Joe Stalin, and the Khmer Rouge implemented a solution for these "Vile, disgusting, angry, small-minded, pathetic people." Sounds like you'd have a home with them.

Maybe consider finding common ground, assuming your opponents motives are noble, and convincing them of your ideas would be a better strategy.

Agreed. The American Military is capable of deploying a terrific volume of horrific violence. A volume and ferocity inconceivable to most. That's their job and they do an excellent job of it.

A tax break is NOT 'flat-out gift money.' It's keeping the money you've earned.

You should get a job and earn some money. You'll quickly understand the difference.

Perhaps, but they embrace and control risk better than any other society.

What were the Su-30's first 4 generations of stealth?

The Soviet Union is gone and the US continues to build it successful line of carriers. Sounds like the American Super-Men may be Masters of the Universe.

Thankfully, the UN has no forces and did not help the Afghans. Had both been true, 10s of millions would been brutally massacred and both Afghanistan and Pakistan would be solidly controlled by a nuclear equipped Taliban.

Luckily for all humanity, NATO is in Afghanistan and fighting the Taliban.

Monster is a morality judgment that you can't universally define. So those most willing to apply violence constructs the moral framework, defining Monster, etc. Some will always disagree and they'll be dealt with.

As long as people run a government, there will be corruption. The best you can do is minimize it.

Sure, If they surrender, lock them up in a place like Gitmo until 'the war is over' which could be a _very_ long time when dealing with terrorists.

There are no rules to war. If you're losing and about to be extinguished, everything's fair game.

Telling indeed. You're advocating a reduction in lifestyle, logically leading to de-industrialization.

Obama's looking for internal threats to his administration, Bush was looking for external threats to the country. Same monitoring apparatus, different purpose.

Washington voted out the Senate Majority leader Tom Foley in '94.

500,000 Iraqi children could have been saved had Saddam adhered to UN resolutions. But that's not his style. No, dead children was his best weapon against the west and people of your persuasion eat it up. So America topples the man at a terrible loss of over 4000 service men and women (people better than anyone on Slashdot) and it's bloody murder and evil imperialism.

How can you vote for a man with no related experience for President, then complain when he appoints people with NO experience to posts in his administration?