“Paul realizes that these people exist but that we should put their true numbers into perspective. What I believe Paul has focused on is the removal of a strong motivating factor (occupation) that increases hatred towards us rather than on a few ideological terrorists that are certifiably insane. What’s more important in the bigger picture, having a few people hate us, or entire countries hating us?”
That’s simple. The answer is “neither.” It’s not the government’s job to make people like you. The government’s job is to *defend* you and your fellow citizens. Even if a few people or entire countries don’t like that. What matters is not how other countries feel about Americans but how they act toward us militarily.
The idea that we should ignore terrorists just because their numbers are small is nuts. Charles Manson and his followers were a small group also. Does that mean we should have allowed them to have free reign to continue killing people because we have to put their numbers into perspective?
