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In reply to the discussion: As a black woman, let me add a hearty FUCK YOU salute to Michael Moore! [View all]DavidG_WI
(245 posts)then actually make an attempt at reading comprehension.
The correct response to Bin Laden was to let the international agencies deal with him, they knew were he was and where going to hand him over to the Hague courts. instead we ignored that and did all the crap we did.
Just like Obiwan's iconic line, "strike me down and I will become more powerful then you can ever imagine." Attacking Al'Qaeda did just that, it made them just that, it gave them all they wanted and more by making us give up our soul and for revenge and bleed us dry economically.
Our nation is still being strangled by these war debts and yet we keep looking to fight yet more terrorists in an endless and unwinnable war.
The only way to beat a terrorist is to not fight them, because fighting them is what they want.