How much can the U.S. take?

Question

On almost a daily basis there are terrorists killing people and blowing things up. Isreal deals with suicide bombers all of the time, Iraq as well. People obviously partake in blowing themselves up as an act of defiance and an attempt to make up for a lack of resources. My question is, in America, if our people became as angry as those in palistine and Iraq, what would happen? And how far away are we from possibly reaching that point? And waht causes people to get to become that desperate?

Answer 1

As far as blowing themselves up as "an act of defiance and attempt to make up for resources"

How far is one willing to go to justify their cause is what I have to ask? If you, or anyone, believes that much in a cause that they are willing to give their life for further it, what can we do to stop them? If the only threat we can offer to a person is a violent end, as in us shooting them, imprisoning them, or something else, we need to rethink how war is played. Take the lawyers out of the equation and get to the business of winning. I am fed up with the political correctness of this nation, we can't even have a loser in a childhood soccer match. There has to be a defined winner and loser as well as a set of goals and achievements to know if, as they say CONSTANTLY on the news programs, we are making progress.



As far as Americans getting to to the state of mind as those overseas, I really don't see it. People in America are angry, read and watch the news. Polls are showing that we, as Americans, are fed up with the "politics" of our government. As always, my suggestion, get out and vote, do you part to make your voice heard. If YOU don't speak out, NO ONE will listen.
People in the United States are not afraid of the police or punishment any longer. If you've got a good enough attorney, you CAN get out of whatever it is that you've done in this country. Don't get me wrong, I love this country, I have been in several nations around the world, and trust me, "There's NO place like home"

Answer 2

Americans are far too self-absorbed and materialistic to even think about blowing themselves up for a greater cause, such as patriotism or religion.
Mass suicidal sacrifices will only happen in this country when the stock market plunges (as it did in 1929) and Americans lose their precious, coveted wealth. Money is all that matters to most Americans, even those in the middle-class who covet their SUVs and $200,000 homes more than they do their country or their faith. -RKO- 08/12/07

Answer 3

The U.S. is already infested with sleeper cells and broken
borders allow more in all the time. These are no doubt
waiting for signal or a pre-set time to trigger their agenda
into action. We will then see how desperate we can be...
...Charles Darwin's theory on 'survival of the fittest' will
reduce mankind to Eienstien's warning of 'fighting the
next major battle with sticks and stones' !

Answer 4

From a comprehensive study of all suicide attacks since 1980, "...overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist attacks are not driven by religion as much as they are by a clear strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland. From Lebanon to Sri Lanka to Chechnya to Kashmir to the West Bank, every major suicide-terrorist campaign—over 95 percent of all the incidents—has had as its central objective to compel a democratic state to withdraw."
I think if we were being occupied by a foreign military we would do what ever it takes to get rid of them.
http://www.amconmag.com/2005_07_18/article.html

Answer 5

When any nation, such as Israel, decides to place another country in bondage, and remove all methods of self protection, you then create a situation where body, / suicide bombs become necessary.
Desperate situations call for desperate measures.
Don't worry about the United States reaching that point, as our elected officials from the president on down would think nothing of a mass murder of our civilian population to avoid such a situtation.

Answer 6

It wouldn't happen. U.S. citizens, despite all our faults, would not put up with that kind of crap from our fellow citizens. There would be swift justice, and not of the "blow yourself up as well to get back at them, but target a bunch of school children instead of a valid military target" type.

Answer 7

no one kills them self's unless they believe their is something in it for them. They believe to die in a religious war and to them it is a religious war, this will guarantee them a place in Paradise "heaven" to us.

Answer 8

not much, they don't call them cut and run yankies for nothing.