[i]Would this quell the anger and rage against the United States? Not all of it but certainly much of it. As I said above, most people simply want to live their lives in peace.

After all, look at Vietnam, where the U.S. government killed more than a million people. Once U.S. forces exited the country, the Vietnamese left the United States alone.

While there is the ever-present risk that there will still be some people who will still want vengeance, their numbers will be relatively small. While they will constitute an ever-present threat of terrorism, that’s the price that must be paid for past interventions. What’s important to note is that continued interventionism can never solve that pr...

Would this quell the anger and rage against the United States? Not all of it but certainly much of it. As I said above, most people simply want to live their lives in peace.

After all, look at Vietnam, where the U.S. government killed more than a million people. Once U.S. forces exited the country, the Vietnamese left the United States alone.

While there is the ever-present risk that there will still be some people who will still want vengeance, their numbers will be relatively small. While they will constitute an ever-present threat of terrorism, that’s the price that must be paid for past interventions. What’s important to note is that continued interventionism can never solve that problem — it can only make it worse.

When governments go awry, it is up to the citizenry to straighten out their course. The problem is not Muslims or Islam. The problem is the U.S. government and, specifically, its foreign policy of interventionism. Bringing an end to that policy will restore a sense of peace and harmony not only to the American people but also the people of the world.

@thisnamecantbetaken -- another pop 4sure.

Indeed there are strong pro-zionist and and pro-war forces in the USA that now encourage hatred against Muslims - they push the word and idea of:

ISLAMOFASCISM.

As you point out, like calling someone a communist in the 50's was saying they were Pure Evil, today the idea is to make all Muslims into threats of Pure Evil.

This is al lie, distortion and deliberate propaganda.

Consider 9/11

9/11 was not an attack by "Muslim terrorist," but an attack by 16 Saudi's (and three others), planned by the Saudi bin Laden, and came with a message that it was done specifically because of the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia.

All these troops were la...

@thisnamecantbetaken -- another pop 4sure.

Indeed there are strong pro-zionist and and pro-war forces in the USA that now encourage hatred against Muslims - they push the word and idea of:

ISLAMOFASCISM.

As you point out, like calling someone a communist in the 50's was saying they were Pure Evil, today the idea is to make all Muslims into threats of Pure Evil.

This is al lie, distortion and deliberate propaganda.

Consider 9/11

9/11 was not an attack by "Muslim terrorist," but an attack by 16 Saudi's (and three others), planned by the Saudi bin Laden, and came with a message that it was done specifically because of the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia.

All these troops were later moved out of Saudii Arabia. (Most Muslims have a very simple and clear idea -- if there are troops of Western forces on Arab land that equals an invasion, it's war, and these troops must be pushed out.)

The one other reason bin Laden's message gave for 9/11 was the USA support for Israel.

I only add one thought to everything above, that I agree with.

That one thought is that all the words about fighting for "American values," (as mentioned in the clip) or talk of fighting for freedom and democracy is nothing but a pack of lies (and always has been).

Most wars, like the USA invasions in the Middle East, are for land and resources, like oil, gold, good fields for farming, etc. (not ideologies)

The reasons for the wars in the Middle East are Oil and Israel.

To even 'buy into' the idea that this war is about ideologies is like Alice in Wonderland walking through the mirror and being in a absurd world that makes no sense.

Thinking that 'American values," or Ideologies are the reasons for this war are the wrong 'frame of reference,'

The main USA policy, from Day One, is: EXPANSION, since 1607

expanded its policy of interventionism in the hope of killing those whose differences with America’s values had risen to the level of rage as a result of U.S. interventionism

Outstanding!

I wonder if there is another issue that makes this a particularly American phobia: Half of all the discretionary spending in the American budget goes to the military. And, the USA spends roughly the same on defense as all the other nations of the world combined.

That is one vast amount of money! And it goes not only to those we think of - like arms manufacturers - but to food suppliers, clothing makers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, auto makers, oil companies - and on and on.

Now how are those industries going to justify their existence? They'll pour money into lobbying organizations that emphasize military readiness - and that includes promoters of sectarian hatred, es...

Outstanding!

I wonder if there is another issue that makes this a particularly American phobia: Half of all the discretionary spending in the American budget goes to the military. And, the USA spends roughly the same on defense as all the other nations of the world combined.

That is one vast amount of money! And it goes not only to those we think of - like arms manufacturers - but to food suppliers, clothing makers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, auto makers, oil companies - and on and on.

Now how are those industries going to justify their existence? They'll pour money into lobbying organizations that emphasize military readiness - and that includes promoters of sectarian hatred, especially sectarian hatred disguised as something else - Christian fundamentalism comes to mind.

I never did find a convincing account of the supposed Saudi/Iraqi/Afghan/Pakistani/Muslim/Islamic/Fascistic/Communist/Taliban undifferentiated threat to 'Amerika'. That's likely because when you say everyone is your enemy the only conclusion possible is that you have taken pains to make it so.
OTOH I do know that there has never been less unfettered ability of a 'Western' government to carry out murder, mayhem, torture and imprisonment - save Nazi Germany -than exists today via The War Measures Act ( UK,Canada,Australia) and the Patriot Act (USA) - both domestically and in targeted foreign victims.
Islamofascism - a mind-numbingly stupid concept - is an import
http://www.larouchepub.com...

I never did find a convincing account of the supposed Saudi/Iraqi/Afghan/Pakistani/Muslim/Islamic/Fascistic/Communist/Taliban undifferentiated threat to 'Amerika'. That's likely because when you say everyone is your enemy the only conclusion possible is that you have taken pains to make it so.
OTOH I do know that there has never been less unfettered ability of a 'Western' government to carry out murder, mayhem, torture and imprisonment - save Nazi Germany -than exists today via The War Measures Act ( UK,Canada,Australia) and the Patriot Act (USA) - both domestically and in targeted foreign victims.
Islamofascism - a mind-numbingly stupid concept - is an import
http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2001/2846b_lewis_profile.html
Ain't propaganda wonderful ?
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/10/72338/0002
My problem is people insist on calling stuff like this misdirected. That is quite the fine face for diabolical.

The Iraqis always fought against the American invasion of their country, not because they were Muslims and they hated America or Christianity. They fought, and are still fighting, because a foreign nation invaded their sovereign country without provocation.

America, and its foolish allies in Iraq are the direct cause of increased terrorism in the world today. They took a world that always had a very, very mild chance of terrorism at any given time (even on 9/11/2001), and turned it onto a place where terrorism has become much more common.

America and its allies also need to realize that most terrorists are not foreign people in other countries; it's their own citizens, working at home. It...

The Iraqis always fought against the American invasion of their country, not because they were Muslims and they hated America or Christianity. They fought, and are still fighting, because a foreign nation invaded their sovereign country without provocation.

America, and its foolish allies in Iraq are the direct cause of increased terrorism in the world today. They took a world that always had a very, very mild chance of terrorism at any given time (even on 9/11/2001), and turned it onto a place where terrorism has become much more common.

America and its allies also need to realize that most terrorists are not foreign people in other countries; it's their own citizens, working at home. It's time for America to bring its poor soldiers home, scale down their military massively, and put all that excess money into infrastructure, social programs and law enforcement. That, more than anything else, will prevent future terrorist attacks on America.