OK, what the hell has happened to the Brits?

"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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I avoid everybody carrying a weapon. And as long as I can decide it
(!)
nobody with a weapon is entering my house, my office or sitting in
my
car.
And I turn away from everybody carrying a weapon, I also avoid
beeing
too
close to cops carrying a weapon.


What do you do when those that carry guns don't give a damn what you
decide?

You mean Americans then - tell them to **** off.


Another brilliant answer from the xenophobic and powerless europeans.
Dismantling your military and banning guns is really paying off for you
guys, no?

Lets see, rampant crime and absolutely no say in world affairs. Good job.

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

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

Just look at the US body count since 911.

Nearly 1000 US service men have been killed. That's 40% of the number who
perished on 911.

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

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.

"Dave" wrote in message
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"Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
news
"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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I avoid everybody carrying a weapon. And as long as I can decide
it
(!)
nobody with a weapon is entering my house, my office or sitting in
my
car.
And I turn away from everybody carrying a weapon, I also avoid
beeing
too
close to cops carrying a weapon.


What do you do when those that carry guns don't give a damn what you
decide?

You mean Americans then - tell them to **** off.


Another brilliant answer from the xenophobic and powerless europeans.
Dismantling your military and banning guns is really paying off for you
guys, no?

Lets see, rampant crime and absolutely no say in world affairs. Good
job.

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

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

Just look at the US body count since 911.

The US civillian body count is at zero. Sure seems like we're making a
difference to me.

As for the military body count; that's their job, which they volunteered
for. I would prefer the terrorists engage the 4th Infantry in Baghdad,
rather than jetliners and schoolbuses in New York or Atlanta.

Our plan is working well.


Nearly 1000 US service men have been killed. That's 40% of the number who
perished on 911.

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

911 was a tragedy but the real tragedy is that the US has not learned a
single lesson from it.

The lesson we learned is that we can't sit back and wait for an attack here,
we need to use our military to engage those who want to hurt us before they
have a chance to even make their plans.

I hope that the next lesson will be learnt and
understood.


Is that a threat? Sure sounds like it to me. For your sake, I hope not
because I just reported you to the FBI. Good luck entering the country if
you should ever have to.

"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?