I do understand that money came from people inside of the US that probably did help fund the IRA (probably most of it from people who didn’t know where it was going). Money has also come from the UK and other countries. I have already stated that and understand that. What everyone seems to be glossing over is that when the US government was able to prove that money was being diverted to terrorist organizations like the IRA these organizations were shut down.

While I understand that some of you feel that this should have been a top priority of the US government to stop terrorism inside the UK/Ireland, you have to understand that before 9/11 the US government didn’t even take Osama Bin Laden’s threat to the US too serious. The US government let its own people down, its not surprising the US government didn’t take the time to stop terrorism in another country, they didn’t even try too hard to stop it at home in its own.

Money is still being raised inside of the US for terrorist organizations that help kill Americans. The problem is proving where the money is going and then taking the necessary steps to shut these organizations down.

In a free society such things like this are always going to happen. The US even trained the 9/11 pilots to fly those airliners into the Pentagon and the Twin Towers. The only thing the US government can do is learn from its mistakes and then take the steps now to correct those mistakes.

Also you have to understand that the problem of international terrorism is not going to go away simply by ignoring it. If history has shown us anything it is that ignoring a problem only makes things worse in the long run. Leaving the terrorists alone for too long allowed them to build a base inside of Afghanistan where they trained the next generation of leaders. Not doing anything to destroy the global organization of terrorists because you feel it would create more terrorists is simply idiotic.

The only way to destroy the threat is to confront it, as I said it’s not going away on its own. So while you are afraid of Bush because he is confronting this global threat (yes its not just a threat to the US) head on, I am more afraid of Iran and if they actually are allowed to get nuclear weapons. Iran will use them, and anyone who thinks otherwise better wake up soon before it is too late.

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