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Originally Posted by AK_Gandy
For one thing, he's willing to discuss instead of only threaten.
Bush was the best recruiter that the terrorists have ever had. His tough guy routine of... "Bring it on" ...just challenged those who don't care if they live or die for their cause. 
And yes, there comes a time when talk doesn't work anymore but........why are there so many that seem to have a blood lust to want to attack at the drop of a hat?
Diplomacy and discussion should be preferable to everyone, over sending our children out to fight but.........it doesn't seem to work that way with some people.
I just don't get it. 
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You're not answering the question that was asked. You originally stated that our new President would do a better job of "ferreting out" terrorists. Seems to me that he has weakened, not strengthened our anti-terrorist efforts.
But you've changed gears and that's OK. Let's talk about President Obama's willingness to discuss. Yes, he has been willing to discuss, and discuss and discuss. He has repeatedly apologized for and blamed America for all the world's woes. He has stiff armed our best allies and embraced some of our enemies. Just last week, he abandoned our allies in eastern Europe by scrapping a missile shield to protect them from rogue nukes from Iran, etc. This action is good news for Russia and Iran, bad news for Poland and the Czech Republic.
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always discuss (and even worse, make endless concessions) is to portray weakness which invites more bad behavior from one's enemies.
An interesting video of this concept can be found here:
Pajamas TV - Afterburner with Bill Whittle - Game Theory and a Losing Strategy: Obama's Bad Judgment With The Prisoner's Dilemma
Bill Whittle is one OK guy.
Back on topic. I challenge you to state anything the new President has done to strengthen our position in "ferreting out" terrorists.
