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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Those are good ideas. I would not say we are losing to radical Islam though. It is very hard to plan against attacks by lone wolves or very small cells which have been sleeping.
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I am not sure I would use the word "losing" in this discussion.
I would however, say we are weakening our selves by not acknowledging a threat among us and not demanding our law be enforced. To be sarcastic about it will never solve anything.
I would also add that the world is so much smaller than it used to be and all the comments about Crusades, etc are simply ludicrous. We lost a lot of american citizens on 9/11....France lost a lot of people and around the world we can go.
This is a result of amazing technological advances and speed of travel. This is not hundreds of years ago, nor 50 years ago, nor 10 years ago.
This threat, despite those who say it is a "sky is falling" attitude, is NEW...not something you can relate to the old world or anything we have ever seen. And making ourselves aware and learning is not a bad thing