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  1. Re:Meanwhile, in Baghdad on Killer Military Robot Arms Race Underway? · · Score: 1

    And just what victory is being achieved by writing them off as insane? It is that very attitude that is going to perpetuate this problem indefinitely. It's not about a victory, it's stating what it is to blow up a nightclub.

    What "kool-aid" do you think I've drunk? You think it is bad that I want to encourage some kind of understanding of the enemy? I don't think that not calling them terrorist is an understanding worth having. They are. Blowing up HMMV's is one thing, blowing up a market square quite another.

    Go ahead write them off if you want and we'll just continue the failing policies of the current US administration. Policies that cause the ranks of the "terrorists" to swell. The "war on terror" is cruel joke. Like trying to put out a fire with gasoline. And please don't misunderstand me, our policies in Iraq, and the middle east in general, are ludicrous, and need to be completely revamped. Our war on terror is succeeding only in training more jihadists, and fueling the fires of indoctrination. BUT. Not calling people who blow up nightclubs, subway trains, and places where families are buying food terrorist isn't realistic and painting a false picture of who we are actually dealing with, and that is the issue that I took with your initial statement.
  2. Re:Meanwhile, in Baghdad on Killer Military Robot Arms Race Underway? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Personally, I'd rather get rid of the stupid term "terrorist" altogether because it trivializes the enemy and what they believe they are fighting for/against. I can't say that I sympathize with them, but I also can't say it doesn't make sense in a "the world is a fucked up place" kind of way. They're fighting against a huge military superpower. Going head to head with the US military just isn't an option. So we end up with so called "terrorism." But really, it is the same kind of stuff that any small group does when up against overwhelming odds. I take massive issue with just about everything you just said. Tell me, what victory is being achieved against the evil, evil United States of America, by blowing up a produce market in downtown Bahgdad? By blowing up a nightclub in Bali? It doesn't fucking "make sense", it's fucking insane. You've drank the kool-aid, my friend. These terrorist are exactly that. They hate for a living, and use any excuse to justify the means.