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Originally Posted by Wagner
Again, we disagree.
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Do you know everyone who lives in your neighborhood? If you are like most people, I would guess probably not.
So imagine now that the US government gave another country permission to bomb your neighborhood to kill a terrorist who had committed crimes against that country, and in the bombing some of your family members were killed. Let's suppose the country that did this was not one who was incredibly popular in our society to begin with, like for example Cuba or Venezuela, or Iran. And let's suppose there was a revolutionary group that carried out attacks against this country's military. Following the loss of your wife, or kid, or whoever was killed, would you do nothing, or would you go join that group to get revenge? I'd say that a good percentage of people, given those circumstances, would go join the group. And that is exactly what is happening in the Middle East every time we kill civilians. We kill one terrorist, kill 5 civilians in the process, and 10 more people go join the terorrist group. It is counter-productive. It's like trying to put out a fire with gasoline.