Well I'll say some things:usmarine2007 wrote:
Some people on here think leaving Iraq would stop all the insurgent attacks. Some people say because the US is involved in many operation world wide, that is why we (and our allies) are attacked. They claim that if we just pulled out of every country we are in, terrorism would stop.
If there was a terror attack in Ireland by a group traced to lets say Indonesia, what would Ireland do in your opinion?
a) I agreed with the Afghanistan campaign. Their government supported and nurtured Al Qaeda - the perpetrators of 9/11.
b) Iraqis never, with the explicit or hush-hush support of their government, perpetrated an act of terror against the US on US soil, if that is how you're trying to justify your presence there (correct me if I'm wrong).
c) Terrorism will not stop if you pull out. Terrorism will never stop. It cannot be totally defeated. THat is just a plain and simple fact. It doesn't matter how many of them you think you've killed. I don't think terrorism will stop when the US pull out but then there has only been two Islamic extremists terror attacks on US soil in the entire history of the US so it isn't exactly a persistent problem. It's a problem that could be effectively dealt with through isolationism, homeland and border security and vigilance.
d) If there was a terror attack in Ireland by a group traced to Indonesia I'd be asking where the fuck our security forces went wrong and how the fuck did these criminals slip through the security net. I certainly wouldn't blow up Indonesia because some Indonesian 'Timothy McVeigh' decided he wanted to blow some of my countrymen up. Personally I don't dig collective punishment. The sooner people realise that collective punishment produces more terrorists than there were before the better. Attacking Indonesia would do nothing to keep Irish citizens secure from terror. Nothing.
THE US MILITARY BEING IN IRAQ IS NOT PREVENTING TERRORISM OR DEALING WITH IT EFFECTIVELY.
Ask a Londoner or a Madrileno. Or potentially another US citizen in a few years, it's only a matter of time before they strike again on US soil. The Iraq mission will have done nothing to prevent it. I can't understand the argument that the 'Iraq campaign is combatting/preventing terrorism'.
Last edited by CameronPoe (2007-01-19 08:33:08)