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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6539317" data-attributes="member: 549629">Oh I agree, my point wasnt that I felt differently than you per se, but that the logic behind the jihad movement against the US is a catch 22. They didnt hate us when we supported Afghanistan against the USSR. Or, at least, they put aside their hate to benefit themselves. But now we are the USSR to them. I truly believe that part of the world feels they are owed something, and will always find someone to blame, hate and fight for it. The US has become something of the world police, and that makes many people feel threatened. The United States is the only country in the world who has the means and desire to keep international shipping lanes open, to name one example. If we stopped policing these lanes, anarchy would become the dominating rule, and world trade would suffer greatly. If we sat back and let the UN be the world&#039;s police, virtually nothing would get done but &#039;observe and report&#039;. We, the American people, have good intentions. Look at what was discussed earlier in this thread... why we are in Iraq. The American people were sold a story that involved helping people&#039;s of some country on the other side of the globe. That&#039;s why we thought we were going over there, and we did. But now that we are there, much of the world seems to think our intentions are devious and selfish. Okay, lets pull back from policing the world, lets let the international shipping lanes go to hell, lets let nuclear proliferation run rampant. but of course, if we did that, in no time at all when all hell breaks lose, the same people who claim we are bullying the rest of the world would call us uncaring isolationists. Damned if we do, and damned if we dont.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 6539317, member: 549629"] Oh I agree, my point wasnt that I felt differently than you per se, but that the logic behind the jihad movement against the US is a catch 22. They didnt hate us when we supported Afghanistan against the USSR. Or, at least, they put aside their hate to benefit themselves. But now we are the USSR to them. I truly believe that part of the world feels they are owed something, and will always find someone to blame, hate and fight for it. The US has become something of the world police, and that makes many people feel threatened. The United States is the only country in the world who has the means and desire to keep international shipping lanes open, to name one example. If we stopped policing these lanes, anarchy would become the dominating rule, and world trade would suffer greatly. If we sat back and let the UN be the world's police, virtually nothing would get done but 'observe and report'. We, the American people, have good intentions. Look at what was discussed earlier in this thread... why we are in Iraq. The American people were sold a story that involved helping people's of some country on the other side of the globe. That's why we thought we were going over there, and we did. But now that we are there, much of the world seems to think our intentions are devious and selfish. Okay, lets pull back from policing the world, lets let the international shipping lanes go to hell, lets let nuclear proliferation run rampant. but of course, if we did that, in no time at all when all hell breaks lose, the same people who claim we are bullying the rest of the world would call us uncaring isolationists. D[COLOR=Black]a[/COLOR]mned if we do, and d[COLOR=Black]a[/COLOR]mned if we dont. [/QUOTE]

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