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So is that every single one of them?
If not, doesn't that make you a selfish twit?
Seems you're the selfish twit, and you've already proved it. Why don't you do some research?
Are you going to respond to my point then?
Ok, I'll restate my point in the simplest terms possible.
You accused me of being a selfish twit because I said that the UK shouldn't directly fight terrorists that are attacking America, or the West in general, because that would actually increase our chances of being attacked by many times.
I asked you if the USA had been involved in fighting every terrorist campaign over the world in the last 50 years- the implication being that if the US doesn't feel the need to stick its head above the parapet for other people, then why the hell should we?
No, not quite what you asked, suggest you go back and reread.
The US has been involved in the fights against every terrorism group that has attacked Britain.
You're still a selfish twit.
Ok I've re-read, and I think I asked the same question three times, without a response.
Has the US fought every terrorist campaign in the last 50 years throughout the world?
Now that is a very debateable statement, but its still irrelevant because I obviously don't support the British Governments policy, do I.
Maybe you could get round to answering my question?
Uh, you know ZERO about explosives, don't you? C4 is an explosive. Very fast burning and very clean. Leaves pretty much nothing behind (slight nitrate residue).
Nope. Israel has fought some of the campaigns. So has Britain. The Dutch. The Germans. Honduras. El Salvador. Argentina. Japan. The Phillipines. Thailand. Malaysia. Australia. The French. The Spanish. The Turks. The Russians. The Greeks.
The United States has helped in most of those. Not all. Some because the nation that fought the campaign didn't feel a need for help.
Why don't you think very, very carefully about the question you are asking instead of continuing to make yourself look like a fool?
Still haven't bothered to read that Scotland Yard report on terrorism, have you?
Terrorists hit targets that they feel will make their point in the greatest manner. It has nothing to do with if you invite reprisals or not (remember the terrorist attack in Holland?). Target assessment is a bit more involved than just "oh, they haven't done anything to us", especially since it will make absolutely no difference if you have done anything or not. If Britain is chosen as a target, there will be a reason found, justified or not.
Terrorists don't think like you do. They don't reason like you do. They don't value what you do. Trying to apply your concepts of what is logical to them is simply fooling yourself.
I'm sorry but I can't see past the hypocrisy of you calling me a "selfish twit" because I say that we shouldn't raise our risk of being struck by terrorism by getting involved in this, while the US has not been involved in most fighting most terrorist campaigns around the world over the last 50 years. Why should we make ourselves a target when you, for instance, refused to even crack down on NORAID.
If your answer is that the USA has tried to involve itself in fighting every terrorist group and opnly hasn't done so on some occasions because the country has refused help, well then the argument is finished, because that is ludicrous.
Most?
I'd say yes. That isn't all. And you'll have to go ask the SAS about ludicrous, since you obviously don't have any idea.
(putting aside the obviously farcical claim that the US has fought "most" terrorist campaigns over the last 50 years) why not all then?
Are you such a selfish twit that you don't care about those people's suffering?
I already answered this. Maybe you should pay attention.
No, I can't find the answer.
Whats your excuse as to why the US hasn't been involved in fighting all terrorist campaigns? Surely if you haven't then you're a selfish twit, by your own logic?