(June 9, 2015 at 1:52 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I'm not saying we have to be silent, but terrorism, its causes and its ability to recruit are all deeply tied in the surrounding culture and population.
... and to our history of interactions with the population there. If you had foisted upon me, and then continued material support for, a regime that was curtailing my liberties because you wanted cheap oil, I think I'd be pretty pissed at you, and you would be a fair target in my eyes.
Too many people don't understand that the American perspective is not the only perspective here, and that white hat we wave at the rest of the world is oftentimes only a prop.