Cycloptichorn wrote:For every terrorist you stomp down with your Big Boot of Democracy, Bill, two more will pop up.
Again the Hydra myth. This is a nonsensical argument adopted, with vigor, by the Left.
The number of terrorists is, clearly, finite. Otherwise, all of the predictions that that the "Arab Street" will rise in response to invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq would have credibility.
The notion that we cannot respond with violence because it will beget violence is simply idiotic. If there are people in the world who would advance their political ideology by beheading innocents, only an idiot would argue that to try and kill such people will result in more beheadings.
Such idiots never seem to have an answer to the question: "What is the proper response of a civilized nation to barbaric actions?" All they can spout is "No violence, no matter what."
This would be perfectly acceptable if they accepted death or enslavement rather then perpetrating violence, but they don't. As long as someone else is willing to sacrifice their lives and limbs for these idiots, they are free to spew there nonsense about non-violence.
This is the beauty of our nation, but it does not impart any nobility, let alone common sense, to the idiots that rant from an elevated position that has no connection to the real world.
I'm sorry if the A2K community objects to my characterization of fellow contributors as idiots. In fact, "idiots" is probably not the proper descriptive term to use, but it is sufficient to register my regard.
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