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      <![CDATA[A people's desire to bring us down and their ability to bring is down are two very different things. There will always be crazies out there, but just because they hate us doesn't mean we have to go over there and fight them.
        
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      <![CDATA[I've tried to keep my opinions out of this and just present some facts. I honestly do agree with most of what you say Jeff.
        
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      <![CDATA[Merc, I don't really care what other people feel. They can choose their own society in whatever method works for them.
        
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      <![CDATA[Oh, Merc. You really should invest a couple of hours on <a href="http://hulu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hulu.com</a> and watch some American Dad episodes.
        
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      <![CDATA[Sorry Julie but I've never heard of, much less seen that show. You are correct about who we ally ourselves with as well, and I never said we were right or wrong about Israel, just putting some facts out there that is all.
        
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      <![CDATA[I saw that episode of American Dad too, Merc. Problem is, the beat down is on the wrong Arab society.
        
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      <![CDATA[Jeff, I do agree with your just society statement, the problem is that what is just to us, may not be to others. A prime example are the radicals that feel that western culture is evil and must be destroyed because we give women equal rights and status.
        
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      <![CDATA[Pastor Hagee is ever so wrong on his everlasting and unconditional covenant business. As the Old Testament shows, over and over, there were strict conditions, and God was all the time raising up some empire to come in and put the beat down on His people because they had strayed from The Law.
        
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      <![CDATA[The REAL reason "they" hate us:<br>
John Hagee, "We support Israel because all other nations were created by an act of men, but Israel was created by an act of God! The Royal Land Grant that was given to Abraham and his seed through Isaac and Jacob with an everlasting and unconditional covenant.
        
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      <![CDATA[I do agree with most of what CHG has to say also. But I have spent a fair amount of time in these far off distant places and interacted with the people there.
        
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      <![CDATA[when we feed our own, we will be free<br>
when we feed others we'll be prosperous<br>
when we stop stealing oil at the point of a knife<br>
and stop buying diamonds soaked in blood<br>
we will be a moral force in the world
        
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      <![CDATA[Also, radicalism is created by injustice, ignorance, and poverty. When people are fed, educated, and have access to peaceful means of redress of grievances, they usually don't become radical.
        
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      <![CDATA[I also think it's far too easy to simply dismiss people as crazy or evil. Sure, there are crazy people out there, but they usually don't have the resources to mount a terrorist attack beyond the local market.
        
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      <![CDATA[By virtue of being radical, they can choose to attack us for any reason that THEY see fit. It doesn't have to make sense to you, me, or anyone else.
        
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      <![CDATA[I think you are kidding yourself if you think radicals need a reason to attack us.
        
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      <![CDATA[I agree with Ron Paul's assessment that radical muslims would not be attacking the U.S. were it not for our being in their land, indirectly forcing them to sell us oil. They consider their land as 'holy' in their muslim ideology; therefore it is trespassed by 'infidels'.
        
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      <![CDATA[I meant to say the Mossad hasn't done a bang-up job dealing with terrorism.
        
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      <![CDATA[Oh my God, I agree with CHG. Somebody take my temperature.<br>
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Re: They haven't exactly done a bang up job dealing with terrorists.
        
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      <![CDATA[I tend to agree with most of what you have said here. You still assume that standing armies are a viable option.
        
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      <![CDATA[What in the hell are you trying to say, Randy?<br>
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Gates is a mixed bag, but bottom line Obama the Oreo (in 60's terms, or have you forgotten?) triangulated himself into the Presidency on the two "wars" but doesn't have the guts to say, OK, I know I rapped about Afghanistan as just so you wouldn't think I was pacifist, but now I'm bagging the effort as is because Al Qaeda has moved on.<br>
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This Oreo is flipping the bird up your ass, Randy.
        
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      <![CDATA[Wow! Good points Randy and a nice article all the way around.
        
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