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>>Many more are going to in the near future. See events in Gaza, Lebanon and India this week. This is not going away. Islamic fundamentalists have declared war on the free world and we can either choose to fight it now or let it fester for another generation and let our children deal with it with even nastier weapons.
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>Hi Jake,
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>I agree that Islamic Fundamentalism has declared war, and I don't think that they've restricted it to the "free world".
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>My issue is with the concept of a declaration of war against "terrorism".
>First, as said earlier, many other countries are in a big battle against terrorism but they haven't seen the need to declare war. They are fighting it aggressively through cooperation and enacting special laws and by restricting the 'battles' within the confines of their own borders.
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>The Islamic Fundamentalistshave decalred war, but their chances of winning are NIL. There is absolutely no way they can take over the U.S. or Canada or the U.K. or any other reasonably established country. Period.
>Yes, they can inflict severe damage and steps MUST be taken to prevent that, but declaring war is way out over the line as I see it.

Jim. So we MUST take step to prevent attacks, yet many Americans, and others, are not willing to up with even the slightest inconvenience in exchange for more security. We have activist who cry "racism" or even will sue you for anything they see as discrimination.

Not an easy task, protecting a country that is based on open society, without stepping on someone's feeling.