Ha! I totally agree, his speech was utterly directed, and the pauses...yes, I know. All of that was why I have never supported him. He is fake and I don't think he is too smart. BUT, he does seem to have some kind of connection with people, not me, but they're out there. I am not worried about who is behind him and directing him because I think that's obvious. Colin Powell for one, really like him. I think Bush has surrounded himself with very intelligent people, (VP Chaney may be smart, but I find his history to be way too right wing.) As far as what was said (his words or not), I think a few things stuck with me. He made the point that the Taliban and Terrorism don't have anything to do with Islam. (May seem obvious, but some people don't realize that...including the terrorist themselves.) He demanded that the Taliban immediately hand over all the leaders of Al Qaeda, release unfairly imprisoned Americans, foreign nationals, hand over every terrorist and their support structures to authorities, give US access to terrorist training camps and provide protection to aid workers and others working in their land. If they don't do all this, they will suffer the same fate as the terrorists. Mainly I agree with the point that this is not America's fight. This is everyone in the world's fight. America is not the only one whose freedom is at risk. I agree that now is the time for all nations to make a decision, you are either in the fight against terrorists or you are with the terrorists...it is that simple. I know there is a lot to risk here, it's huge...but I don't think that any country should be sitting back to watch how it comes out. We are all at risk and terrorism isn't going to go away. We can't just appease someone like bin Ladin. It doesn't work that way. He honestly wants to destroy our way of life. He wants us to be scared, if we are, he wins. If we attack and kill his people, they are heros, he wins. He wants to make it look like we are attacking to rid the world of Islam. I don't really think we have a choice, it is time for covert operations. It is time to infiltrate his regime, it is time to bring the Taliban down. How long have we sat back and done nothing about their destruction of life? We have sent aid workers there to help. What happens to them? They are imprisoned for owning bibles. Thank God they weren't Muslims because they would have been killed for owning the bibles. It's time. I am scared of it all, and I definitly don't like it. I can't imagine war, I don't know what to say to my kids...but I don't think there is a choice. I won't live with fear, and I won't lose my freedoms because we are afraid of terrorists. No way.
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Re: Thank you
Date: 2001-09-21 02:04 pm (UTC)As far as what was said (his words or not), I think a few things stuck with me. He made the point that the Taliban and Terrorism don't have anything to do with Islam. (May seem obvious, but some people don't realize that...including the terrorist themselves.) He demanded that the Taliban immediately hand over all the leaders of Al Qaeda, release unfairly imprisoned Americans, foreign nationals, hand over every terrorist and their support structures to authorities, give US access to terrorist training camps and provide protection to aid workers and others working in their land. If they don't do all this, they will suffer the same fate as the terrorists.
Mainly I agree with the point that this is not America's fight. This is everyone in the world's fight. America is not the only one whose freedom is at risk. I agree that now is the time for all nations to make a decision, you are either in the fight against terrorists or you are with the terrorists...it is that simple. I know there is a lot to risk here, it's huge...but I don't think that any country should be sitting back to watch how it comes out. We are all at risk and terrorism isn't going to go away.
We can't just appease someone like bin Ladin. It doesn't work that way. He honestly wants to destroy our way of life. He wants us to be scared, if we are, he wins. If we attack and kill his people, they are heros, he wins. He wants to make it look like we are attacking to rid the world of Islam. I don't really think we have a choice, it is time for covert operations. It is time to infiltrate his regime, it is time to bring the Taliban down. How long have we sat back and done nothing about their destruction of life? We have sent aid workers there to help. What happens to them? They are imprisoned for owning bibles. Thank God they weren't Muslims because they would have been killed for owning the bibles.
It's time. I am scared of it all, and I definitly don't like it. I can't imagine war, I don't know what to say to my kids...but I don't think there is a choice. I won't live with fear, and I won't lose my freedoms because we are afraid of terrorists. No way.