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Old 09-28-2002, 07:45 PM   #5
jaguar
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Yet to be explained is how US foreign policy is responsible, or what type of terrorist appeasement France did not perform that might have prevented a possible atrocity.
Well that wins the stupid post of 2002 award. Hell, i have right wing teachers who still understand this.

Take one large group of impoverished, disenfranchised people.
Add anger.
Add a group that claims to have an easy colution to a difficult problem (Hitler, Bin Laden, should i go on?)
Then, have the US act exactly as bin laden says they will, they attack 'muslim' countries, support isreal etc. this is a war of minds, and the US is trying to win it with bombs, i woner why i keep getting temped to post the fark dumbass tag.
You cannot, repeat cannot. Stop terrorism with force. It simply is not going to work, you have to provide an alternative. What they need to do is a middle eastern equilivent of hte marshall plan, happy, wealthy people are less likely to suicide bomb somewhere than impoverished, angry people.
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