03-15-2004, 07:04 PM
I don't need to.
A successful bombing of any western soft target is viewed by terrorists as a success. If Canada is an easy mark, then their time will come. Canadians may feel not a bit of hostility toward Islamic extremists, but the reverse is not true. If given a choice, a US or Isreali target would be preferred. But, if they are too well protected, then they will kill our friends and allies. Just to strike indirectly at us.
The press is already a buzz with the scenario that terrorists will view their action in Spain as having actually toppled the Bush friendly popular party. This will embolden them to attempt to influence other nations and elections with the same tactics. So maybe the answer is to just leave well enough alone. Heck let's just pull everything back to this side of the pond and let the Middle East, and Europe, and Asia, and Africa sort out their own little squabbles. Fortress America.
The ostrich effect is not new to this continent. Before WWII, the majority of Americans wanted nothing to do with that European problem. Some American pilots ran off and joined the RAF in Canada, or the Flying Tigers in China because they felt the need to fight tyranny. 9/11 forced many Americans to pull their heads out from their holes, but there will always be a vocal minority that advocates rolling over to the enemy. Don't provoke Japan and they will leave us alone. Sign a non-agression pact with Hitler, and let the Germans sort out their own issues. Don't resist Stalin, and maybe he will just let us live in peace. Don't get involved, just walk on by, ignore it.
Yup, rest in peace, you victims of tyrannts.
A successful bombing of any western soft target is viewed by terrorists as a success. If Canada is an easy mark, then their time will come. Canadians may feel not a bit of hostility toward Islamic extremists, but the reverse is not true. If given a choice, a US or Isreali target would be preferred. But, if they are too well protected, then they will kill our friends and allies. Just to strike indirectly at us.
The press is already a buzz with the scenario that terrorists will view their action in Spain as having actually toppled the Bush friendly popular party. This will embolden them to attempt to influence other nations and elections with the same tactics. So maybe the answer is to just leave well enough alone. Heck let's just pull everything back to this side of the pond and let the Middle East, and Europe, and Asia, and Africa sort out their own little squabbles. Fortress America.
The ostrich effect is not new to this continent. Before WWII, the majority of Americans wanted nothing to do with that European problem. Some American pilots ran off and joined the RAF in Canada, or the Flying Tigers in China because they felt the need to fight tyranny. 9/11 forced many Americans to pull their heads out from their holes, but there will always be a vocal minority that advocates rolling over to the enemy. Don't provoke Japan and they will leave us alone. Sign a non-agression pact with Hitler, and let the Germans sort out their own issues. Don't resist Stalin, and maybe he will just let us live in peace. Don't get involved, just walk on by, ignore it.
Yup, rest in peace, you victims of tyrannts.
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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