Recession - Thank you America.

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TalonMan said:

akuma587 said:

I hate to say it, but yes, yes, and yes. You have hit the problem pretty much spot on. You didn't hear about terrorist attacks before the 80's, guess why? Because we stationed troops in the Middle East after that point, and even managed to leave quite a few on holy ground, nothing but a bad idea.

 

LOL!!! Terrorism has been around for far longer than the 80's - you didn't hear about it as much, not because of troops stationed in the Middle East, but because media outlets weren't as far reaching and intrusive as they are these days.

You're zeroing in on Muslim vs. US terrorism as if it's the only war going on. You also sound like you're buying into the whole 'If America leaves our waters, we'll leave them alone.' speech - do you seriously believe that to be true? Do you honestly believe if we were to pack up all of our tents in the middle east, that the terrorists would just lay down their guns and go get 9-5 jobs???

 

And how the HELL did this get so far off-topic?!?!?!?

 

And why didn't we hear about terrorism before the '80s? Because the governments were not trying to indoctrinate us with fear! Of course media has something to do with it, but the source of the problem is definitely a political one. And no, terrorists wouldn't get 9-5 jobs, but they would see less reason to become terrorists in the first place. That's something they call constructivity, and my mommy says it works. You can't totally exterminate terrorists, but you can vastly reduce their numbers - and this requires everything BUT a 'war on terror'.