Terrorist rights???

[KillarneyRose]

Killarny Rose wrote:"I like the way my life is, want it to continue the way it is and I make no apologies for it. " and
"We are the strongest nation on earth and therefore we can do whatever the hell we please. That's it in a nutshell and I don't give a rat's behind who agrees with me and who doesn't."

1) My main point was and still is, that I think that arrogance such as "I am powerful so I can do as I please" and the politics resulting from such arrogance increases terrorism!

Allow me to clarify...when I say that we can do whatever the hell we please, I am speaking from a defensive posture. We as a nation have the right to defend ourself. Sometimes defense can take a proactive posture such as placing troops in the country harboring the group that swears to destroy us so that we can destroy them first. Perhaps it takes the form of interrogating detainees.

When I say that I like the way my life is, perhaps I should say that I liked my life the way it was before September 11th, when I didn't worry about American planes being hijacked and flown into occupied buildings. There is nothing wrong with a desire for security. And I feel lucky to be citizen of a country where we are not held hostage to the whims of the world's megalomaniac of the week. We can and should defend ourselves by whatever means necessary.

5)with "you" I specifically addressed KillarneyRose - and I interpreted her statement in a way that reads: "because we are a strong nation you (the rest of the world) better do as we please" - maybe that is a bit harsh but that's how I understood it.

NO -- Because we are a strong nation, you (the rest of the world) had better realize that if you bite us, we can bite back 100 times as hard.


6) double standards - and that not only applies to America but the whole western world including the Europeans:
just one example: the Taliban, bad guys, violating human rights - we strike them down. The Chinese - they are violating basic human rights - we trade with them and accept every shit they do because they are powerful.

Whether I agree with our trade policies involving China is irrelevant to this post. As far as the Taliban, however, it was not destroyed because it violated human rights per se. It was destroyed because it was harboring the terrorist we believe to be responsible for the events of September 11. If they had turned the individual in question over to the United States, the government would still be intact, human rights violations or no.


Sorry if I wasn't clear enough on my last post!