A Year Later: How do you feel


I feel bout the same. It's just like the way you feel about 2 months after Xmas.
 



Originally posted by JSU*Toi
It has been a year an some people still have not accepted the US role in what happen in New York, DC and PA. How do you feel about the US's role in the Middle East?
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Some have expressed my feelings. I do not feel safer. As a matter of fact I feel lied to by the government. But I am not surprised. I actually expected it.

Remember this. During the summer of 2002, the big issue was corporate scandals. Ken Lay was one of the biggest names in the news. Well, what news item arose? Yes, it was Iraq. It was not an accident.

As for the Balkans, we were only supposed to be there for a couple of years or so I thought. Well, after eight years our people are still there.
 
Ain't nothing changed but the weather

Originally posted by NASTYNUPE
A year later: Same ish different day. Osama Bin Laden is still doing his thing. George Bush is still an idiot. The economy is still f'd up. The job situations still suck. Racism is still alive and kicking.

Ray Charles send help
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Originally posted by Taylor-Made'90
I don't feel any safer, any more secure.....


I have become even more skeptical of our gov't. Over the past two years, we have launched both military and propaganda attacks against Afghanistan and the Middle East. Then we try to under-play the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, because it's getting more TV time than Operation Enduring Freedom. Then we beg India and Pakistan to NOT test their nukes, because we were busy hunting the Taliban. Then, since we didn't ever get Osama Bin Laden, we presumed (for a few weeks) that he was dead, and then shifted our attention from Al Quieda to Saddam Hussein and Iraq. And now our President is trying to convince us and the world that we need to go to war against Saddam again, now claiming that he has weapons of mass destrustion and ties to Al Quieda.

And here we are, two years later, with only one would-be terrorist having gone to trial. No Taliban chiefs, and no Osama.....


Believe dat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bawling:
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One of the sad realities of our existence today, is that this statement (although a year old) is just a 'valid' today as it was a year ago when it was made. We haven't made any 'significant' progress in our search for the men we deemed 'responsible' for the attacks.

AL Jezeera just released a new tape of Osama Bin Laden just yesterday..... So we're no closer to finding him than we were last year, or the year before......

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Re: our role as the world's policeman has got to change a bit...

Originally posted by crazylegs
Simply put,

Our government has to really re-assess the role of international peacekeeper a bit...It's not really as easy as "leaving folks alone" because the UN essentially has no bite if we don't play the role of peacekeeper...

Has the U.S. government screwed up policy concerning this over the years??? Hell yeah, on a number of occasions...However, If we don't play that role, what's to stop the next regime of fanatics from annexing a country or pulling some ethnic cleansing job on a population that may not be able to defend itself???

Places like bosnia, the middle east, indonesia, and Somolia are perfect examples of that...On top of that, there are still places where U.S. Iterests have a more direct affect on foreign policy (i.e. The Oil-Rich middle east, etc...)

As far as the israelis go, they don't have a choice...If they show any sign of weakness, Some of the 8 to 10 Arabic nations won't hesitate to exploit it....
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Like I said.......

We (military) are not prepared to go back into Iraq with our current ongoing missions in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afganistan. If we do, there will be more body bags arriving at Dover AFB than Americans want.


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