06-23-2004, 05:54 AM
Well of course the numbers went up.... we're at war, dumb ass... with terrorists... what did you think they'd do? Bake a cake for us?
It's called politics, you say what you have to in order to get support. There will not be an immediate, miraculous change as a result of what we're doing, but maybe in the long run there will be an improvement. The problem is that the Americans have a very short attention span and they want results immediately, but you dont solve so many years of ignored issues, poverty, lack of education and fair government in such a short time. Does that mean we shouldn't try? If a house is on fire, you put it out... otherwise it burns to the ground. So few people understand that and they would choose to leave the world the way it is... that solves nothing and whether or not we like it, we are involved and can't just turn away from what is, in many ways, our responsibility.
Here's my thing... I dont want people to get hurt, I dont want war and I dont want injuries...pretty liberal, huh? But what I never see from people like you, Laz is a solution to the problem. So tell me, what would you do?
It's called politics, you say what you have to in order to get support. There will not be an immediate, miraculous change as a result of what we're doing, but maybe in the long run there will be an improvement. The problem is that the Americans have a very short attention span and they want results immediately, but you dont solve so many years of ignored issues, poverty, lack of education and fair government in such a short time. Does that mean we shouldn't try? If a house is on fire, you put it out... otherwise it burns to the ground. So few people understand that and they would choose to leave the world the way it is... that solves nothing and whether or not we like it, we are involved and can't just turn away from what is, in many ways, our responsibility.
Here's my thing... I dont want people to get hurt, I dont want war and I dont want injuries...pretty liberal, huh? But what I never see from people like you, Laz is a solution to the problem. So tell me, what would you do?
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