09-22-2015, 12:57 PM
(09-22-2015, 12:45 PM)bfine32 Wrote: We went after the Taliban because they were bringing terror to our doorstep. We got there and saw behind the curtain and found what we saw reprehensible.
Exactly right. That still means we did not go in and take out the Taliban for those reprehensible acts. We went in for the terrorism/Bin Laden angle. So this does not refute what I said.
(09-22-2015, 12:45 PM)bfine32 Wrote: You say we should try to instill morality "world's police" as you call with your sandals on, so if we cannot instill a stable, moral living environment elsewhere then do you think we should accept all "world's housing project" who flee the environment you suggest we should not tamper with?
Why should we? Everyone has immigration quotas, us included. And they should be upheld. Do you think we should allow people to come here from those poor countries we decide not to meddle in?
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
