Why is war acceptable "over there?"
Tennessean
by Saritha Prabhu
09/19/06
One offshoot of the war on terror has been that it has given rise to a barrelful of easily lobbed-around convenient catchphrases. Some of these are easy on the ear, but upon closer examination either don't make sense, are borderline hypocritical or display callousness. Take one phrase we've heard a million times: 'We are fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here.' President Bush has said this often, also saying that if we call it a day in Iraq, those terrorists/evildoers/Islamofascists will bring the fight to the streets of America. But what does this mean? Does it mean that Iraq is now a terrorist playpen of sorts, that American troops are baby-sitting the terrorists so they won't come to America and wreak mayhem here? If so, this war could wind up lasting much longer than we thought, because there is no dearth of Islamic jihadists, and because this war has become an effective recruiting tool and training ground for them...
http://tinyurl.com/n8bdx
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Saritha Prabhu
09/19/06
One offshoot of the war on terror has been that it has given rise to a barrelful of easily lobbed-around convenient catchphrases. Some of these are easy on the ear, but upon closer examination either don't make sense, are borderline hypocritical or display callousness. Take one phrase we've heard a million times: 'We are fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here.' President Bush has said this often, also saying that if we call it a day in Iraq, those terrorists/evildoers/Islamofascists will bring the fight to the streets of America. But what does this mean? Does it mean that Iraq is now a terrorist playpen of sorts, that American troops are baby-sitting the terrorists so they won't come to America and wreak mayhem here? If so, this war could wind up lasting much longer than we thought, because there is no dearth of Islamic jihadists, and because this war has become an effective recruiting tool and training ground for them...
http://tinyurl.com/n8bdx
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 20. Sep, 19:24
