Talk:Global war on terrorism

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I am/was in military intelligence long ago. Long before all this new, post 9-11 stuff started.

However, even back then, it was pretty clear that something was brewing. One way I like to state the 'problem' is: if you're on the top, in first place, then everyone else is going to target you. However, I would not define that previous statement as a primary 'cause' or reason for this ongoing conflict.

Now, I don't think the US is perfect, far from it. And there are a LOT of things I would change about the US, but I wouldn't use any violence to do so. That's why we have a Constitution, and that's why I defended it, and will do so again, if needed.

I sent a question via CNN to Christian Amanpour about this, specifically the 'relgious' angle of this. From a lot of my readings, it seems that, especially in Europe, Christianity and Islam have been in conflict for the past 1000 years or so.

I suspect [or in my opinion] that there are some several, logically definable and easily discoverable reasons why this is so. Txnrik 20:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

conducting a war
short comments:

I don't necessarily agree that we needed to go to war in Iraq. However, as I mentioned, this war we are currently fighting has been 'brewing' for some time. I well remember the attacks on the Israeli wrestlers at the Munich Olympic Games in '72.

I do however feel strongly that we [Christian/western] governments and countries were either: putting ourselves into a situation - by our actions, or allowing ourselves to be put into a situation - by inaction, which would make another war between East-West/Christian-Muslim more or less inevitable.

seeing GWHB's comments about the war, that we will create a disaster by pulling out, i must fully agree with him. we started and we need to see it through to the end; or such an end as we don't leave the country in worse condition than when we came in.

as a veteran of operation desert shield/storm, one has to wonder if this might have been done a bit better in 1991, when we were arguably tougher, with more forces on the ground. At the time we were told to pull back, we knew that US/Western forces would be returning to the area. Basically doing what they are now doing.

Txnrik 09:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)