Does it have the same effect that people have cheering for a sports team in a stadium?
2007-07-25 16:57:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
grammatical correction noted. It's late
2007-07-25 17:21:14 · update #1
No, attacking the wrong country emboldens the enemy and gives them more recruits. Never finding Bin Laden emboldens the enemy as well. And Bush saying that he does care about finding Bin Laden emboldens the enemy.
2007-07-25 17:05:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Embolden the enemy? Perhaps. But they express the majority will of the United States. So if the majority of the United States is anti-war, and the enemy wants us gone and will continue to kill us until we leave (and we cannot kill them all), then the clear answer becomes to leave.
So I guess you could say America emboldens the enemy. But in emboldening the enemy they also look out for our troops best interest, which is more important than what Mohammed thinks in his small mud hut in Tikrit.
2007-07-26 00:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Definitely. The terrorists rely heavily on a strong anti-war movement in the U.S. chiseling away at our will to fight.
Al Qaeda leaders actually echo Democrat talking points in their propaganda videos, rambling on about Halliburton, Blood for oil, etc. Bin Laden even ridiculed Bush for reading a story about a pet goat while the WTC burned - almost as if he read it from one of Michael Moore's scripts. They know they can never beat us on the battefield, so they rely on dems to defeat us at home. Every attack they launch on innocent civilians is specifically designed to make it onto the front pages of our papers and on the lips of every anti-war democrat with a soap box from which to spout their propaganda. Bin Laden knows he can never outgun us, but with the help of the Democrats, all he has to do is outlast us.
2007-07-26 01:45:15 · answer #3 · answered by Eukodol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hardly scream at all, I am against the war in Iraq. I was against it even before it started, my son was a Marine and was one of the first brave soldiers to cross the border. He came home safely. I know that the war in Iraq has embolden the enemy, look at their numbers today. It is actually bush jr who is embolden the enemy. That is a bitter pill, isn't it.
2007-07-26 00:11:17 · answer #4 · answered by Follow the money 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The enemy enjoys watching the pacifist make fools of themselves. Most of the car bombs and other terrorist acts are to get media attention. If the networks stopped highlighting all the negatives and started pushing the positives things could be much better. We never see much about all the protest in France or Germany because the media there knows how easily things can get out of control. Our media giants pander to the terrorist and pacifist to get cheap news items.
2007-07-26 00:20:35 · answer #5 · answered by mr conservative 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sure does like 200+million USA citizens calling the GOV to defeat the amnesty bill.There telling the enemy if you kill more that we will get more votes against the REP== what a sellout they are.
2007-07-26 00:07:47 · answer #6 · answered by 45 auto 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
General Vo Nguyen Giap, Peoples Army of VietNam (NVA). I believe he made some statements mentioning Jane Fonda, John Kerry, US Press, Anti-war demonstrations.
2007-07-26 00:09:31 · answer #7 · answered by Stand-up philosopher. It's good to be the King 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Since when has "the enemy" ever cared what ANY American has had to say? I doubt anything would persuade them one way or the other. Your argument is meant to stifle patriotic dissent.
2007-07-26 00:03:27 · answer #8 · answered by Sangria 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
2007-07-26 00:23:41 · answer #9 · answered by howdigethere 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say as much as Jan Fonda did for the Viet Cong
2007-07-26 00:05:51 · answer #10 · answered by james w 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋