"Dave" wrote in message
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Compare that with being despised by most of the world and the target of
terrorists (freedom fighters) and incapable of doing anything about it.


If most of the world chooses to despise the US because we choose to take
action against terrorism instead of being helpless victims to it then I am
quite content to be despised.



Has Afghanistan made any difference? No
Has Iraq made any difference? No


No difference? Well, I don't know what was down the path not taken, but
apparently you do. There have been no terrorist attacks on US soil since
9/11/01. Would that have been true had the US not chosen to take the
offensive against terrorism?



Just look at the US body count since 911.


Well, the body count on US soil since 9/11/01 is zero. Compare that to the
body count on 9/11/01.



About 20,000 nationals of Afghanistan and Iraq who were non combatants
have
also been killed.


What's your source for that figure?



911 was a tragedy but the real tragedy is that the US has not learned a
single lesson from it. I hope that the next lesson will be learnt and
understood.


What lesson should the US have learned?