Originally posted by miko2d
Why dont we rather sit tight and mind our own business and serve as an example of how great freedom and democracy really are to speed the corruption of the evil regimes?
Oh, yeah - stopping support for such regimes would not hurt either.
But it doesnt really work that way now does it?
Even if you would just retire to conus and sit there (which you cant btw, it would kill your economy), you would still pose a threat and would still be the great evil empire.
For the moslem fundamentalists, the mere existence of the free west is a threat, simply because the young kids growing up in whatever miserable sandhole will want to live the way we do. They want Britney Spears and Coca Cola, Playstation and fast cars....beer and sex...you name it.
Our way of life is the greatest threat to the fundamentalists, THAT is why we are their enemy. Not our policy towards Israel, or our embargo on Iraq or whatever.
The only reason the US is held up as the big enemy is because the US shines brightest (dont missunderstand that) What I mean is Coca Cola comes from the US, so does Britney Spears...Hollywood and you name it. But we in Europe are just as bad, just as big a threat...we have the same dangerous lifestyle..we pose the same threat, the same lure. But the US is a more thankful target because there are so many people that hate the US for various reasons.
But dont kid yourself. No matter what you do, no matter what you say or how you act, you will be the main enemy of these people. Because as you say, they need an enemy to rally themselves against.
