Reply #16: Which barbarians are going to blink first though? [View All]

I don't see the U.S. blinking with the enormous right wing bloodlust that we have today, and I certainly don't see al Qaeda doing it. So where does this end? So who steps up and becomes the bigger man? You cite the U.S. and the Soviet Union, but the big difference is the fact that the Soviet Union was a government with definite land and legitimacy. Al Qaeda, having neither of those, is not seen in the same light by the U.S., and as such, will not be treated with any form of respect. There will never be a meeting between leaders, never any peace negotiations. So again, where does this end?

I think we're agreeing here, but you're missing the point where I'm only taking the perspective of the opposition here. I'm not justifying what they've done in any way, and I'm not justifying what we've done in any way. I'm just calling them as I see them.