Should America stop Leading the fight on Terrorism..............?
357731
Absolutely NOT. No other country has the resources and intelligence capabilities that the United States does. It would be logistically impossible for another country to lead the war on terror.\n\nIt is true, however, that other countries need to step up and commit to the war on terror. Recent terrorism has shown it does not care about national boundaries, religion, political philosophies or the status of civilians. The United States has a volunteer military of over 2,000,000 (including Reserves) who stay in because they believe in the fight and want to be part of the solution.\n\nThe former British colonies of the United States, England and Australia have been leading the fight since it began in earnest. Each of those countries is committed to the fight and has not faltered. They have the experience and the know-how to continue and lead the fight.
146426
it's all about the maintenance of alliance with the Brits. these guys (the two gov'ts) walk in lock-step, and especially since the beginning of the so-called "war on terror," all freedom fighters have too much of the "terrorist" stink on them (fomented of course, by the dominant government force) for any sort of change. don't look for the US to change their stance anytime soon, no matter how many Irish-Americans push for it.
248634
i don't know. personally I have always been against it and have believed from the beginning that this has been handled the wrong way. i'm no politician, but i don't see how you can handle terrorism by waging war on a country that now we are saying we are liberating. what kind of hipocrits are we? look what we did to their country and families. Do you think those individuals were responsible for a maniacs choices? They had no more control over the situation then you and I  and the men in charge of it is in hiding and the countymen are still suffering as are our boys and girls.
1010357
You honestly believe that every person who is concerned about terrorism should go out and actually join the military? It's the same as saying if your a good American then you should go out and join! Besides, there are a lot of civilians that do plenty for our country and the war on terrorism. I'm a military wife and believe me, it's not easy. The sacrifices military spouses and military children make makes it possible for our loved ones to do what they need to do for our country. We have to play the role of both parents when the service member is gone. The children miss out on their parent being around. I could go and on. What about all these wonderful people that take the time to really support our troops over there? The ones that send care packages to the troops who they don't even know. Stuff like that is what keeps our service members going. No, you don't have to be on the front-line to fight terrorism. I believe that our military makes the biggest sacrifices of all, but there are plenty of us out there who pull our weight in more ways then one.
953534
it's about time, six years of hell is enough. this administration have totally lost its focus on the war on terror. instead of stopping terror, they're creating it. \n\nthose who don't support the war in iraq are labelled ..... liberals, cowards, traitors. IS THIS AMERICA? can't we have opposing view? i fully support the war in agfhanistan, but i will never support a war that has nothing to do with anything.\n\ndo you really want to "STAY THE COURSE"? do you actually believed that you can win a war without a valid reason? do you want it to end like nam? 60000 dead us soldiers later\n\nthis war is a mistake. stop it now! \n\nbeing patriotic is "DON'T ASK WHAT THIS COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS COUNTRY"\n\ndon't change it to meant "DON'T ASK WHAT THIS MORON CAN DO FOR YOU BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THIS MORON"
1100479
That would be better especially because as we try to eliminate terrorists were just making more enemies. However, how are  you supposed talk to them, and what are you goin to say? It's best if we wouldn't get people angy in the first place. Besides were not having a war on terror, thats just an excuse to get Iraq's oil.
82467
Now, dont everybody jump on me at once, but i say yes.  I think we stick our noses where they dont belong, adn if their ways or customs dont agree with us, we find a way to make them look like a bad guy.  So basically, i think we should leave the other countries alone and concentrate more on domestic issues for awhile.\n\nAnd as far the answere below me goes....We have been bombed roughly 3 times in our entire existance by foreigners. So we are not being bombed all over the place.  What does Osama Bin Laden have to do Iraq and their freedom? If they want our help and they asked for it, then by all means i support it, but when theye didnt ask and we take it into our own hands, it means mind your business.  Maybe if your party wasnt so concerned trying to colonize the non western world, you would be able to see that.
1051093
NOPE. i dont think we will ever be able to "win the war on terror" its stupid. the president is stupid!
834987
Maybe...I heard W on the radio this morning saying that the choice between republicans and democrats was the choice between fighting terrorists or giving up (letting them win)! Does anyone (even hard-core republicans) really believe that any American would just give up the fight against terrorists?\n\nIs anyone STUPID enough to fall for this nonsense? I understand the whole lowering taxes, anti-abortion, anti-gay message (although I don't agree with it), but come on. \n\nIf this war in Iraq was diminishing world terrorism, even slightly, maybe Americans would be behind it. Recent reports show that the Iraq war is actually encouraging more terrorism!\n\nW said that democrats view the war in Iraq as a distraction but the republicans know that the war is the front against terrorists. So since the democrats want to leave Iraq, they're against fighting terrorists! What flawed logic. I miss having an intelligent, articulate president who didn't embarrass me. I'd MUCH rather have John McCain (whose views I don't share) than W who I don't agree with but also makes Americans look like idiots to the rest of the world.
1141977
We are not winning the "war against terror" all because we made so many enemies that it is hard to figure out who is the terrorist and who is not.  Bush on the other hand; don't even know who is the terrorist because if he did; we wouldn't be in Iraq at the present moment.  The truth is we are our own terrorist and the reason I said this is because how many times do we hear someone American is blowing up something or trying to blow up something?  How many times do we hear about American killing American which goes on everyday of our lives?  I mean who is the real terrorist to us?  We can't control our own people in the USA so how do we figure that we can control someone else in another country?  No one is really winning the "war against terror or terrorist".
1178173
violence begets violence.\n\nHas there been another 9/11? I guess they are frightened off from our homeland US.\n------------------------------\n\nLOL...oh, you are so naive.\n\nRough estimate is we've killed about 40% of them and they have failed to recuit more.\n------------------------------\nSounds like a rough estimate you pulled from your butthole.\n\nWhat do you suggest we should have done?\n-------------------------------\nlol, that's the governments job...the point is...what you and the gov't are doing...ain't workin. Dude, you are so overly defensive it's not even funny. Bush and his cronies could've tried to stop this. They didn't. They knew OBL and al qaeda were planning something. They did nothing. They let 3,000 americans die with their inaction. To serve their political agendas.
886904
I don't think we have reached the point of no return but I do think we are dangerously close to getting to that point.  I don't pretend to be a  political expert by any stretch, just an average person so I may be wrong, but it seems to me that we are way too anxious to go all over the world to fight battles for who ever cries for help while leaving our own borders wide open.  We have terrorism going on in our own country everyday with freaks like the guy who went into the Amish school and shot 10 little girls killing 5 of them.  I don't know what the average daily number of homicides is in this country but I know that in our state capitol, the number this year is staggering.  Drive by shootings, murder - suicide and random acts of violence are nothing but homeland terrorism.  That, coupled with the horridous influx of illegal immigrants has made this a scary place to live.  I think we need to stop trying to save the world and work on saving our nation.  I completely support our troops and the work they do every day all around the world and am actually the mother of a military person but I still think we need to use our military here at home to close our borders, protect us from incoming threats and concentrate on Homeland Security.  How can we save the world if we can't save ourselves?  (you said you wanted detailed answers! :)
775409
The Middle East IS overrun with terrorists. Where have you been? Europe seems to be stocking up on white flags. all out war is a definite possibility. That's why we should do everything possible to stop them now. If we don't, they will only get stronger & the war, when (not if) it comes will be bloodier.
222293
Ask the Israelis if the war on terrorism is winnable.  The Israelis have been fighting in one fashion or another since its conception as a nation in the 1950's. We can only defend against terrorism.  Our existence as a nation could very well be the reason that most terrorist or countries that support them wont stop.  It will only win if they decide to give up and "live and let live". The truth of the matter isn't the fact of who is in office or what our politics is. Its a matter of our ability to BE CONTROLLED!  We can not as a people be controlled because we have rights under our system of laws that guarantee freedoms are protected.  To read the US constitution and our bill of rights states the major reasons for there hatred of the USA.  The truth is no its not winnable in one sense, BUT to just pick up and quit is the day we loose all rights as a nation to keep those freedoms they are afraid of...
989794
Just in case noone's figured out yet, everyone in the world except for England hates us, so there's really no creating enemies; they're already there. And I'm sick of government idiots thinking we can stop terrorism by invading every country with terrorists. EVERY MIDDLE-EASTERN COUNTRY HAS TERRORISTS! There has to be another way, or we're going to end up turning the worlds oil supply (and an entire culture) into a parking lot.
718227
Look at the poll numbers...Not everyone does...The numbers decline each and every day...Look at how many liberties have been taken away from us all in the name of fighting terrorism...People buy anything hook, line and sinker, if it is packaged right...
54059
We are in a global war on Terror. \nWe are taking action.  \n\nUnfortunately our president thought it was best to "Sell" this war piecemeal "war in Iraq, followed by war in Afghanistan" etc.\n\nHad he been more forthcoming, more people would be in support. \n\nThe truth is: we are in a global war on terror that will last decades or until every Islamic country has a stable government that can police their own fringe radicals.\n\nIt needs to be done, and it is being done.\n\nThough I'm not so sure it is being done the right way.  I'm a bit more cynical.  \n\nI say:\n\nInstall friendly dictators in every nation that poses a risk (They know how to deal with these problems) Democracy is beyond the abilities of most of the populations we're talking about.\n\nDevelop an alternative form of Energy and embargo all mid-east oil.\n\nGive Israel free reign to defend themselves as they see fit. \n\nYou'll see a mid-east that begs for our presence, our moderating effect on Israel and our $$ !