[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Erax:
Thermo, your views sound... familiar. You wouldn't be an ex-US Navy lieutenant turned science fiction writer, would you ?

I'd just like to say that there is no effective way to make war on terrorism, because the terrorists hide. They do not show their faces. The ones who support them do so secretly. Conventional warfare will NOT work against such an enemy (I'll assume your 'kill them all' suggestion was a rant). But there is a weapon out there that may work. It won't kill your enemy but it will make his children leave his camp and join yours; it's called television.

Take over their schools, their universities, their TV and radio stations. At the very least, make them lift state bans on what can be broadcast or taught in their countries, then flood them with your culture. Build hospitals, movie theaters, community centers. Send your pacifists over to be their children's teachers. The US has the power to do this, it will restore your credibility with the rest of the world and it will have support from peace and war proponents at home.

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And unfortunately, America is divided along ideological boundaries to an extent that has not existed since the American Civil War.

I am not an American and I do not live in the US, but that is also my perception. Only this time it isn't North vs. South, it's Coasts vs. Center.

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Me in the Navy, well I took a ride in sub once. Been on a couple of boats too. Actually they were ships and the sub was a boat Who do you think I am? Perhaps I might want to look at his work.

The split is along party lines and while each side has its areas of power, it is not a clean divide. I feel that if a party would form that was right in the middle, they would become the majority very quickly. The two parties we have now just keep going further and further apart.