Is the United State Threatened by Terrorism?

[bryant69]

Or what's your take?

Bryant
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[JuniperLea]

1. You forgot a choice...

Yes, and their leader lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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[JuniperLea]

15. Whatever... how rude you are

Especially given the fact that other posters on this thread have said basically the same thing.

GCY!

[bryant69]

17. Is there a polite way to say that?

I don't buy MIHOP I don't buy LIHOP and even if I'm polite about my disagreement I still get attacked - so why bother?

[JuniperLea]

18. There most certainly is a polite way

You could have just said you didn't want to include MIHOP or LIHOP responses... instead of intimating that my response was insane.

Why bother being polite? Grace is what is largely missing in the world and is a root cause of many of it's woes. Rudeness begets rudeness. If that is the mark you want to leave on the world, so be it.

And clearly I'm not alone in my response here, so your intent was pointless.

[bryant69]

19. Oh no - I'm well aware that for every person who questions LIHOP

or MIHOP there are 10 or so around here who buy it.

That doesn't make it any more likely, in my eyes.

At any rate I apologize for insinuating you were crazy - it was flip, and i could have said something a bit less directed at you.

Bryant

[JuniperLea]

27. Thanks

Apology accepted... no harm, no foul.

You can apologize to us all when the LIHOP and/or MIHOP "theories" become mainstream, factual knowledge.

:p

In the case of terrorism now, today, you could agree, without donning tinfoil, that the occupation of Iraq (not a war), and the general demeanor of our clueless leader has increased terrorism for us and for the world... and no one would say it was a conspiracy theory... although they did in the beginning.

:)

[greyl]

2. Yes, and the USA's arrogant foreign policy bears some responsibility for it. nt

[demrabble]

3. Terror Against The Poor and Dis-Enfrachised

The people of the US are most certainly threatened by terror.

The sort of terror that cuts benefits to poor people.

The sort of terror that starves hungry children.

The sort of terror that denies people affordable medical care.

The sort of terror that refuses to pay people a liveable wage.

The sort of terror that threatens to arrest people because they were not born in the USA.

The sort of terror that listens to private phone calls.

That sort of terror is real and getting much, much worse.

[Beelzebud]

4. No more than lightning or biting pigs.

[The2ndWheel]

6. So we're just the one state then?

Seriously, I get a kick out of typing errors. A missed letter, a space where there should or should not be one, it can change a whole idea around.

Anyway, back to the question, the answer is yes. The state(or many of them) is always threatened, both from the inside and out. That's why it must always expand. That's why we get large scale organized war, and agencies such as the NSA doing exactly what it is designed to do; spy on human beings(wherever they may be).

[Bake]

8. Yeah, it's either the State of Denial or the State of Terra!

:rofl:

Bake

[OneBlueSky]

7. threatened? . . . quite possibly . . . but certainly not to the extent that warrants . . .

the United States becoming a full-fledged, fascist police state . . . which is exactly where we're heading, and at an increasing pace . . .

knock, knock . . . hello, Congress? . . . you there? . . .

[Toucano]

9. Yes, but counter-terrorism is a bigger threat.

Among a lot of other bigger threats.

[Swamp Rat]

10. FEMA!

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[blockhead]

11. I don't know,

I haven't seen the color level chart in many months.

[nolabels]

12. Depends who decides on the definition and who it can be applied to

This a very loaded topic that many in the establishment like to banter about to invoke fear. As long as it works and it is not allowed to be discussed in the full spectrum in fine detail, then it will be still used as a club to beat the majority over the head with.

Then again it is also no wonder why they say that vampires cannot be seen in the mirror

[LSK]

13. WilliamPitt addressed this last week

On one hand we have been downplaying the threat of terrorism and how the MSM and GOP wants to scare us with terrorists lurking on every corner.

On the other hand, our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to a lessor degree had to have increased the terrorism threat to us. For every Iraqi that we kill or torture or abuse, there is a brother, a sister, a father, a mother, a cousin, an aunt, an uncle who must bear the brunt of a lost loved one because of our war of choice. According to some estimates, over 650,000 Iraqis have died. You have to assume that a percentage of those families could turn into terrorists. Terrorists that did not exist until we killed their loved ones by invading.

So while we can downplay the threat of terrorism on DU, our wars in the middle east most likely have increased our threat level to another attack.

[JuniperLea]

16. All credit goes to the Bush Admin... don't you think? n/t

[greyl]

21. I'd say most, but definitely not all. nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. We're more threatened by second hand smoke.

I won't even mention first hand smoke.

[ComerPerro]

20. I think the events of last week answered this question clearly

Anyone who is threatened or feels threatened by terrorism or terrorists or terror attacks is a clueless, brainless, red-state, Bushbot hick.

Unless, of course, you happen to live in Boston and can't tell the difference between a Light-Brite and a bomb.

Can you imagine the vile mockery coming from the people at this site if the "scare" had been in a Red State or rural area?

[greyl]

22. Have Bush's policies reduced the threat of terrorism?

'Anyone who thinks so is a clueless, brainless, red-state, Bushbot hick.'

For the record, I think the Boston scare was a ridiculous overreaction.

[ComerPerro]

23. my point as well

[blues90]

24. There is all sorts of terror

However as futile as the US is protected and as hated as the US is now for their attacks and hate I would not be surprized if we were attacked in some form . sure you can die many other ways but this is a real risk for someone or several in the worng place at the wrong time .

[Nikki Stone1]

25. Which state? (Since you only mention one in the thread title)

:)

[Katherine Brengle]

26. I think the amount the US worries about terra is disproportionate to the actual risk...

:shrug:

Terrorism is a much more serious problem in many other parts of the world (Baghdad anyone?).

[Balbus]

28. Interesting that (as of now) that 51% of the respondents

actually believe, despite the bungling and incompetence of the current administration, that Bush has actually made us safer from terrorism since the terrorist attack of 9/11/01. I don't agree with them. I actually feel he has made us more of an enticing target than ever before.

And please spare me the ignorant/idiotic posts that 9/11/01 wasn't a terrorist attack. You have your own forum to bounce your insanity off of each other - keep it there.