General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: A hypothetical question for anyone who supports the use of drones/summary executions [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)or Ireland do you think?
Do you really not see the 'alternative' that would stop people from wanting to attack the US?
Think about it for a while, and maybe the answer will come to you.
One thing is certain, if we keep killing people, they, like us when someone kills our people, will keep looking for revenge. Each time we kill another child we create more enemies. Frankly considering how many children we have slaughtered, I am amazed there have been so few looking for revenge.
9/11 didn't happen because someone felt like blowing something up. There is history that many Americans choose not to know.
When we stop killing people, get out of their countries, stop stealing their resources, and it would be a good thing to apologize for the harm we have done to their societies and try to make some kind of reparation, then we won't have to worry about terrorists. We could also start prosecuting war criminals and torturers, just to show we are sincere, to acknowledge the injustices we have perpetrated against them.
I'm surprised you needed to ask. Unless you believe that we have some kind of divine right to go around the world killing people, for decades now, supporting their dictators and stealing their resources, without consequences. Terror, as we call it, is a reaction to policies that have been so bad, for this country and theirs. Because there are always consequences. It's mind-boggling that we think we are above any consequences for our actions.
It's really not that difficult. We just need to rid this government of neocons and warmongers and we will be a lot safer from the inevitable blow-back that all warmongering nations face and have throughout history. I don't get the whining about terror, and the pretense that we are so innocent. Amazing. And your solution is to keep doing what created the problem in the first place?