Waring gangs in the US is a hyperbole. I don't see cafes being exploded by suicide bombers. I don't see show school buses being blown up by crazed individuals or dupes that are mentally retarded. I don't see anything near the craziness in Palestine, I have seen Compton and I have seen Old Jerusalem. Old Jerusalem is much much worse.
The warring gangs do not threaten the very foundations of our nation here at home. In fact they are on the wane the US puts every effort into putting them down. They are not nearly the problem of say, a secondary army armed by an outside country. Nowhere near that level.
I do not blame the government because it is trying to do things, and it does follow the rule of law in that the citizens decide how harshly to deal with these gangs through the laws passed.
Now one wonders if my questions will be answered or avoided? It will speak volumes of the honesty in which we assess the situation.
More hyperbole and untrue. We don't dictate in the Middle East. If the US actually did do that the countries and parties involved would act with more swiftness and less reluctance. Even in Iraq (which some of you have an issue with, perhaps you don't like democracies, or perhaps you prefer Saddam Hussein in charge, neither option is very moral in my view), the country carries out its actions on its own terms, and all the US can do is threaten to withdraw. I hardly call that "dictating". Syria certainly doesn't listen, neither does Iran. So how is the US dictating?
Finally there is a third component. The idea (which is ridiculous in a sense) that the US should have either a perfect domestic policy prior to directing policy abroad through international actions. To ignore the international implications of the attempted hegeomony of Iran in the region is hubris and without merit. Simple as that, and its little more than a debating tactic used in order to avoid the real issues involved.
Now lets see if you boys actually have the guts to face the issues you have not yet faced in regard to both the Palestinian corruption, Hezbollah interference in Lebanon (ie read Iranian) and the attempted Iranian hegemony.
I think I have been more than factual and forthcoming. I believe the two of you have been less so, in attempts to divert the debate since you are uncomfortable with the potential answers you will be forced to find.
