maineimport wrote:All right, I can see what you are saying... I just don't understand why the popular opinion is that it's OUR responsibility to take care of it? And we have known about terrorism for a long time, and it has affected us overseas for equally as long. Yes, it took a HUGE homeland strike to compell us to drastic action, but we've been combatting terrorism before this.
I just want to clarify my point.... WHY is it OUR job to take care of everybody else? They tell us to keep out and stay away and not interfere, until they are up against a wall, then they b**** because we didn't help... it's very frustrating!
Because that's what leaders do. They lead. Even the best of leaders, whether in sports, business, or heads of state are not ALWAYS going to do what's popular. But there's something called VISION, and fortunately our current prez has some (unlike our previous (or should I say PERV-ious) prez... This country was founded on a belief that ALL people have a right to freedom and democracy regardless of where they're from...
Screw the Middle East - and I'm 1/4 Middle Eastern!!
Go get 'em, Stoney!!!
