Wow, and here we thought I thought we had a problem, but now that you explain I see the answers are so obvious...
The answer is not to be like Israel. Israel is in a constant state of war since its inception with no end in sight, that why people carry around M16s. When we have to reinstate conscription, carry ID cards with our religion and drive on citizen and non citizen roads, then we will be a little like Israel. I really don't want the US to be like Israel. If Israel is the model for safety, do you think anyone in Israel feels safe?
Not throwing our weight around? Not be the worlds largest economy you mean? Don't compeate in the global economy? Easy enough. When the US gets involved everyone is up in arms, when the US gets out of world affairs, its the same.
>"Finally, you need to ask why the government >would declare a war when 5000 people die, but >not against the tens of thousands of drunk->driver killings that happen in the mainland USA >every year...."
I know, I know..
Because the highjaking of airlines and flying them into buildings are acts of mass murder, and auto related deaths are accidents.
"Michealangelo's rendering of the human form, known as contrapasto, was considered twisted and agonized."
just so you know
contrapasto is actually when you shift weight to one leg your pelvis tilts to that side and your ribcage tilts the opposite way to counterbalance your weight, a it makes for an elegant pose when done correctly. Maybe you meant mannerism, when you said twisted and agonized, but of course even then Mike was celebrated his entire life, anyway.
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Wow, and here we thought I thought we had a problem, but now that you explain I see the answers are so obvious...
The answer is not to be like Israel. Israel is in a constant state of war since its inception with no end in sight, that why people carry around M16s. When we have to reinstate conscription, carry ID cards with our religion and drive on citizen and non citizen roads, then we will be a little like Israel. I really don't want the US to be like Israel. If Israel is the model for safety, do you think anyone in Israel feels safe?
Not throwing our weight around? Not be the worlds largest economy you mean? Don't compeate in the global economy? Easy enough. When the US gets involved everyone is up in arms, when the US gets out of world affairs, its the same.
>"Finally, you need to ask why the government >would declare a war when 5000 people die, but >not against the tens of thousands of drunk->driver killings that happen in the mainland USA >every year...."
I know, I know..
Because the highjaking of airlines and flying them into buildings are acts of mass murder, and auto related deaths are accidents.
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"Michealangelo's rendering of the human form, known as contrapasto, was considered twisted and agonized." just so you know contrapasto is actually when you shift weight to one leg your pelvis tilts to that side and your ribcage tilts the opposite way to counterbalance your weight, a it makes for an elegant pose when done correctly. Maybe you meant mannerism, when you said twisted and agonized, but of course even then Mike was celebrated his entire life, anyway.