I know it's a bit late but I gotta say something here.
You shooting terrorists in a foreign country is not a reason we don't have to fight them here
Then what is the reason? I didn't realize you were a military affairs expert or had served.
I await your keen first hand insight.
Terrorists are not centralized in a few countries.
Yes they are. Claiming that they aren't is utter bullshit and shows a lack of any real world knowledge of where the terrorist organizations are and who sponsors them.
Here allow me to educate you just a little bit:
Countries with large terrorism presence
Terrorists have long found refuge in countries and in many cases worked hand in hand with the local governments. Today several countries continue to attract terrorists for training and consipiring their attacks. The host countries do not try to disassociate themselves fully from their ties to terrorism and in some cases continue to provide tacit support and use terror to accomplish broader objectives. Some of the countries with significant terrorist operations include:
Afghanistan
Afghanistan became the hotbed of Islamic terror activities in the mid-1990s. With the radical Taliban government establishing control, several radical Islamic (mostly Sunni) terror organizations used Afghanistan as their training and operational base. Al Qaeda was the broad umbrella organization that recruited terrorists from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia and around the world, training them in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Some of the terrosist groups still operating in the region include Al Qaeda, Al-Jihad, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Islamic Group, Armed Islamic Group, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
Iran
Iran has long been an active sponsor of Islamic terrorism, including accusations of it supporting subversive activities in Iraq. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Ministry of Intelligence and Security were involved in the planning of and support for terrorist acts and continued to exhort a variety of groups that use terrorism to pursue their goals. Several terrorist groups including Lebanese Hizballah, HAMAS, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, and Ahmad Jibril's PFLP-GC have been provided funding, safehaven, training, and weapons in Iran.
Iraq
Since the US led invasion of Iraq, the country has fallen into a violent spiral. The presence of US troops has attracted Islamic terrorists from the Middle-East and around the world. Al-Qaeda is believed to have established a toe-hold in the country along with various splinter groups. Some of the other terror organizations active in Iraq include Ansar al-Islam, Al-Faruq Brigades, Al-Mahdi Army, Iraqi Resistance Islamic Front (JAMI), Jamaat al-Tawhid wa'l-Jihad, Jaysh Muhammad and Kurdistan People’s Congress (KHK).
Pakistan
Pakistan has long been a staging ground and planning centre for Islamic terrorists operating in South Asia. After the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom, thousands of terrorists were either killed or driven out of Afghansistan, mostly finding refuge in Pakistan. Pakistan and its secret service (ISI) have also been accused of training and funding several terrorist groups operating in Indian Kashmir and the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The links have long been clear, since the the terrorist groups based in Pakistan operate in plain sight and have a distinct Afghan and Indian focus. The massive leak of U.S. Intelligence data on the Wikileaks website further showed the complicity of the Pakistani state with terrorist groups, used to establish a (false) state of deniability.
Pakistani groups have been aligned with Al Qaeda, based in Pakistan and have been responsbile for numerous terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and have expanded their sights to Europe and North America. Some of these terror groups include Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Al Qaeda, Tehreek-e-Jaferia, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Al Badr, Harkat ul-Ansar, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, Jamaat ul-Fuqra and Muslim United Army.
Syria
Even as Syria continues to reduce its presence in Lebanaon, it also continues to fund and host Palestinian and possibly Iraqi terrorist organizations. HAMAS, the PIJ, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine continue to operate from Syria.
Sudan
The African country of Sudan been a training hub and safe haven for members of several of the more violent international terrorist and radical Islamic groups of the last decade. Among the terror groups known to have operated from Sudan are Hezbollah (Party of God), Palestine Islamic Jihad, Abu Nidal Organization, HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement) and several smaller Islamic insurgent groups operating regionally in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda, and Tunisia.
http://www.terrorism-research.com/state/countries.phpNow...you were saying?
You going into Afghanistan doesn't exactly aid the fight against terrorism, the Taliban aren't going anywhere, the terrorists are crossing borders and bombing other countries, but that's okay because at least we're not getting attacked, right?
Had we not gone to Afghanistan...the Taliban and al-Qaeda would have executed their other 9/11 style attacks the had in the works for the U.S.
We saw what they wanted to continue to do with their attacks in Bali, London and Madrid.
Since we went into Afghanistan and Iraq for that matter...how many attacks has al-Qaeda been able to pull off outside the Afghanistan/pakistan area?
"You have a different view on the war than me. You are instantly a troll."
You have no clue about war, what it takes to be a soldier and you toss out platitudes taught in the safety of a classroom.
THAT is what makes you a troll.
Regarding my imperialism statement. See what a general in the military says.
Could you have tried any harder to take a statement out of context? He's talking about keys to what will help them survive and prosper you ball bag.
Quit using Media Matters as your source. It just makes you look stupid.
You sound like those idiots that think the only reason we went back into Iraq was for their oil.
How did THAT work out for us
I don't mind if you fly the flag,
Yes you do. You mind very much...you can't stand people like me.
but don't use it as a blindfold.
People like you would allow our enemies to use it as a noose.
