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[realpatriot1]

Minuteman-5,

I''m not talking about being liked by Jihadists or socialists like Chavez. I''m talking about having strong alliances with other countries who share our democratic values and will work with us to promote our values when we live up to those values ourselves. When we talk a good game about democracy and peace and then preemptiviely invade and occupy nations that didn''t attack us we lose cred with potential allies.

Even in countries whose governments really do hate us their citizens often support us and would trade their government for ours if they could.

I''m not saying that we need to tuen away from confronting those who confront us. Ultimately, the war on terror will be won by a combination of both agressive but smart military strategy combined with a smart negotiating and coalition-building posture. It''s not either or, we need to combine both in a way that will make our coalition relatively stronger and theirs relatively weaker.

[minuteman-5]

Posted by realpatriot1 at 05:17 PM

I have to disagree with you, I don''t think we need to defend ourselves according to "being liked" around the world, they never liked us before and don''t like us now, so F- them.....We just simply will not sit back and be hit again, we will destroy them first, its that simple, of course unless you go electing a sissy liberal president, run by a do-nothing democrat congress, then brace yourselves to be hit again

[realpatriot1]

minnick8,

The first step in effectively battling terrorist is being able to distinguish between a terrorist and an enemy. Throughout the Cold War we never stopped negotiating with our enemies and if we had the Iron Curtain wouldn''t have come down.

Bear in mind that when you poo-poo negotiation you must include Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon among those you''re questioning.

We need a strong defense and proactive action to defend ourselves-that''s not incompatible with negotiation.

We can''t fight the world without allies and without moral authority. That''s why we''re in the situation we are now where our forces are stretched thin and we have no effective alliances or significant support from others.

The entire world will never be on our side but the intent is to maximize our standing because the more the world is against us the weaker we are regardless of our pure military strength.

[minuteman-5]

Posted by minnick8 at 04:52 PM

May I ask what service you performed in the Vietman war ?

[minuteman-5]

Posted by BLKPRESIDENT at 04:50 PM

later dude, I was just playing, I know Obama does crack up.....smoke up, yes, crack...no

take it easy, ifyou find Libra tell her to cook some brownies for dessert....LOL

[minnick8-2009]

thank you for your service to our country

Posted by Minuteman-5

Yes, I was, and you are welcome! If you also served, thank you to you too.

[minnick8-2009]

I applaud your sense of urgency in accepting the reality of the terrorist threat, but if you waste your vote on old man McCain, who will sleep through critical intelligence briefings vital to our safety, then you may as well vote for lil'''' Hillary.

Posted by BLKPRESIDENT

If McCain is elected, maybe he could appoint Obama as social secretary. It could be his job to pour the tea and try to talk sense into the terrorists while McCain finishes his nap.

[blkpresident]

Crack and Mr. Obama, by his own admission, is an issue of the PAST. Nice chatting with you today, Minuteman-5. President-elect Obama will need your support in November after he steamrolls old man McCain. Peace. Gotta go catch up with Libra127 at the Mall before she burns through all of her money on lil'' Hillary portraits, lol

[minuteman-5]

Posted by minnick8 at 04:47 PM

You were a female in the Vietnam war ? thank you for your service to our country

[minuteman-5]

Posted by BLKPRESIDENT at 04:45 PM

McCain is older, more wise and experienced, and Obama is younger, more naive and in-experienced.....I understand