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<br>We're all pretty sure of where we all stand on this now!
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<br>What really worries me, I guess, is at WHAT POINT do we REALLY get serious about stopping terrorists and those that "declare war" on us? Apparently 6000 innocent lives murdered and two great buildings brought down isn't enough to get through all of our heads that we are in fact AT WAR. I am so afraid that it WILL take something like a chemical weapon or even a nuclear weapon used against us to wake us up to the kind of evil we're actually dealing with.
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<br>When one of those weapons IS used against us then the American people will look to their government and tell it to do and use WHATEVER it takes to rid the world of those who have declared war on us.
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<br>I'll respond to one more of your comments, then I'm going to drop out of this thread since I've more than made known where I stand on this: I am for the UNILATERAL defense of The United States of America, by whatever means are necessary to INSURE the security and freedom of The United States of America.
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<br>You said:
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<br>"I know that the reasoning is that "you want to show them that america will strike back and thus give off o signal of willingness to retaliate after a next time. Thus hoping that this will scare them off" Sadly, these terrorist don't think this way. That is the real problem the USA and WE are faced with."
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<br>My response:
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<br>There has NEVER in the HISTORY of the WORLD been a totalatarian dictatorship that has been diminished through pacifism or negotiation. In FACT, they have all grown STRONGER and BOLDER in the face of inaction by a victim.
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<br>I pray that the day will never come when I would be able to say "I told you so."
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<br>ScaredyCat<br><br>