Guys, I know it can be disheartening that hate is spreading so rapidly in this world. And the old saying "fight fire with fire" is even sickening for a lot of people to contemplate, but the bottom line here is that if we don't retaliate there's no telling when or where the next act of hate/terrorism will hit this country.

I don't like this any more than you guys do, but the fact of the matter is that it's not all about revenge, it's all about preventing this from happening again. It's easy to say that we could simply try to make others understand where we're coming from, but it's not that easy, because peace isn't on their minds. What they want is to destroy our homeland and everything we believe in at all costs. It's basically an ongoing suicide mission, and they will stop at nothing.

New York City, I've been there several times in my life, and to one day start a family, I don't want to have to worry about destruction. I want to bring my kids up in a world where we don't have to constantly live in fear or terrorism. It's impossible to eliminate terrorism altogether, however for a lot of people our current military actions is a good start.

I hate to think that this world has come to war, but the longer we wait to retaliate, there's no telling what will happen next. As American's, it's true that we can no longer afford to lose face.


What most people don't realize, or want to admit is that for years in foreign countries, people have been planning an attack on America, and it's never going to stop if we continue to look away.

-Joseph