It would be nice if we had a way to write editorials about the articles published in the newsletter, but since not, well, let's post away.

Negative, I know that you are able to distinguish between personal and intellectual argument here, and you do mention some good points, but with all due respect, you've been listening to Ministry way to much =)

I have lived years of my life in different countries and witnessed how this anti-America thing works. In its basic form, it's very similar to the mentality of young males that terrorist groups love to recruit. All you really have to do is go to an university and start asking what they think about us and you'll be horrified,which is humorous ... considering that our type of government originated from europe.
It seems to me that it just became too easy to blame it on America and I dont see anybody else doing much about anything besides critique. It's very hypocrit of people to criticize our efforts to create a global anti-terrorist policy, then go out in large groups in their own city, breaking every store and fighting with cops until the break of dawn because of a soccer game. Any european knows what i'm talking about and that's just another type of terrorism.

Now Saddam Hussein, maybe i shouldn't even bother talking about this, because it's clear and it has been argued enough. If you look a little closer, had the UN done what it's suppost to do in the past, we would not have reached this point.


Terrorrism is not just Al Qaeda. Just like its root is not so much based on political/religious beliefs, but manipulative skills for the interest of a few in power. It's easy to take advantage of people when they have a need to belong to a cause, an eye for an eye emotional development stage of adolescence in which the individual feels anger. Now I know that i am getting into a whole terrorist psychoanalysis here, but you cannot judge a group if you ignore the individuals. The 'head' of these organizations, they are the biggest brain washers you can think of and it becomes so easy to give these kids something to hate and eventually, to die for.


I think that what i'm trying to say here is that yes, our government is messed up in many things, but please show me which government isn't? You basically say that for terrorists to dissapear, we...the americans, gotta blow ourselves up. Anyone who studied history knows that an empire can only last for a certain period of time. But the spirit of this nation stands for beliefs that will never dissapear among humans. As far as the arrogance goes, Machiavelli wasn't so wrong after all.