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0 pointswongarsu5y ago0 comments

The war on terror has killed easily three orders of magnitude more people than 9/11, and antagonizes the US with the regional population.

It's neither proportional nor effective.

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Nightshaxx5y ago

You clearly didn't read my comment. It starts with "we can debate the level in which America needs to be involved." I was not interested in getting into whether or not these tactics should be used.

My point was the OP said "these people do not pose a threat to my freedom" which is categorically false. Aal-Qaida is a terrorist group that directly caused the deaths of thousands of Americans, ripping them from their loved ones. To make _this specific argument_ against this weapon is just insulting to the victims.

Nightshaxx5y ago

I should clarify: I meant to say that the first line was trying to indicate the comment was not specifically focused towards arguing for or against the weapon.

SubiculumCode5y ago

Proportional? You think a proportionate response would be a bigger deterrent?

GordonS5y ago

I'm not the OP, but I fully believe the disproportionate response, including invading an unrelated country in an oil grab, racial profiling, and the continued spread of FUD by politicians and lobbiests designed to sell votes and weapons, has itself created many people who now hate the US.

Dropping bombs on civilians all over the world in response to 3k people being killed in a single, highly unusual event, is not going to deter anyone - quite the opposite.

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Nightshaxx5y ago

You clearly didn't read my comment. It starts with "we can debate the level in which America needs to be involved." I was not interested in getting into whether or not these tactics should be used.

Nightshaxx5y ago

I should clarify: I meant to say that the first line was trying to indicate the comment was not specifically focused towards arguing for or against the weapon.

SubiculumCode5y ago

Proportional? You think a proportionate response would be a bigger deterrent?

GordonS5y ago

Dropping bombs on civilians all over the world in response to 3k people being killed in a single, highly unusual event, is not going to deter anyone - quite the opposite.

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