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View Poll Results: How will this war impact the U.S.'s "war against terrorism."
The war will only stregnthen terrorists groups like al-Qaida. 16 34.78%
The war will weaken terrorists groups like al-Qaida. 2 4.35%
The war will make the U.S. more prone to terrorist attacks in the short run, but in the long run will make the world safer. 8 17.39%
The war will have no impact on the "war on terrorism." 2 4.35%
The war on terrorism is a ploy by the Bush administration to consolidate power and play on the fears of the American Public. 17 36.96%
None of the above. 1 2.17%
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Old 03-19-2003, 01:51 PM   #11
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No, not a crusade per se, not against mainstream Islam. The war is against Islamists, the minority of muslims who advocate Islamic theocracies and Jihad against the USA and the Jews. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are crawling with them. Iran's democracy is being thwarted by them. They are creating tension in Kashmir between Pakistan and India, they are causing the Russians problems in Chechnya. Pick a problem area in Central Asia, the mid-east or Africa. The Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Islamists are probably involved.
Oh so I guess that you would give the President carte blanche to attack any nation whose muslim population may pose a security threat to the United States. Under this scenario we could attack any nation where there are "terrorists cells," and our own nation could be declared a war zone since terrorist cells exist here as well. We could also invade Canada and Mexico since we know that terrorists may otherwise cross into our nation through these countries unless we take control of their governments. Every mosque in the world should be under constant U.S. government surveylance, and if that means we have to invade every nation to do it and take over the world in order to secure our own safety, so be it!

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