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Originally posted by Brain_Damage
What do y'all think about the attack on london. I have heard alot of people bash the U.S. about the attacks on Iraq and stuff and say the war on terror is stupid but then London happened now they are like we need to kick their ass why is that???
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I think some of the misunderstanding when it comes to statements about the War on Terror and the War in Iraq.... see when I watch US media the two are treated as one in the same, or interchangibly - while in the international (well Auzzie, British, German, and Canadian that I get here) the two are treated as seperately...
So some one can support the War on Terror but completely disagree with the War in Iraq... and it isn't all that rare really - afterall while Spain was withdrawing troops from Iraq, it was increasing troop strength in Afghanistan... heck even the French are in Afghanistan (though you never seem to hear Fox mention that... hmmm).
This of course has led to vastly different approaches to combating terrorism - with the US taking the approach of militarily combating the problem, and Europe taking the approach of legally... so whereas the US detains terror suspects as enemy combatants for the most part; Europe tends to go after them as criminals... who's right? Who knows really - the Europeans have been dealing with terrorism for decades (heck centuries), but terrorism is still a problem; the US is using military might to crush terrorists, but terrorism is still a problem... neither method seems to be totaly effective, so maybe other approaches need to be examined.