Reply #85: I support fighting terror, but not how Bush is doing it [View All]

Yes we do need to use military action to fight Al Quaeda, but that's only a first step. Ultimately we need to fight terror through humane means. If we can fight poverty, disease, and hunger in the middle east then the terrorists will have less influence over the people there. The more regimes we topple the more propaganda Al Quaeda can create and the more terrorists and suicide bombers they will recruit.

On the issue specifically, Paul Johnson did know the risks going into Saudi Arabia. However the fact that Paul Johnson was abducted by Al Quaeda, shows that there are still Al Quaeda groups around in Saudi Arabia and god knows where else in the middle east. But, the one thing we do know is that THEY WERE NOT IN IRAQ. We are fighting the war on terror in the wrong country and that is ENTIRELY Bush's fault. Now, I don't think that we should overthrow the Saudis or any other regime for that matter but I think that we should ACTUALLY get them to cooperate in fighting terror and not let them off the hook because they have oil and they are friends with the Bushes.