On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:53:14 -0400, salty wrote:


The biggest weapon in the terrorists arsenal?

I'm starting to suspect *we* are. People forget, as recently as 20 years
ago, Iraq was a prosperous, secular, non-terrorist state, and our ally to
boot. Now look at it. Iran was a budding democracy, until our very own
CIA, overthrew Mossadegh. Now look at it.

Poverty and hunger.

People who are destitute and hungry with no hope are very easy to
recruit. They will go along with anyone who comes to them with the
answers to their immediate problems. If we had spent the money already
wasted on this idiotic and futile "War on Terror" building houses,
schools and hospitals and feeding people's families, 3000 of our
soldiers would still be alive and home with their families. Instead,
they are ripe for the picking when the terrorists come calling, looking
for anyone who wants someone to care about them.

For sure, we wouldn't be worse off. Radical Islam is a small percentage
of Islam. We paint all of Islam with the same brush, at our peril.

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On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:53:14 -0400, salty wrote:


The biggest weapon in the terrorists arsenal?

I'm starting to suspect *we* are. People forget, as recently as 20 years
ago, Iraq was a prosperous, secular, non-terrorist state, and our ally to
boot. Now look at it. Iran was a budding democracy, until our very own
CIA, overthrew Mossadegh. Now look at it.

Democracies can easily be turned into dictatorships, see Hugo Chavez of
Venezuela, Daniel Ortega Nicaragua.

Poverty and hunger.

People who are destitute and hungry with no hope are very easy to
recruit. They will go along with anyone who comes to them with the
answers to their immediate problems. If we had spent the money already
wasted on this idiotic and futile "War on Terror" building houses,
schools and hospitals and feeding people's families, 3000 of our
soldiers would still be alive and home with their families. Instead,
they are ripe for the picking when the terrorists come calling, looking
for anyone who wants someone to care about them.

For sure, we wouldn't be worse off. Radical Islam is a small percentage
of Islam. We paint all of Islam with the same brush, at our peril.

Radical Islam is harbored by moderate Islam. Nobody in Islam is willing
to stand up and point at the radicals and call them radicals.

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On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:53:14 -0400, salty wrote:


The biggest weapon in the terrorists arsenal?

I'm starting to suspect *we* are. People forget, as recently as 20 years
ago, Iraq was a prosperous, secular, non-terrorist state, and our ally to
boot. Now look at it. Iran was a budding democracy, until our very own
CIA, overthrew Mossadegh. Now look at it.

Poverty and hunger.

People who are destitute and hungry with no hope are very easy to
recruit. They will go along with anyone who comes to them with the
answers to their immediate problems. If we had spent the money already
wasted on this idiotic and futile "War on Terror" building houses,
schools and hospitals and feeding people's families, 3000 of our
soldiers would still be alive and home with their families. Instead,
they are ripe for the picking when the terrorists come calling, looking
for anyone who wants someone to care about them.

For sure, we wouldn't be worse off. Radical Islam is a small percentage
of Islam. We paint all of Islam with the same brush, at our peril.



Didn't you just do the same thing? "Iran" does not represent radical
Islamic fundamentalism. It's a country with policies we may support or
disagree with.

The threat to us was demonstrated on 9/11.

Eisboch