Should we threaten the terrorists with bombing Mecca?
Why don’t we just issue an ultimatum to produce Bin Laden and all others involved in 9/11 and stop attacking us or we will turn Mecca into one giant pile of sand! We are America, and they can no longer Mess with us!
Agree?
How awesome would that be.
It’s too bad that we haven’t had a leader in a LONG time that has the sack to do that.
July 12th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Right….SO stop terrorism, by becoming a terrorist.
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July 12th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
How awesome would that be.
It’s too bad that we haven’t had a leader in a LONG time that has the sack to do that.
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July 12th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
So fight terrorists by acting like them? Really good message to send the world.
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July 12th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
So, you want to slaughter millions of innocents to stop terror? Were you home-schooled??
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July 12th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
I thought of that after 9-11.
After, we could drop thousands of flyers saying in arabic: "How do YOU like it?"
But realistically they wouldn’t get it, and it would be just whacking a beehive with a stick and reap us more attacks on the U.S. and Europe. It is a satisfying fantasy, though.
Far better to focus military action ONLY on the terrorists. This has been proven to win converts and informants on future terror attacks. And also proves we’re a better culture than they are.
They’re still living in the 6th century, beheading people and so forth.
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July 12th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
While we’re at it we should also secede from the UN, tell the world to kiss our ass, and give Iran a reason to nuke us before Israel.
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July 12th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
It’s all because the terrorists have a habit of valuing graces
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July 12th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
although i think bin laden has been pushing daisies for years,since terrorists only understand violence,Mecca should be on the list for destruction…first we should explode a nuke outside of mecca,and see if they want to escalate…i am sure they would miss that rock they worship…
for those that say bombing does not work,…they should ask the Japanese and Germans how well it works…
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July 12th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
As fun as it would be to blow up their stupid little holy place, even threatening to do so would throw many of the animals into a rage, blowing up schools and churches and such. I think the better way to go about it would be sort of a compromise….. we get out and stay out of the middle east (since we can not win over there, and it would make them happy) but if they ever attack us again we completely level a randomly chosen country of theirs overnight. Bin Laden is probably dead any how.
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July 12th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Bin laden is not in Saudi Arabia nor is he welcome there. Why don’t we bomb Dallas for killing Kennedy?
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July 12th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Well, it seems like you have the "give them a taste of their own medicine"approach.
It think it could work, BUT it will NEVER happen because America wants to win the hearts and minds of basically ALL nationalities, so bombing muslims holy city, defiantly wouldn’t do that.
Also, that would be consider a "war crime", America defiantly wouldn’t knowingly violate a War crime, because we hold ourselves to a better standard. So us using their tactics won’t happen, as we care about our prestige to much to ruin everything the country has worked for to ruin it in a few days.
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July 12th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
To messy and too public
We need plausible deniability
We need exactly what terrorist states have, a non uniformed militia willing to do anything and everything to destroy the enemy without involving the state
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July 12th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I do not subscribe to the "do as I say, not as I do" approach in international relations.
Also, as Gary mentioned, bin Laden is neither present nor welcome in Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore, such an action would produce a violent and prolonged response that would make 9/11 look like a third grade basketball game.
It’s a nice little feel-tough fantasy, but a bad idea all around.
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July 13th, 2010 at 12:26 am
Actually, I don’t hate the idea. I’m more scared of losing my life and/or my family and money than I am scared of losing alliances with other countries…BTW, I’m a liberal, and I respect Muslims, but the Muslims who are innocent aren’t trying hard enough to stop the f*cking stupid nonfundamentalist terrorists who bastardize true Islam. We really do need to send them a wake-up call, but this method should be saved for last.
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July 13th, 2010 at 12:49 am
I think the rumor about Gen. Pershings answer to terrorism is the way to go. His soldiers supposedly soaked their bullets in pig blood and put an end to any chance of them getting their 72 virgins. Pork bombs over Mecca sounds like an idea to me.
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