What would the US look like if there weren't a "War on Terror?"?

Question

Do you believe we'd literally be fighting terrorists on our streets?

Would putting the money we've spent on Iraq into our borders, ports and controlling entrance into the country been a more effective means of preventing terrorists in our country?

Answer 1

do u know that half of the people in usa
think Iraq attacked us?
Iraq never attacked us, it was a few individuals from Sauda Arabia
yupp
so the troops arent fighing wit terrorists
they are preventing a double genocide
between 2 major groups of people in Iraq
if the troops left ...
it would be chaos
becuz the 2 groups would try to eliminate each other out
so the troops are making a difference

Answer 2

Spending money here on security could possibly help some but I do not think it would help enough to keep terrorists out of our country. I do believe that if we do not fight them there they will attack us or might have already attacked us. We have too many miles of border here to be able to protect and terrorists could slip through any small area they could find. Also, if they were to have long-range missles that could reach here then they could attack us that way. We were attacked on our own streets before this war took place. It is a lot like a bully at school. He will keep on pushing around the same kid(s) until they stand up for themselves and fight back.

Answer 3

... well... this is an odd question on several levels...

first off... I can't imagine why you wouldn't attack those responsible after 9-11... anyone would do that... I don't think you could not do that... the Afghan war was tremendously popular...

but you wouldn't need to call it a war on terror exactly...

so, Afghanistan was basically unavoidable...

I don't think Iraq would have made a difference either way...

and, either way, we wouldn't be fighting them in the streets... that's why they are called "terrorists"... because they don't fight conventional style in the streets... they are small groups with sneaky attacks... usually bombs...

now there could have been more bombings... but if we went to Afghanistan... I don't really see that happening...

Answer 4

No, there would notbe terrorists running through the streets. We will likely be attacked in the future-we've been told that ad nauseum by Bush, and that is one point with which I agree. There is no way-even with tightly controlled borders-that we could prevent every attack. After all, all terrorists are not foreigners. We've already been told all about "sleeper cells" within the USA just waiting for the opportunity--unless that was all a lie to scare Americans into voting for Reps in the last presidential election--which I tend to think is more likely.

Answer 5

At $2 billion per week we are spending in Iraq we could protect our own borders better. There is no "war on Terror", that is Republican propaganda. Nothing more. Think about it. No terrorist would ever face our Marines, they would not even face the average American.
Terrorist are cowards. They do the dirty work behind our backs.

Answer 6

Hard to say. Too many variables to tell, really.

It's like postulation over other world events: Had the Confederates not fired on Ft. Sumter, I imagine the US would have withdrawn, leaving the CSA intact, after a year or two, their economy in dire need of raw materials.

Answer 7

If the spineless politicians win and we pull out-then yes we will have these radicals coming here and turning this country into another israel.you will have the privilage of having your *** blown up at the local sports bar.yes we need to close our borders and secure our ports.problem is our politicians are more concerned about their jobs than the security of the country.get active put your representatives feet to the fire.by the way we cannot lose in iraq.they have the 3rd largest oil reserves which would give them billions to buy all kinds of goodies to kill us.

Answer 8

I think if the war on terror were concerned with international banking and communications policies and possibly included going full force into Afghanistan after Osama, we would be better off fiscally and in our security.

The war on terror has spun out of control because of a misguided and reckless attack on Iraq.

Answer 9

No. Terrorists do not have the logistic capacity to sustain "fighting on our streets". Investing in domestic security would make this, and hit and run tactics, even more unlikely.

Answer 10

Since fighting goat herders in Iraq has saved us from attacks here at home from their bombers, naval invasion forces and land armies, I guess it's just a pointless argument isn't it?