Reply #17: Yes, I am including Afghanistan in my analysis and I do not think that my [View All]

[jsamuel]

viewpoint is "liberal", "conservative", "pacifist", or "warmongering".

One thing everyone likes to leave out of Afghanistan is this:
http://talkleft.com/new_archives/006800.html
Report: Taliban Offered to Give Osama bin Laden to U.S.

Once I bring that point up, everyone stops talking about it. I understand that my opinion on this matter may be different than most peoples, but it is not because I am "anti-war", because I do not consider myself to be anti-war. I simply do not agree with a policy that the US has been implementing since 9/11. This policy was NOT implemented when Clinton was in office. We did not invade Pakistan after the WTC bombings in 1993. Those were not nearly as damaging as 9/11, but we still did not invade and overthrow a country and really didn't even consider it.

I know my thoughts on this may not be popular, but I am so convinced that I am correct on this that I feel it is very important for me to speak out. That is why I got so upset when someone says "if we get hit, we do nothing". I think we should have gotten OBL after 9/11, I just don't think the policy of how we did it (or failed to do it) was correct.

PS - It's ok, thank you for having this argument with me.