Comments on: “Obsession” the Documentary is Finally Being Noticed (VIDEO)

By: bigbingtheory

bigbingtheory — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:38:14 +0000

The purpose of engaging in talks with terrorist organizations has advantages. Despite what is accomplished with any talks we could regain some of the diplomatic leverage we’ve squandered in the world. I know it’s very easy to get worked up when we see how much other people hate us and I don’t think we as should placate terrorists by any means. Chest thumping only emboldens them however. We drop bombs, they recruit more than we can kill. We can simultaneously undermine and weaken them through talks. Every avenue has to be explored before our troops are ordered into battle. We talk and negotiate with terrorists all the time. We spoke to Qaddafi, we considered Saddam an ally at one time. Rummi was the diplomat to the terrorist back then. Hezbollah does have a political arm which is encouraging. Similar to the IRA, talks with the political arm and very vocally dismissing the terrorist arm can lead to less violence. They will not be able to recruit as easily. We can help influence them to stop breeding jihadists. And I’m not saying we trust them either. The old adage, keep your enemies closer…As for Geneva, we made a commitment to not treat human beings a certain way, that we have violated that so openly and agressively has dealt a blow to our credibility. Some quick and cheap revenge is keeping us from prosecuting the ones we do have that we know were involved with 9/11. There was no reasont to torture anyone in Iraq, we went as liberators, and these actions have again emboldened not weakened those who mean to do us harm. This is a case where simply doing the opposite of Bush IS a valid solution.

By: bigbingtheory

bigbingtheory — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:38:14 +0000

The purpose of engaging in talks with terrorist organizations has advantages. Despite what is accomplished with any talks we could regain some of the diplomatic leverage we've squandered in the world. I know it's very easy to get worked up when we see how much other people hate us and I don't think we as should placate terrorists by any means. Chest thumping only emboldens them however. We drop bombs, they recruit more than we can kill. We can simultaneously undermine and weaken them through talks. Every avenue has to be explored before our troops are ordered into battle. We talk and negotiate with terrorists all the time. We spoke to Qaddafi, we considered Saddam an ally at one time. Rummi was the diplomat to the terrorist back then. Hezbollah does have a political arm which is encouraging. Similar to the IRA, talks with the political arm and very vocally dismissing the terrorist arm can lead to less violence. They will not be able to recruit as easily. We can help influence them to stop breeding jihadists. And I'm not saying we trust them either. The old adage, keep your enemies closer…As for Geneva, we made a commitment to not treat human beings a certain way, that we have violated that so openly and agressively has dealt a blow to our credibility. Some quick and cheap revenge is keeping us from prosecuting the ones we do have that we know were involved with 9/11. There was no reasont to torture anyone in Iraq, we went as liberators, and these actions have again emboldened not weakened those who mean to do us harm. This is a case where simply doing the opposite of Bush IS a valid solution.