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n those particular instances, yes. The US had the same kneejerk reaction to Communism as the Islamic terrorists have to Western "incursion".


I guess we're going to have to disagree on this one. This is a fundamental way of looking at the world, so I can't really see either one of us changing the other's opinion on this. I would certainly never view promoting freedom and democracy as a "knee jerk" reaction. Communism was a serious threat to the world. And maybe I've missed a few New York Times editorials lately, but I was never under the impression that the goal of destroying an entire society and its people was on par with taking covert and illegal activities to protect the freedom and liberty of an entire continent.

Was it wrong for America to engage in an illegal war in South America? Yes. (Was the Boland Amendment wrong? Yes, but that's another story.) However, that does not equate the evil that we face today with Islamic terrorism.
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