Do you think that the US is handeling this approp.?

5thhouse

Do you think that the US government is handellin the situation well? I dont

syd2002 · **Sun May 12, 2002 9:55 am**

No Comment, if I said anything It could upset someone.

5thhouse · **Sun May 12, 2002 12:54 pm**

You are entitled to your opinion just as you are entitled not to share it.

syd2002 · **Tue May 14, 2002 6:25 pm**

Fine I would say I dont know.

Natira · **Tue May 14, 2002 9:26 pm**

OK, lets see what response I get with this....
I think the US has been doing great. I dont agree with every tiny detail, but if we dont strike back against terrorism, we are just showing the world that we'll just sit back and take it. No, it's not a matter of weakness, it's a matter of standing up for rights, and making the world a place where our children can have the same freedoms that our grandparents have fought so hard for. Our ancestors lost thier lives so that we can go about our lives and not have the constant fear that we'll be attacked. I personally am thankful for all those who have risked thier lives and died for my freedoms....both in the past, and now, in the middle east.

Chinesetrekkie · **Tue May 14, 2002 9:42 pm**

i think we are doing a great job, well we can't think of everything that the terrorist are thinking, however i feel more safe now on a plane.

Natira · **Wed May 15, 2002 4:46 pm**

I think the problem is that we dont really realize what freedoms we do have. There are so many things we take for granted that people wish everyday that they could do. I'm very thankful to be an American.

5thhouse · **Wed May 15, 2002 5:26 pm**

Americans live in a giant bubbles secluded and protected from the rest of the world. On 9/11 that bubble broke,

Natira · **Wed May 15, 2002 5:32 pm**

I hope that you never have anything that tragic happen to you. You obvioulsy havent, otherwise you'd understand.

Natira · **Wed May 15, 2002 5:36 pm**

If we dont show the terrorists that we will NOT tolerate their actions, they'll just have another victory. Then they'll move on to their next target, which could be your home town....

Theresa · **Wed May 15, 2002 7:14 pm**

Mulder · **Thu May 16, 2002 12:35 am**

The US is doing enough against the terroristsbut still haven't caught Bin Laden.

Natira · **Fri May 17, 2002 6:02 pm**

5thhouse · **Sun May 19, 2002 10:43 am**

People in this world, who have not been taught otherwize by time, think that the ills of this world are far away from them, nothing can hurt them because where they live is good and they are who they are. It holds true with many actions of people today, drunk driving, drugs, weapons, and other counteless things that people choose to involve themselves with. And they think that untill they are prooven wrong and something happens, they ruin their lives and it is too late to change what they did. Realize that every action you make effects every desision that you make from then on, and has repucussions in the surounding world.

Theresa · **Sun May 19, 2002 12:51 pm**

Again you generalize. Could you be more specific to whom you are referring? You can't make a post saying, "People in this world". There is no way, that you, one person, can know the thoughts and/or intents of every person in this world. I live in one of the safest and most free nations on this Earth, and I am very thankful for that. Under our previous President, our military capabilities were seriously compromised, but our current President is doing his best to rectify that. Americans are well aware that people will try to hurt us. We know what other countries think of us. But if we withdrew all aid to other countries, and called in all of the loans that have been made from this country alone, we'd bankrupt most of the world. People like to complain about Americans, while standing there in their Adidas, wearing their Tommy jeans. Do you know what that makes them? Hypocrites.

5thhouse · **Sun May 19, 2002 7:36 pm**

I am just as much of an american as you are. Also you are contradicting yourself, you say that I dont know how every other person in this world thinks, and I dont, but I never said that I did, I said people in this world to point out the fact that it is not one type of person that thinks that way and that there are people of every age, gender, and race, in every country in this world who happen to think that way. You say that you/we know how everyone else thinks of us, we dont, only believe that we do, and lull ourselves into a false sence of security by doing so, and hurting only ourselves in the long run.

Natira · **Sun May 19, 2002 11:43 pm**

I really dont think you get it. The threats against the US are real. It isnt just someone trying to look mean. If we show the world that we will not retalliate against terrorism, things like 9/11 will happen again, and more severe. I bet you'd think diferently if you were being attacked right now, instead of nice and safe in your home, while our troops are fighting right now, so you can be that way. It seems you dont realize how much freedom you have, and how you came to get those freedoms. From the sounds of what you are saying, we should just sit back, and let terrorism slide off our backs. I shudder to think of what could happen if that were they way the US handled it. The terrorists would be like, we got away with that, now lets top it. There are worse things than what happened 9/11, and we are fighting so that we dont have to see what terrible things those could be.

Theresa · **Mon May 20, 2002 8:02 pm**

5thhouse · **Tue May 21, 2002 7:11 pm**

Let me restate that I am generalizing because I do not wish to point out anything to offend anyone in any way. We are not in the head of other people, the OPINION of what they think of us, we know. If that is what they think of us we have no clue.They tell us only by actions, talk does nothing for me, I have to know, and talk that goes around is not knowing, it is us trying to tell ourselves that we are all-powerfull, and that we know everything, but we dont. I have close government contact with 1st of all my school, I go to school on a navy base and 2nd family members all closly tied into the government civil defence commity. This is all that I ever hear, What we THINK that others think of us. We think that we know what other people think, but we dont.

Natira · **Tue May 21, 2002 8:40 pm**

Yet, the point is, whether or not the US is accomplishing thier goal, and the are. The terrorists are learning that the US and other allies are not going to just sit here and take their hate crimes against innocent people. No one on here has ever said that the US is the only place getting attacked, but because we are leading the war effort, people act as if we did. We are just taking a stand for freedom.

Mulder · **Wed May 22, 2002 12:45 am**

I agree the US wants these criminals.

What i don't understand is that the US sends soldiers to other countries (Vietnam, South-Korea, Kosovo,middle east) The US should stay out of that it's none of their business.

Natira · **Wed May 22, 2002 5:42 pm**

I dont think you understand what's going on. It's called being allies, and helping others who want freedom, but cant help themselves. It's not us interfering, its us standing behind what the us is....FREEDOM for everyone.

5thhouse · **Wed May 22, 2002 7:53 pm**

Having and holding allies IS very stratigically important, that is all that we are trying to do. Staying out off what is "not our bussiness" will only get us into more troubble than helping other people.

Natira · **Wed May 22, 2002 8:24 pm**

It's called fair weather friends. We stand by our people. You'll find that the US doesnt just but in, but helps when it is required. Of course not everyone considers it help, like those who are causing opression. If we dont help those who need it, then what are we bothering for?

Theresa · **Wed May 22, 2002 10:04 pm**

Here it is, plain and simple. If the US goes and helps a country, we are butting in. If we don't, we are letting them be slaughtered. Damned if we do, damned if we don't. Other countries want us to do as we're told. Too bad. We are a sovreign nation, not under anyone's control.
Remember WWII? The US wasn't going to get involved. We were called cowards for this. Make up your minds. 90% of my family is military, and I study polotics alot. It is well documented most other nations opinions of Americans. You don't even have to take another American's word for it, ask someone. There was an article written by a Canadian that explains alot of it very well. It's posted on this site somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. Alot, and I mean ALOT of countries are still in exsistence thanks to the USA, and you don't see us holding it over their heads.