[sheltonmac]

Only a moron would believe that fighting in the mideast would end all attacks here.

True, but that is exactly what we were told: "We have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here." I would go as far as to say that only a moron would believe that fighting in the Middle East would not increase attacks here.

[huck von finn]

...and I would agree with you.

[cripplecreek]

"We have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here."


For further clarification only a moron would take that literally. We had more attacks before we went there and the attacks in this country have clearly decreased.

[photodawg]

Only a moron would believe that fighting in the mideast would end all attacks here.
True, but that is exactly what we were told: "We have to fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here." I would go as far as to say that only a moron would believe that fighting in the Middle East would not increase attacks here.
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It is moronic not to be able to understand more than a simple literal interpretation of an idea. The phrase " We have to fight them over there, so we don't have to fight them over here." means that we must fully engage our enemy. We must summon the necessary resources to fully and totally defeat them and incapacitate their threat. This involves attacking their strongholds as they tried to do ours ( 911, London, Bali, world trade 1992, USS Cole, etc.). That does not mean the enemy won't try additional attacks here. The point of the statement refers to the level of forces necessary to prevent their ultimate success. If we merely defend ourselves and our shores the enemy will grow stronger and bolder and the result will be much more destruction to our society and way of life, not only in America, but throughout the world. Why can't you liberal appeasers understand that ?

[sgtyork]

Only converting to Islam will not increase attacks here.