Any thoughts?
2007-03-03 09:09:02 · 17 answers · asked by ***** 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
im glad some people aren't living in ignorance.....
2007-03-03 09:25:18 · update #1
No, it's ploy to fetter the population, it's negates the Magna Carte and The American Constitution. It is the ultimate control device. It subjugates the population into accepting draconian laws that they wouldn't accept in any other circumstances.
America & the UK need to wake up before it's too late.
2007-03-03 09:19:17 · answer #1 · answered by tucksie 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes there is such a thing as the war on terrorism. Though it is not an official war it is still a war. Using this we can attack countries like afghanistan and pakistan that wish to do us harm. You cant actually declare a war on terrorism because it is not a country or even a single organization. But you can do your best to combat it by waging war on countries like the two i listed above. Countries whose governments are either controlled by terrorism or support terrorism. Countries that would wish us harm. In all reality we arent harsh enough on these people. We are the most powerful nation in the world and should be treated and respected as so.
2007-03-03 12:15:32 · answer #2 · answered by Promethius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically NO! although a lot of apparently Americans are answering yes. It is a cover all expression which gives the Yanks an excuse to do what they want in the world.
Al or el kyeda or however it goes is just an ideal, like communism but is not just anti capitalism, it is against Globalisation,and on a minor scale,with all the call centres moving to India,I can understand the feeling!
Then there is that new word that has crept into prominence "insurgents". When we were fighting Hitler and Franco it was "Freedom Fighters" and "Resistance"
There is one main thing that strikes terror in my heart, and that is the activities of those on Catitol Hill now that they have no "commies" to fight!!!!!!
2007-03-03 18:30:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a made up war to deceive the gullible into thinking Papa Bush is looking after them. This is the softness of the west. Our brains have been tuned to expect to be looked after thats the propaganda and thats why it works. Look at the news. "Too much salt in supermarket food", "Ban smoking", "Cut down on fatty foods", "Shorter waiting times." None actually stand up to any serious scrutiny. For instance what has salt in supermarket food got to do with the Government if not to soften peoples minds into a state of dependency? If you buy some pre cooked food as I have done, wont you know if you like it or not?.
What kind of war on terror is there that a country with no terrorist connections is attacked because it has oil reserves.
2007-03-03 12:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by K. Marx iii 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you cannot fight an ideal you can argue and debate against it,but fight a war agains't it.Impossible.If the American or British people where invaded,wouldn't they be expected to fight agains't the invader. The tactics used by Bush and his lap dog have being wrong from day one.I can agree with going into aftganistan they allowed Al Queda to flourish, but Iraq no way. The resorces being spent in Iraq could have being a lot better invested in winning the hearst and minds of the Afgan people after nearly 30 years of war.
2007-03-05 17:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because you just cant fight against terror don't matter what you do, you can take out so many terrorists but there will only be others willing to take there place. If we were going to fight all terror we would have to start of in Africa and take the warlords out ,reason we don't is there is no gain in it for us whereas the middle east holds the oil my friend
2007-03-03 09:19:55 · answer #6 · answered by loftus girl 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
War is terrorism, its like a violent struggle against violence. Terrorism is a tactical method in war. and is the inevitable by product of war.
2007-03-03 11:29:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It's a war on non white people. Musilms go flying aeroplanes into the world trade centre and then they start bombing Afghanistan. The IRA however go exploding bombs on the Isle of Dogs and the Brits don't go bombing Ireland.
2007-03-04 21:22:50 · answer #8 · answered by Micheal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO.their was no terror here till blair bombed iraq.now you could say iraq have a war on terror against us.after all,blair started it.
2007-03-05 07:18:43 · answer #9 · answered by earl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
terror isn't a noun - you can't have a war "on it". Where is "terror" located? Where would you drop the bombs? How do you know when you have won? how do we measure terror? Using those terms seems to just conveniently allow the US predominantly, to bomb whoever they want, whoever they define as terrorists...
2007-03-03 09:26:38 · answer #10 · answered by purplestar 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋