The American War on Terror was a mistake.
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Hello o: 19 rag tag terrorists, that's who. So, we attack Afghanistan and lose another 2,234 soldiers killed.. And then we attack Iraq, and lose still another 4,500 American dead. And after 15 years, we're STILL fighting those wars, and even more wars than that..... ALL on the country's credit card too. And, YOU think that's wonderful... DUDE! 50 American special forces could have done the deed in a month.. DUDE! You know nothing of these matters. excon Side: No
http://www.latimes.com/projects/ What happened here FRAUD Side: Yes
The war started in 2001, sixteen years ago. We still have not accomplished a thing. Sure, we hunted and killed Osama bin Laden but that took 9 years, and exactly what did that do? Al-Qaeda is still a thing, but a bigger threat is ISIS. It's faded over the wayside in the past few months but it is still active and has some strongholds in the Middle East. The war looks to be over, and for good reason. The decade has been spent wasting money in foreign countries when it could be used to improve infrastructure, education, or healthcare. Side: Yes
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Follow the money trial, many army, navy, airforce and others make a ton of money selling to the government what gives their product to the army and others. Many mercian contractors make money money then you could every inmagian selling into these useless wars. The only reason the Government gives us is to project and provide democracy. When in realtly its about the money the government makes. Side: Yes
It is an example of creative branding backfiring. They could have called them more specific things, like the War on the Taliban, War on Al Qaeda, War on Isis, and possibly even added specific geographic references. Because if they did it that way they could periodically have declared some of these wars victories. But instead, since it's just this big nebulous "terrorism" which comes from all places including domestic sources, they've branded this war in a way it can never be won. You truly would have to have worldwide peace to declare the War on Terrorism a victory. Furthermore, this has badly muddled the separation of powers as granted in the Constitution. Presidents essentially attack anywhere and go to war anywhere now, which has lead to distrust and tensions including Congress and the general public, and drummed up the domestic spying and the conspiracy theories, which ultimately lead to voters distrusting all of Washington and hurling Trump at it to try to break it up. Side: Yes
http://www.latimes.com/projects/ Oh i link some more ! Side: Yes
But didn't Obama get the Nobel Peace Prize ? Side: Yes
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It depends on what the goal was. If the goal was an unwinnable war that will last forever and the repeal of our civil liberties it was a resounding success. That may sound ironic but war is useful to government as it keeps it's citizens in a tribalist mindset. This means that out-groups are viewed with more scrutiny while the in-group suffers less scrutiny. The citizens of a nation at war are far more concerned with their enemies than with problems and corruption within their own government. An interesting part of the war on terror is the panopticon that emerged as a result. It would be difficult to convince the public to agree to mass surveillance without an enemy within. Funnily enough, perpetual war and mass surveillance were two factors (among others) that made the society depicted in Orwell's 1984 so dystopian. Side: No
No. But the chosen strategy and tactics of conducting the war on terror have been collosal failures. It's not a mistaken aim to shape our policy around the ideal of reducing terrorist activity, but the incompetence of policy makers should be abudantly clear by now since the net result of our supposed "anti terror" policies has been a massive increase in terrorism. Side: No
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Are you dense? (Wait, don't answer that, I know.) It baffles me how ignorant the "alt-right" such as you can be when talking about terrorism. It's undeniable that foreign policy has had a huge impact on the amount of terrorism we've been experiencing. Of course it's not the only factor, but it's certainly a large one. Side: Yes
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