this is the millionth repeat of war on terrorism thread

I don't understand why people can say he declared war on an "inanimate object " or President Bush is doing this for revenge because of his dad. The president was faced with one of the most difficult situations in a long time...does no one remember something that happened on..wait was the date? umm I think it was September 11th?...Well, many thousands of American's died that day...I highly doubt Bush wished for that to happen, so he could carry out what his dad did not. Terrorism has been an issue in the White House for many years, and it was by-passed many times. Clinton, Gore, KERRY and many other democrats agreed that Sadaam and Osama were threats, but sat on the idea and didn't do anything about it. In my eyes, Bush did exactly what should have been done, and he went on a mission to fight terror. We don't need an "animate"object, we need a purpose, and the purpose of this war is to protect the American people, and people from around the world from crazy lunatics-and instead of slandering the president, you should be thanking him for protecting your lives, your friend's lives, your family's lives, and the lives of your fellow Americans. For those people who say "war is bad, and is not the answer", open your blind eyes, wake up and smell the coffee. No one wants war, but do yourself a favor and realize that it is at times neccessary. Yes, it is tragic that many American, and Iraqi lives have been taken, but people must understand that in order to reach a goal, and acheive peace, unfortunatly, innocent lives will be taken. If we did not go into Afganistan and Iraq who knows how many more 9/11's there would have been, and how many more lives would have been taken. Just because we did not find weapons of mass destruction most defintely doesn't mean that they weren't there, because any somewhat intelligent person could tell you that there was-especially because of all the looting from Iraq to Syria going on during the time of the invasion, it was impossible to find. So, if anyone can give me a legit reason as to why going into war was a bad idea, I would be happy to hear why

My dad said this whole thing is just a way for Bush to revenge his dad when his dad was president Osama or Saddam put a price on Bush 1 so Bush 2 is finishing Bush 1 revenge.

It took me awhile when I first heard Bush's war on Terrorism idea to realize that HE JUST DECLARED WAR ON AN INANIMATE OBJECT. Not even an inanimate object. An idea, a thought. Terror is not something you can go out and shoot. Declaring war on terror was a ploy for Bush to skim over Afghanistan and move on to his real goal: Iraq.

It is not avery easy thing to fight terrorism, its impossible to wipe out every one who could be considered a "terrorist". I had a very brilliant teacher once who said that every person who has done a malicious act against another person, group, area, thing, ect. is considered a terrorist. I have strong beliefs in peace and human kind uniting as one huge community, but by these rules, I too am considered a terrorist. I have done crazy things that classify me as a terrorist.
We can fight terrorist leaders, suck as Saddam, Osama bin Laden, ect., but as far as fighting terrorism as a whole goes, it would take a magician and a mind reader.
Fighting terrorism reminds me of communism, its a good idea but its just not possible to execute entirely.

i believe the same thing you do actually about israel and palestine. as for other countries. it is truly sad that they dont see the danger.

I do wish more countries would help in the fight against terrorism, and in a way I can see why they don't want to help, but I don't think they see what the consequences can be if they don't try and help us stop it.

And you and I must be on the same page of the whole Israeli and Palestinian war. I was taught and believe that the fighting there will never end until Jesus (I'm a Christian) returns again. But if you don't look at it in religious terms, the fighting won't end until (like you said), one group is wiped out.

you said it yourself. we need help and most of the countries we need reject our plea.
i agree the Arab Israeli conflict will never end until all of the Israelis are dead. but i probably have different reasond then you do. i respect you and respect your dad for fighting terrorism. that is extremely patriotic and courageous.

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I mean I know that we need to fight it, but it's not very easy to fight it. And I should know...my dad has gone overseas twice to "fight" terrorism. I mean, there is just NO WAY to end it or anything because it's not just one person that can do it, many can do it. Look at the Palestinian and Israeli fighting right now. That will never end, but terrorism happens all the time over there. It's everywhere and can happen at any time. It's just a fact of life. But yes, it can be controlled...to a certain point.

*LOL...It feels like we're arguing here, but I honestly don't know why we are! *

we have to try. we cannot let out wrold be ravaged by these people. were attacked incessantly under clinton and he did nothing and bush has done somthing and there has only ben one attack. based on this you can assume that fighting is better than leaving it alone. as i have said before terrorism is like a weed. if you leave it alone, it will grom stronger and deeper and will continue to kill the good plants around it and will continue to do so until you uproot it. the weed will grow back but if you keep at it and persevere, it will die.

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I know where you're coming from, but I don't think there will ever be an end to terrorism, it's just not possible. The only thing that is possible is keeping it under control.

the terrorism we know today really started to boom in the early ninties. clinton, if he was competent, could have started a campaign against it. mind you i didnt say that he could have stopped it but he could have started and the end of terrorism would have been shorter, and quicker.

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Just as maharini15 said, you can't fight terrorism if you think of it as a whole. Terrorism has been around for thousand of years (not statistical) and it will always be around because of those who have hate for others. It's just one of those issues that we (government) tries to keep a strong hold on so it's not extreme...but it will always be around.

no, if you wanted to kill the ppl who hated the U.S. youd kill 3.8/4 of the world. which is impossible

er. well. the subject was "war on terrorism." that would probably count as our faceless enemy, terrorism.

and luv4ever101, I don't believe you can fight terrorism - you can fight certain terrorist groups, yes, but terrorism as a whole is hard to classify. we can't kill everyone who's mad at the US and wishes they had their hands on nuclear weapons, we'd take out like 1/6 of the world's population.

are you talking about our faceless enemy, terrorism?

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My question is... What exactly are you saying?