Originally posted by rogwar
It's just how they expect to really acomplish anything using these methods is baffling...
they expect it to work because it does. a perfect example of the reaction they are looking for is in JB73's post (right after yours that I pulled the quote from).
not all of the people in that area are with these bastards. but if they can get us mad enough that we forget who we are and what we believe is right, we will lose control of ourselves. we will look the other way or say the victims deserve it when our people commit war-crimes, and other acts of cruelty, we will tolerate it when our elected and appointed officials ignore or condone violations.
others in these areas who didn't care much about us one way or the other will be easily convinced that we are the enemy when they see Americans at our worst.
fellow Americans who condone or dismiss as trivial violations of law or basic decency, because they think the victims deserve it, are missing the bigger picture, and doing more to support the enemy than America.