Re: Why Americans don't know what the rest of the world knows

From: C Kent (CKent_at_nospam.net)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:29:54 GMT

"liaM" <cuddly@mindless.com> wrote in message
news:cfkn5h$b8g$1@news-reader3.wanadoo.fr...
> fresh~horses wrote:
> > "C Kent" <CKent@nospam.net> wrote in message
> >>"liaM" <lhooq@email.com> wrote in message
> >>
> >>>How is terrorism fought ? by reacting to their threat in a climate of
> >>>fear with war in distant lands and defensive barriers and partial
> >>>abrogations of civil rights at home.
> >>
> >>It shoud be fought by simultaneously 1) KILLING any and all existing
> >>terrorist, and 2) draining the swamps (i.e. conditions) that breed
> >>terrorists (so there aren't so many you have to KILL in the future) by
> >>promoting democratic governments educational reforms and free markets
> >
> > I think it would be better "fought" by not invading other countries
> > for spurious and imperialistic reasons

 9/11 is not a spurious or imperialistic reason

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> Unfortunately we have the Republican Junta to thank for giving the
> terrorists 2 overwhelming reasons to hate us.

Actually, it more the inaction of the previous democrat administration that
would only show token responses [i.e. shooting 2 million dollar missles into
empty tents and hitting camels in the ***] that gave the terrorist the
bright idea that they could act without any real punishment.

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> Before the peoples of the world looked up to us. Now we are hated.
> Imho we won't win peace by killing and exterminating the opposition.

Actually, by definition, if the terrorist's are killed and exterminated then
they can't bother U.S. --- which is the whole point.

> liaM
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