Will AlQuaeda run out of donations or recruits and hatred first...or can USA's economy outlast the higher and higher gas prices, the record foreclosures, the deficit spending, the deeper and deeper debt to China, and crumbling societal infrastructure and social safety net programs and educational system?
2007-12-31 00:42:41 · 7 answers · asked by sergbelxx 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Corporate interests and other shady opportunists are benefitting the most out of this War on Terror (tm). A state of perpetual war allows these profiteers a steady flow of cash into their coffers for years or even decades to come.
2007-12-31 02:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AQ runs on a shoestring budget. The attacks on the US cost AQ under 100,000 dollars, if I recall correctly (report of the 9/11 commission).
For now AQ just needs to fan the flames of the insurgency in Iraq from time to time to keep the US busy, and they can focus their time and effort on keeping their top officers alive in Pakistan, while planning to help their allies to power in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It seems that most of their reach outside of these three countries is just "inspirational", i.e. they rely on fully independent franchises there.
So I don't think that AQ will run out of recruits or donations.
But I don't think that the high gas prices are a consequence of the war on terror, and neither are the foreclosures. Most of the problems you mention are due to basic traits of US society, just coming home to roost.
Remember that the US never did quit the war on poverty, or the war on drugs. It just stopped really doing anything on them. The same will happen with the war on terror: the US public will get tired of it and it will move to the background. Eventually most programs will get cut to save money, and no one will care anymore. Then AQ will start looking to attack again.
The government budget will be balanced by the next fiscal conservative presidents, i.e. the next Democrat (it may require two or three presidential terms). It will mean huge tax increases, to pay off the huge debts that the US ran up under Reagan and the Bushes, but it will not result in much smaller military budgets.
2007-12-31 02:44:09 · answer #2 · answered by Dirk D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well considering that AL-Quaeda has not been able to stage an attack on Americans for years, I would say America. We must continue to press our advantage and expand the war on terror to other nations that are planning attacks on the US, such as Iran.
2007-12-31 01:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by mustagme 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is now a symbiotic relationship.
Ron Paul will get the troops out and stop this insanity.
2007-12-31 01:01:22 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis Fargo 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The terrorists have to be laughing themselves silly watching us waste all the lives and money on that stupid, unecessary war in Iraq. They are running us into the ground on an economy budget. We learned nothing from Vietnam.
2007-12-31 00:53:45 · answer #5 · answered by kevin t 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Recent news releases (as of yesterday) report that AlQuaeda is so fractioned right now that our "war on terror" has set them back years. Both FOX NEWs (partial to Republicans) and the Clinton News Network (CNN; partial to democrats) are reporting this equally. Don't let up on the fight...
2007-12-31 00:52:24 · answer #6 · answered by ziggurat4u 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I say we enlist the help of the IRA. The war on terror should be over quickly.
2007-12-31 00:46:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋