I'm not "worked up" at all. Not sure why people keep thinking I am. I am perfectly calm. I am just no longer the American idealist, which is to say, I am just no longer a fool about thinking we have friends or allies in the region. We don't. I just no longer give a damn about lives other than Americans and those of the few countries, that really are our allies just as Pakistanis don't give a damn about American lives. Countries and their governments, should and do, act only out of self interest. I have been told that here, again and again, and I am convinced. So why in the world would you think I give a hoot about what "image" drone strikes may give my country in Pakistan? It's not like America was anything but hated there to begin with and in the end, I just don't care anymore, like I used to. The only thing I care about is that those terrorist, who threaten my country and my people, are killed. If you choose to not get your own house in order, if you choose to continue to allow such savages to use your country as a base, than please, don't whine when American missiles come crashing down on you. You obviously don't give a crap about the security of my country, so why would you think we should about yours?
Unfortunately, Reagan was as deluded and idealistic as many Americans, including myself, used to be. Afghanistan is not worth one single American life and Reagan made a huge, huge, mistake, in ever giving them assistance. In the end, it would have been far better for American security if we had not "meddled" and simply allowed the Soviets to commit complete genocide, unhindered, on the Afghani people. Perhaps 9-11-2001, would not have happened then. In the future when such happens again, (and it will), I will work hard to ensure my representatives, do not assist anyone who only hate America in any event.
I agree mostly. America has been utterly foolish to intervene or to assist anyone in that region, for any reason, when those we assist have nothing but hatred or scorn for us. Please read my last post above. I agree with you. No more American "meddling", if I can help it, and America being a democracy, I can help it in some small way. I have become a believer in not one more ounce of meddling or assistance to anyone in the region. However, you say "passively" and that is a standard that you would absolutely not want your country to follow, so why would you think I would want that for mine? When America finds threats, we should strike aggressively. I will just no longer have the idea that we should "meddle" or be concerned with the effects of those strikes. America just needs to learn from the Israelis and stop all of our foolish "nation building" and assistance and promotion of democracy and "rights" and respect for other religions, (like the idiotic purpose of the OP of this thread), and all the other utterly unwanted policies that only make my country look like a fool. Israel is respected and feared by everyone in the region, because she only cares about Israel. America needs to embrace that completely for ourselves.
Oh please, stop your whining. You could give a rat's-*** less about whether those terrorists kill Americans. Your country only acts out of self interest and that is all I am arguing for, i.e., that America do the same and ONLY the same. You guys allowed the biggest terrorist in history, Osama bin Laden, to live comfortably for years and years, right under the noses of your military in a city dominated by the presence of your armed forces. And when Pakistan is threatened, you strike across boarders to protect her. Why are you arguing that America be held to a different standard than that?
