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Old 10-10-2008, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by bytor2112 View Post
The context of the speech, that I quoted, is directed at rogue nations that aid and comfort terrorists. It was gived 12 days after a brutal attack. The comments were not directed at you.......and that is my point.
But here lies the problem. We have an American leadership that has endorsed an unapologetic bully foreign policy. It openly characterizes nations as "rogue" and uses threats of sanctions, invasion, and warfare to promote action. Such a policy has been long proven to be a path to war and sorrow.

The process also breeds division among the American populace itself, while certain groups paint those who do not endorse such a policy as "soft on terror", or "weak on foreign policy", or even "unpatriotic". In the most nasty examples, those who do not buy this policy are considered as sympathizers of terrorists or even familial with their cause.

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