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Originally posted by Swazo:
When you've been in the military davo, then you can talk 
LMAO 
When you become a Christian, then you can talk about Christians. 
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Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by Swazo:
When you've been in the military davo, then you can talk
LMAO
When you become a Christian, then you can talk about Christians.
To know of Christianity, you don't have to be Christian. You can simply open your eyes in America, read about them, and allow them to try to convert you.
But you sure do need to read more than a Tom Clancy book and play a few video games to know of war 
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I agree with both, as if you take Davo's comments in the simplest form he is right, you do not have to know your enemy in order to kill him. However, if you want to DEFEAT your enemy as I'm figuring Swazo is inferring, then you must know the root cause and what makes them fight. A key problem in the Vietnam war, and a problem the military has not adapted to quickly enough in the GWOT. However, today, we do know how to defeat this enemy and what makes them fight.... Originally posted by Swazo:
Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by Swazo:
But I am for knowing who is attacking us and why, and stopping them before they can do any more harm. To kill your enemy, you have to know them first.
Typical. And just to clarify, you do not have to know your enemies in order to kill them. All I have to know is that they're trying to kill me, and that will make me want to kill them. But your desire to know them is typical of your side. It wouldn't be a bad thing, but you let the desire to know our enemies hamper our means of destroying them.
When you've been in the military davo, then you can talk The more knowledge you have about who you're dealing with, the better off you are. That doesn't mean sit on our hands and wait for them to attack us again
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Originally posted by Swazo:
To know of Christianity, you don't have to be Christian. You can simply open your eyes in America, read about them, and allow them to try to convert you.
But you sure do need to read more than a Tom Clancy book and play a few video games to know of war
So to know my enemy, I have to be in the military? You make no sense. Last I checked, we were all a part of this war on terror, not just the ones who suit up for it. Much love to our military, but they're not the only ones who can comment on the war on terror.
...but that wasn't the first time I've heard someone say that.
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
Good it is needed.
The people who are against racial profiling like to throw up Teddy K. and Timmah M. Great 2 in 50 have been non-Arabs.
People need to pull their heads out of their (censored) and realize racial profiling is a needed tool our law enforcement needs.
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
I agree with both, as if you take Davo's comments in the simplest form he is right, you do not have to know your enemy in order to kill him. However, if you want to DEFEAT your enemy as I'm figuring Swazo is inferring, then you must know the root cause and what makes them fight.
Exactly. If we don't bother to understand the root causes of why people become terrorists, we'll just be sending troops to get killed in various ME countries indefinitely.
By "we have to understand the enemy" no one means "we need to sit down with a cup of tea and hold their hand while they tell us about the time their pet hamster died." It's scary that anyone would infer otherwise.
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Originally posted by Viss1:
Exactly. If we don't bother to understand the root causes of why people become terrorists, we'll just be sending troops to get killed in various ME countries indefinitely.
Didn't I already say that these terrorists do what they do because their Koran tells them to?
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Originally posted by Corbett:
Didn't I already say that these terrorists do what they do because their Koran tells them to?
If that was the only factor, why aren't 100% of Muslims terrorists?
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Originally posted by Corbett:
Originally posted by Viss1:
Exactly. If we don't bother to understand the root causes of why people become terrorists, we'll just be sending troops to get killed in various ME countries indefinitely.
Didn't I already say that these terrorists do what they do because their Koran tells them to?
Luckily our leaders aren't ignorant enough to label every Muslim the enemy of the state like you do. 
When a book tells someone to kill thousands of people, do you blame the book or do you blame the person?
So does the fact that the Bush family and the Saudi Royal family are very close make you second guess our President's choices?
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Originally posted by Viss1:
Originally posted by Corbett:
Didn't I already say that these terrorists do what they do because their Koran tells them to?
If that was the only factor, why aren't 100% of Muslims terrorists?
Because they are ignorant of what the Koran says.
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