Obama went on tv tonight in an attempt to reassure Americans about the threat from terrorists. I don't think it changes anything. Those who are against him will say the same things and those on his side will not change their tunes. There are no good and easy way to do this. This will continue into the next presidency. And whoever is elected will not have any better idea than Obama. If someone like Trump gets elected, God forbid, he will find that rhetoric will not get rid of ISIS and in fact plays right into terrorists hands and increase their ability to recruit.
You know, there are a lot of Americans who are angry that more is not done about ISIS. There are also a lot of Americans who have great fear of terrorism. But despite what happened in California this week, terrorism have not cause many deaths since 9/11. The chances of getting killed from terrorism is miniscule compared to the chances of getting murdered by fellow Americans. So how come those people who are angry at Obama are not a thousand times more angry about the people who don't want to stop gun violence? You don't want to stop people who are on no fly lists from getting guns? Really? Obama may sound careless when he described ISIS as a jv team. But we are not living in the most dangerous time as people suggest. Remember the 1960s when we were frightened of what the USSR will do to us? Compared to the USSR, ISIS is jv. Also 50,000 Americans died in Vietnam during that time. So the chances of Americans dying due to a conflict was much greater then. It was also greater during the Iraq war under Bush than now. So let's have some perspective. It took a long time to get rid of the threat from the USSR. It will take a long time to get rid of the threat from ISIS who by the way came into existence thanks to our invasion of Iraq.
Sunday, December 06, 2015
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Well, people are more aware of these types of attacks now because of how fast information is spread. Plus, the media pounds the public with all the coverage, which they it has to. I don't think there is one good solution to countering terrorism.
ReplyDeleteIn the old days, you could fight a country, but these groups are spread out, making it difficult to fight. I'm surprised at what happened in California. I can't believe a woman would have a child and decide to basically go on a suicide mission, leaving her child behind. Is that the type of person we are dealing with?
I'm not sure about Obama's strategy of coming on TV last night. Was there really a need to address the nation/world by bringing more attention to terrorism? It seems like it's playing into the hand of the terrorists.
-LBOAYM
I think the woman was the one who got the man involved in this. Yes, for a mother to go on a suicide mission and leave a baby behind is unfathomable. But any suicide mission is hard to understand. In this case I think there was a bigger target. They did not need all the guns, bombs and ammunition for this one center. I think they were planning on something bigger but the guy snapped that day. That is why they left and tried to not get caught and fight for another day with all those other weapons. If the center was the target, I think they would have brought more weapons, used bombs and fought to the bitter end and not have left.
ReplyDeleteObama didn't help the cause any last night but I don't think he played into the hands of the terrorists. But Trump did by advocating banning all Muslims from entering the country. So now ISIS and others can claim that the U.S. is against all Muslims. That will get more recruits inside and outside the country.,