Haha. I guess it's words like "current Amerian Regime" and "squandered" and "perverted" that lead me to believe that, no matter what you say to the contrary, you ARE anti American.
The world did not "respect" us after 9/11 they pittied us. Unless you are one who believes that "victim=respect" you should be able to see the difference. The only difference between the attacks of 9/11 and so many other attacks by anti western extremists was it was the one that woke most people up. We finally responded with more than crashed helicopters, meaningless bombings of aspirin factories and "we will find them and make them pay" rhetoric.
The fact is, Moslem extremists have been at war with us for decades now. Like the targets in a penny arcade shooting gallery we have reacted by merely falling down or changing directions. Rarely did we take up arms and shoot back at the kid with the BB gun.
Well, the attacks got more bold and more intense. An embassy here, a barracks there, and maybe even a ship or two. These were ALL acts of WAR against western culture, but because Congresses, Presidents, Parliaments, Prime Ministers (and whatever other titles are used in western culture nations) chose to do next to nothing. Starve the people, bomb a few cleaning ladies and then sit fat and happy that "we showed them". The laughter amongst the Islamic Extremists must have been side splitting.
They aren't laughing anymore. They are dying. Using some of the most desperate tactics to stay affloat in a world turned upside down. They are no longer able to take some hostages or bomb a bulding, now they have to die for their cause.
Now that we have started to fight back, there are only 2 outcomes. Give them the ultimate opportunity to die for their cause, or pull our troops out and turn the keys of freedom over to them.
I don't know which you would prefer, but I'm not willing to give up the keys of freedom to cowardly wimp with a deathwish and the hope of a few virgins on the other side.
