When Did Americans Become Such Cowards?

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politicians and corporations are hard hitting the american public every way possible.forclosures,loss of industry,jobs low saleries,expensive education,lack of proper medical coverage,high taxes and in general poor quality of life.
they have together implemted a form of SOCIAL TERRORISM.
Who should really be in guantanomo prisons?

carlo caporaso of NJ 11:26PM April 23, 2011

terrorisom is hyped out of proportion.
Over 500.000 people die of cancer per year.
over 90 thousand die through lack of medical attention per year.
and over 140.000 people die on the roads.
The chances of occuring terrorist fatal injuries are extreamly rare.
Yet billons of dollars are poured into afganistan and iraq.??? in the so called fight to end terrorisom.
Where should your tax dollars really go?????.

carlo caporaso of NJ 11:45PM August 15, 2009

Big ups, Mr Farrell; Americans are sick of this political game play. Those of us who have loved ones in those GOD forsaken countries want our men and women home. We pray for their safe and speedy return. In the meantime, we have fools ruling the roost. Some of these are elected. Brand the beasts, deport them, bury them. More than Bin Laden is laughing, and it's getting old.

Lillian Williams of PA 6:39AM May 20, 2009

I say "move the terrorists to the U.S. And right now. However, only move them to the U.S. if they are handcuffed to Obama, Pelosi, and the rest of the Democrat Senators and Representatives.
Give the Democrat wussies a chance to observe these beheaders up close and we'll see a totally different vote.

Don Rorschach of TX 11:04AM May 19, 2009

The prisoners there are not military. They are civilians who have broken our laws. Lets just put them in American prisons like any other law breaker. No special food or other privileges our regular prisoners don't get.
The problem would be taken care of by the our American inmates.

William Tatum of VA 3:43PM May 18, 2009

How does one convict terrorists,when invading a county illagally
to obtain them??
What about international law? on what basis does evidence subtantiate conviction??
Americans are slso stupid.
You can not eliminate terrorists by military force alone,It only occurs a loss of live for military personal with no acomplisment,now or the future.

carlo caporaso of NJ 9:42AM May 18, 2009

You are correct, American politicians are acting as fools, especially most of the Republicans and some of the Democrats.
As far as "winning the wart" goes, the Bush administration had the chance to secure Afghanistan, but they didn't. The Allies only control 10% of Afghanistan. The Taliban are regrouping there, and the majority of the world's heroin is from there (with drug growers and dealers funding the Taliban).
The military experts told the Bush administration it would take far more troops to secure Afghanistan than the 58,000 troops that were there. The military experts also told the Bush administration that the Iraq war was unecessary (pres. Reagan in fact backed Saddam Hussein and Iraq in the Iraq/Iran war as the lesser of two evils). The invasion of Iraq emboldened Iran).
The Bush adminitration falied to secure Afghanistan and left it a mess for the next administration. That is one reason (amongst several reasons) that the Democrats won the presidency, the U.S. Congress, and the majority of statehouses, the Republicans are perceived as incomptetent.

Brent of CA 6:24AM May 18, 2009

"When did Americans become such fools?"
I blame your generation. My generation was born into this foolish country. Don't worry, we'll take it back, and be sure to thank you for your contributions.
Do you really think we're going to let you have social security?
Do you really think you deserve it?
Mr. Brand, of Texas, have you not considered segregating the terrorists from regular prison population?

Joe of OR 1:20AM May 18, 2009

The rise of our cowardice seems to have paralleled the rise in our increasing adherence to political correctness. No longer is doing whatever it takes to protect our own more important than political correctness. While we wonder what will happen to American prisoners in Iraq or Afghanistan if they have our so called torture methods used on them we forget that the people that we are crying crocodile tears for Take NO Prisoners! Prisoners are tortured, shot in the back of their heads and their bodies are dumped in a ditch, river or alley! Hasn't anyone noticed that after nearly 7 years of war there are no prisoners in either Iraq or Afghanistan!

Curtis Gwin Jr of WA 6:03AM May 17, 2009

1 Blacks make up a majority of prisoners in American jails.
2 many blacks are attracted to Islam because it elevates their social status.
3.Adding Jiahadists to the prison population exposes our imprisoned blacks to jiahadist missionary activity.
4. Any prison needs to avoid the ideological contamination of America's black population.

William Brand of TX 12:25PM May 16, 2009