kedall: "...Yes, I know we were not involved with the Crusades but we claim to be a Christian nation and I'm sure they hate us for that too.Plus, we support their worst enemy, Israel. Any fool can understand why they hate us...."

Too bad they can't get along with Israel. That is their own bullshit. They need to work that out!

So, would you say that it was their 'mistake' to a aggressors, toward the U.S.?....and if so, what would you think should be our response?

Was the USS Cole a miscalculated 'mistake'? The embassy bombing?
And how about the counties housing and financing them?...a 'mistake'?

Don't get me wrong, I despise war as much as any of you...and I also look at the ideologies that favor war, to achieve their agendas,..including OURS!

The problem is, if we are going to defend ourselves, which we have the right to do, let's not use that 'opportunity' to bilk our country out of billions of dollars and waste lives, on both sides, for profit. In this manner, Vietnam and the Middle East are similar, because of the profiteering and the accommodations made for it!

By the way, it is those same accommodations that the U.S. will NOT secure our southern border.....money drugs and arms sales...NOT pity the poor immigrants!!!! Somebody, here on this side, is making a lot of bread, screwing us over, and selling us another line of bullshit.
30,000 Mexican nationals have been murdered by the Mexican drug cartels (as reported last night), THIS YEAR ALONE!!!...and we do nothing, but accommodate them. Don't you think some Washington politicians are lining their pockets, while holding up securing our borders?...and interfering with the people of Arizona, who actually want to do something about it?? Doesn't the people of Arizona have a Constitutional Right to defend themselves against a foreign power invading them, while our own government allows it, for the sake of drug profits????...or is that just a 'mistake' by some drug dealers, without the help from BOTH CORRUPT governments???

This may get even nastier, and instead of our government taking action against the perpetrators of this activity, they will turn against its own citizens, to facilitate every dime they can make off it!...and it's on BOTH sides of the aisle!

....and I'm right about this one, too..though some idiot-logue will get all nasty with me about it, citing 'humanitarian' reasons...and looking the other way, while 30,000+ more people are murdered!!

But, thank you for clarifying.

Respectfully,

GfS