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I’m seeing two growing schools of thought in regard to terrorism. One, is the idea that the Islamic religion is just bad and should either be outlawed or regulated somehow; perhaps even changed. I know Christians who say, “If a Muslim doesn’t want to kill Christians, then they are not really Muslim and are ignorant of their own theology. I disagree with this point of view and do not believe Muslims or their faith is bad. I believe there are terrorists, but governments are using the fear to gain power.

The other school of thought is of course the conspiracy theorists. They lend themselves little validity because they tend to overdo it and make many ridiculous claims, such as believing aliens live at the bottom of the ocean or that Bush is Satan.

I fall in the middle and can see through the B.S. on both sides. It’s a combination of terrorism and government taking advantage of fear tactics - all the while corrupted by festering greed. Some people believe there will be an economic collapse in America and other countries who are allies. I believe that a collapse like that would actually be a good thing. It would force the world to be reworked from the ground up. Who knows, I will not live in fear, no matter what happens.

The people of the world aren’t fighting anyway. It’s the governments. I never agreed to go to war, Bush did. Citizens should be able to vote on such things. Something major is going to happen soon…it is inevitable. Lets hope it’s not nuclear war. Something has to give before long. I do not believe a new president will change anything, it must be a complete change in the way this country is governed. I want a democracy, not a republic.

Hell! How do I answer that one? He wasn’t meant to see those pictures. Nor was the western world. They come from independent journalists (not the “embedded” ones that were approved”). 10 independent journalists were killed in action in Iraq… far more than the “embedded - approved ones”.
Life sure knows how to throw a few curveballs at you every now and again.

We are decent, good people. Australian, US, Iraqi.. we all want peace. They don’t want to kill us any more than we want to kill them. They have a few bad eggs. So have we. Surely all US citizens shouldn’t be judged on the likes of Timothy McVeigh, Charles Manson, the murderers at Columbine or any of the 1000’s of perceived bad guys in society that held a US passport? So why judge Iraqi’s on a Saudi citizen that lives in Afghanistan that even released a statement 2 days after 911 stating he wasn’t involved. Why deny it? These guys do it to prove a point. There’s no society named: “Terrorists Anonymous”
Imagine an invation of the USA by a forreign coalition due to a US citizen accused of committing an attach on foreign soil. Bizarre!
When Hillary, Obama or whoever is in the other party, gets in office, watch them do the first thing every president does: Grant a presidential pardon to the outgoing president, ridding them of all wrong doing. Bush did it for Reagan, Clinton did it for “Father” George and “Boy” George did it for Clinton. I just hope this time the Democrats (or whoever) stops the bombing and don’t continue it like Clinton did… these guys are supposed to be opposed to the war, right?
Maybe do what they did in a local election in Brazil a few years back. They voted for a Monkey. The slogan was: “Pay Peanuts. Get Monkeys” or something like that. At least a monkey would be more humane… Yes, a bit rough to say that, but the world is getting increasingly more annoyed with injustices committed by “the good guys”.

Sean Rasmussen’s last blog post..The Most Compelling Blockbuster

The MOAB bomb was used in the 1991 Gulf Slaughter. It detonates 21,000 lb of explosives above the ground for maximum “collateral” damage. It triggers temperatures up to 1000F and literally sucks the oxygen out of the air. It spreads a fine mist of fuel into the air the size of a football field into an explosive mixture that is ignited, causing a massive explosion. A shock of 200PSI in the detonation zone literally sucks people lungs out of their mouths… Humans can only withstand 40PSI.

These were also used in Afghanistan and the second Iraq slaughter according to world newspapers. Don’t these weapons qualify as WMD’s?

Wear a uniform and killing civilians will go unnoticed (if you’re on the winning side). Do it in a shirt and jeans, then you’re a terrorist.

A Red Cross report says that children in Kosovo (today) are 5 times more likely to die from a NATO dropped cluster bomb than a Serbian landmine. In 1991, 30 Million clusterbombs were dropped in Iraq. It all sounds like Mass Destruction to me.

The US government has now killed more soldiers by sending them to Iraq than civilians were killed in 911. Let’s not even think of how many innocent civilians that have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in retaliation. I don’t see “eye for an eye” in the Koran. It may be in the Bible but I’m pretty sure it mentions something about turning the other cheek too. I wonder why some Muslims don’t like the Schoolyard bully so much…

I dread the day when Millions of our innocent citizens are invaded by foreign forces and subjected to the genocide that has been imposed on so many other countries in the name of democracy. We can only hope there is no such thing as Karma.

Terrorism is a terrible thing. I wonder why it is only committed by governments with access to large quantities of Oil and natural resources?

Sean Rasmussen’s last blog post..The Most Compelling Blockbuster

People all over the world need to learn what really happened on 9-11, because they apparently have no idea. Bush only cares about his agenda, not peace, and I am overjoyed that he will soon be out of office. Personally, I think we need a whole new government, but I am not crazy enough to believe we will anytime soon. Violence is the supreme authority from which all authority is derived, and unfortunately, that’s how it is.

You’re right, the war is illegal, and people are tired of it. America has military bases in nearly every country! We are taking over the world, and that is causing so much animosity that it will result in our own demise. There are so many similarities between America and the ancient Romans that it’s frightening. The Iraq war has caused far more harm than good - war will never be the answer to anything.

Talk of rebuilding schools and things doesn’t really eradicate the fact that after two wars in Iraq, there are many areas that have experienced nuclear pollution from depleted Uranium, and there are thousands of cases in Iraq that concern congenital deformities, childhood cancers, and infant mortality.

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