yes. irregardless of who or what is running this country, 911 could not have been prevented. it could not have been prevented because our government has already gotten us into enough trouble funding these rouge nations and training them.
however, just because we couldn't prevent it doesn't mean that we have to go ahead and murder innocent people in retribution. we are only going to perpetutate the whole affair. 8000 afghanis have already been killed in the war on terroism. doesn't that already make up for 2 1/2 times the 3000 dead in the wtc?
the peaceful solution, as has been suggested by the UN is to step up inspections. why don't we friggin fly spy planes over their airspace? we're gonna fly planes anyways when we go to drop bombs aren't we? check this out: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/international/middleeast/31BLIX.html?ex=1045033071&ei=1&en=330fb515d3802edc
you ask a good question vinny, what should we do? i can't say that i can hold the answers. all i am trying to say is that we should think before we use our might, and it hasn't appeared as though we have. we have only acted out of misunderstanding, seeking revenge in a never-ending game of one-up-manship.
why do so many rogue nations hate US and not any of the other major world powers? maybe because we are the one nation that feels morally obligated to be big brother to the rest of the earth. of course this country has plenty of good things going for it, it wouldn't be the power that it is if it didn't. but i think that it is a bit presumptuous to maintain our manifest destiny across every sea and every peoples. maybe it is our very nature to meddle in other country's affairs that has created pathways for people like sadaam to rise to power. it is a horrible catch 22 and i don't want to say it but if we don't begin changing our ways, it is going to take more than another national emergency to change the minds and thoughts of our nation.
i don't think that gore (whom i didn't vote for either) would have violated the Anti Ballistic Missiles treaty as Bush did in his first year of office. we have so many freaking nuclear arms and i can't blame the rest of the world being a little afraid and maybe even angry at us for stockpiling all the power.
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