tell you how much I HATE this whiney, we're SOOO wrong, please don't hurt us tell us what you want and please leave us alone attitude. If someone theatens you like that, you fight back. I just can't comprehend the attitude that says just give them what they want and maybe they'll go away. Because MY EXPERIENCE has always been, once you cave in, they'll be back with more demands. I mean, why WORK for something when you can threaten and get it for nothing?