Thread: Why Terrorism Exists

Originally Posted by Harrycombs

Universal Mind, I disagree with you on a lot of things.

Join the enormous club. What is the ratio now? I think it's like 20 against 1. But it's a fun game.

Originally Posted by Harrycombs

Saddam would have been overthrown by the people of Iraq. There is no way it could last forever. If Hitler took over the world, he would have been overthrown. All dictatorships, no matter how terrible, can be defeated by its people.

I don't see how that could have ever happened. They tried it, and they failed tragically. Considering the terrorism threat I have been talking about, we could not wait for that to happen, and I don't think it ever would have happened.

Originally Posted by Harrycombs

The power of a government is derived from its people. When people unite and stop interacting with government, and realize that they are the ones giving there governments the power to oppress them, that government will fall very soon.

So the unarmed, terrified out of their minds citizens of Iraq could have taken on the government, with all of its weapons, and won? That is definitely something we could not count on to happen any time in the near future.

Originally Posted by Harrycombs

Saddam and his military couldn't have fought against millions of Iraqis. When such a massive movement took place, Saddam's soldiers probably would have turned against him.

Under the Hussein regime, people were tortured and killed in front of their family members and their family members tortured and killed in front of them just for merely being suspected of being oppositional. How would millions of people have ever united in opposition under such circumstances? What would they have used for weapons to take on Saddam's military?

Originally Posted by Harrycombs

Same thing would have happened to Hitler. Imagine, Billions of angry people versus Hitlers military. It would be bloody, but Hitler would have been overthrown.

The militaries of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union came together with all of their weapons and training and had a very difficult time stopping Hitler, and that was when he had only taken over part of Europe. What force could have ever dared come together and take on the Nazis with even as much power as the Allied Forces? Once Hitler took over the entire world, it would have taken a Hell of a lot more than that. As with the Hussein regime, the Nazis tore up people suspected of opposition.

Originally Posted by Harrycombs

You underestimate the power of the people. No government can exist unless the people allow it. When enough of the population realizes that, the people will take power. The United States doesn't need to go around liberating people.

The citizens can't do it when the government is too oppressive. I also wish we had world Coalitions instead of relatively small U.S. led coalitions. When the whole world has been liberated, there will be no more wars.

Originally Posted by Harrycombs

Also, remember that the United States supports and trades with lots of dictatorships. Many dictatorships were supported by the US, until there people finally overthrew the United States' puppet in power. We only remove them when there puppet turns against them.

A lesser of evils has been chosen a lot in the past, but I think we have learned our lessons about installing less evil dictatorships. Now we are installing democracies.