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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

I'm really interested in those who say "lets beat them there instead?

of our backyard"...Is our border security that lax as to let AQ in this country with IEDS and other such weapons?

Update:

Stop Ranting...McCain has no intention of closing the borders...at least not today

Update 2:

Good Evening Free

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I know exactly what you mean...it is hilarious to hear such misguided nonsense.

    To who it may concern:

    The people in Iraq who call themselves Al Qaeda are not THE Al Qaeda. They are a mangy bunch of (used to be under control of Saddam) ne'er do wells who have opened a new franchise.

    The real Al Qaeda has been kicking back in the tribal regions of Pakistan laughing at you and your President.

    Al Qaeda is NOT pinned down in Iraq as Bush has told you, but rather has been busy infiltrating the military and the government of an unstable country with nuclear weapons.

    They are now threatening to attack the west with weapons of mass destruction, so if there is a big flash in "your backyard" that is probably where it came from.

    While your President has been wasting our military resources in Iraq to make his buddies rich, Bin Laden and the boys have been regrouping for their next attack.

    Your President has said that they are no longer a threat, but insists the wanna-bes in Iraq are.

    You can blame your President, and yourself for supporting him, for the next attack on our soil.

    "taking the fight to them"...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

  • 1 decade ago

    If that's the case then our government has already failed us,by a long shot . It's like saying if we pull out of Iraq ! Then our military forces would be unable to stop another country invading American,just as Japan done in 1947 ! And that our

    Homeland Security is nothing more than a name ! That now

    sound's like we need new leadership.And take out the ones that are incompetent and let them go to all the war zone's and show all the democrats how the fighting should be done.Also take all your stupid a** supporter's with you and don't come back,until the mission is over ?

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm not one of those that believed that slogan, but 2 things...

    1. "They" are already here. They come and go as they please because we are free society. They come here under false pretenses and there is no way for use to distinguish "them" from "the others".

    2. They don't need IEDS and other such weapons to harm us.

  • 1 decade ago

    oh please

    "there" is Iraq and Afghanistan. and it was there that we went, blazing guns, big talk and death behind our bullets and bombs. We are doing nothing other than destroying Iraq. We do this because those with means have left. Those that remain are fearful. the bush administration would like to stay forever, with their puppet governments and their weapons

    Stop believing this "lets beat them there" scenario. We did that when we stormed in Iraq sitting atop our mighty tanks, spreading no more than fear.

    Ask yourself. Who the h-- is coming here to wreak havoc? and with what?

    use your brain.

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  • 1 decade ago

    There is no logic to this term. Iraq was never part of "them" when the extremists say fight "them" over there. Pro-war activists use the most simplistic slogans to validate ill thought out approaches to very complex challenges.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes it is. They bring in drugs by the ton, why not weapons? Obama will keep it that way too! McCain will close the borders.

  • 1 decade ago

    that was just a sound bite designed to get people to support a war that shouldn't have happened. Only those susceptible to hypnotic propaganda fell for it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    We are talking about people that live in caves. Americans bought this lie.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It is amazing that we have not been attacked like that (IEDS) Bush has done an amazing job post 9/11. Now if we hadn't had Slick Willy in office for 8 years 9/11 would have never happened,

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    PNAC Penelope loved to use that term often in her posts it is one sexy neocon <dog> term indeed!!!! Tinkles F.P

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