"Innocent civilians living within any nation that may be found responsible, in part or in full, for the crimes recently perpetrated against the United States, must not bear any responsibility for the actions of their government, and must therefore be guaranteed safety and immunity from any military or judicial action taken against the state in which they reside."
So, when the terrorists use innocent civilians as shields, we just turn around and walk away rather than assaulting their barricades. When the military units that actively supported the terrorists attack our forces, driving before them hundreds or thousands of innocent civilians, we either turn tail and run or just surrender gracefully, saying just before our mass executions, "We are SO sorry we bothered you. Please torture us before you hang us, and make sure our genitals are firmly lodged in our throats."
This makes such perfect sense to me. The terrorists used more than 5000 of our innocent civilians as shock absorbers to stop the civilian planes loaded with our civilians which were aimed at our hearts.
Look at our Constitution -- what are the first three words? WE, THE PEOPLE. WE are the government of the United States. WE gave our various state, local, and national leaders all the power they have. Not one government in the world could hold power if its people did not actively or passively permit it. It takes live bodies to run a government. It takes grass roots support.
Look back at the apologists who said in Germany, "We had no idea that evil bastard was killing 6 million Jews." Bullshit. The people of Germany voted Hitler into power. Every person who voted for him knew what his feelings about Jews were.
Yes, I know that the totalitarian regimes in Syria, Libya, North Korea, Afghansitan, Iraq, Iran, even Saudi Arabia hold power basically at the point of a gun. But if enough of the people want the murdering rampages to stop they will stop, even if it means because all of the regime's efforts go into putting down internal strife.
Harsh as it is, we must and we will protect ourselves.
