09-08-2015, 10:43 AM
I hear ya, Mo.
"Cowardice" is a slur that gets slung around inaccurately quite a lot, lots of times by cowards looking to justify the injustice they impose on others.
I also agree with you about the right to bear arms being sensible (when not abused). I don't live in fear that the U.S. government or some interlopers are gonna storm against American citizens and kill us or drive us from our land. But, I think you're right that most Syrian families didn't either. Maybe they could have fared better had they weapons of their own? I don't think they could have fared worse, at least.
Extremists/terrorists thrive when they go unchallenged and dominate populations by force, no doubt. I think you're right that they are surely less effective in accomplishing their goals when faced with strong/equipped resistance outside their turf. But, innocent lives are often lost in the process of exterminating them on foreign ground too. And, more covert extremists with longer-term plans can and do form festering cells/pockets; allowing them to network and organize into larger movements which are more wide-reaching and difficult to quash.
As for the Saudis, they've gotta be just loving the P5+1 nuclear negotiations and lifting of economic sanctions against Iran, right?
I know many here disagree with me, but a stronger Iran helps balance the regional power in the Middle East, which is a good thing - in my view.
"Cowardice" is a slur that gets slung around inaccurately quite a lot, lots of times by cowards looking to justify the injustice they impose on others.
I also agree with you about the right to bear arms being sensible (when not abused). I don't live in fear that the U.S. government or some interlopers are gonna storm against American citizens and kill us or drive us from our land. But, I think you're right that most Syrian families didn't either. Maybe they could have fared better had they weapons of their own? I don't think they could have fared worse, at least.
Extremists/terrorists thrive when they go unchallenged and dominate populations by force, no doubt. I think you're right that they are surely less effective in accomplishing their goals when faced with strong/equipped resistance outside their turf. But, innocent lives are often lost in the process of exterminating them on foreign ground too. And, more covert extremists with longer-term plans can and do form festering cells/pockets; allowing them to network and organize into larger movements which are more wide-reaching and difficult to quash.
As for the Saudis, they've gotta be just loving the P5+1 nuclear negotiations and lifting of economic sanctions against Iran, right?
I know many here disagree with me, but a stronger Iran helps balance the regional power in the Middle East, which is a good thing - in my view.