Comments on: Flypaper http://donklephant.com/2005/07/07/flypaper/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joshua http://donklephant.com/2005/07/07/flypaper/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Joshua Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:06:47 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=181#comment-609 I've not cared much for the flypaper theory either, but for a different reason. Applied generally, this theory basically means that America can protect herself from terrorism by inducing would-be terrorists to ply their craft in other countries instead. Even if this theory were perfectly sound and above reproach, it's not exactly fair to the populations of those "flypaper" countries, who are forced to bear the brunt of casualties and damage of a war between a foreign army and a (mostly) foreign collection of terrorists. I’ve not cared much for the flypaper theory either, but for a different reason. Applied generally, this theory basically means that America can protect herself from terrorism by inducing would-be terrorists to ply their craft in other countries instead. Even if this theory were perfectly sound and above reproach, it’s not exactly fair to the populations of those “flypaper” countries, who are forced to bear the brunt of casualties and damage of a war between a foreign army and a (mostly) foreign collection of terrorists.

]]> By: Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord http://donklephant.com/2005/07/07/flypaper/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Ratatosk, Squirrel of Discord Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:50:06 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=181#comment-329 Gosh, I wish Americans had responded to 9/11 with the resolution of our British friends. Instead we acted like a 10 year old who just found out about the boogeyman. In place of a "Go to hell, you will not change us!" We ran to our government, accusing and excusing ... and more than anything... crying for "protection" and "safety". The terrorists changed us, and in doing so won a small victory. Gosh, I wish Americans had responded to 9/11 with the resolution of our British friends. Instead we acted like a 10 year old who just found out about the boogeyman. In place of a “Go to hell, you will not change us!” We ran to our government, accusing and excusing … and more than anything… crying for “protection” and “safety”.

The terrorists changed us, and in doing so won a small victory.

]]> By: Montag http://donklephant.com/2005/07/07/flypaper/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Montag Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:27:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=181#comment-11 Iraqi blogger <a href="http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Riverbend</a> touches on this in her <a href="http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_riverbendblog_archive.html#112017374927547660" rel="nofollow">deconstruction of Bush's June 28 speech</a> on Iraq. Iraqi blogger Riverbend touches on this in her deconstruction of Bush’s June 28 speech on Iraq.

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