Quote Originally Posted by Markass
You're also forgetting his stance that they attacked us because we've been on their soil for years and years past...Which I strongly agree with.
I didn't forget, I specifically mentioned this; and agree.

Before the war started they wanted to attack us, after the war started they wanted to attack us, while the war continues, they still want to attack us. Do you think that they're going to want to attack us more if we leave them alone?? I sure don't think they're going to attack another building with an airliner..What does that leave?? Let's see...they could have meetings here in America where we let them in..and discuss how to do it? Right, they're probably already doing that anyhow..

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."

No they won't want to attack us more, they'll want to attack us as much as they always do. While I shudder at the notion of employing a George Bush quote; I'd rather fight them over there than over here. Again, they directly attacked the US (and attempted some at Canada), and slaughtered over 3,000 civilians. How is that not pretext for war? The shit has been stirred, the mistakes made, now we have a very real threat to deal with. America should smarten up and stop creating new threats, but the current one isn't going to go away by letting the Taliban re-establish it's disgusting abuse of human rights they call a government.

Only in a far-lefty dreamworld will AlQaeda forgive and forget; and lets not forget that they offered the US a ceasefire about a year ago, which seems to indicate to me that they're not exactly on the path to victory.