[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Opinion [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Seggi31 Those in the developed world need to protect those outside of it from their society's barbaric customs.[/quote] Even if those who you deem to need protecting don't want your country's protection or for you to be anywhere near their country? Also, it's thinking like that which engenders animosity and makes people resort to terrorism as American "help" often means American interference in their society and the corruption of their culture.[/quote] I'm not going to let you conflate protection of minorities in the developing world with the specific practices of the constituent forces of the United States military. I don't endorse the killing of civilians or the negligence that is often (Or perhaps only occasionally, depending on where you draw those lines) shown by American soldiers in Afghanistan, but to say that those despicable Islamist bastards are simply fighting for freedom is not only ignorant, but reprehensible. They're not fighting to free Arabs, they're fighting to be free to enslave them. [Edited on 04.19.2012 9:22 AM PDT]