This is a classic example of what we call in logic "poisoning the well."
Yeah whatever Hitler.
Damn it Jay, I'm not Hitler, I'm an atheo-fascist. Get it right, man.
"You do not create terrorism by fighting terrorism"
Perhaps not. But you do create it by fighting in Iraq.
it means we'll go back to the old days of waiting to be attacked -- and then respond...
But Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11... he said that even.
There is a deep-rooted disconnect in Western civilization between altruisn/"goodness" and the pursuit of self-interest. This leads to pro-torture "Christians." It also leads to those in favor of enlightening the pursuit of self-interst having trouble making themselves understood. The ruthlessly and stupidly self-interested hear them as weak, whereas the relentlessly and stupidly selfless hear them as harsh.
At the current moment, the stupidly selfish impulse is the larger problem. However, flopping over into the other extreme won't work out well either.
Deeprooted framing problems like this are not easy to address.
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