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Originally posted by Mike AI@Feb 17 2003, 01:43 AM
Terrorists, people in the middle east, as well as many parts of the world understand power. The islamic fundementalist will never love us, they will never like us, but they do understand power....
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Mike, actually, from what I can tell, they understand power, and they also understand REVENGE. The middle east has a long history of an eye for an eye, and for grudges never forgotten.
You strike them without good cause, and it will be remembered forever, passed down from father to son, from mullah to worshipper, from high to low... nobody will care WHAT the story is, but they will know that you are evil and your people deserve to die.
I don't think it is easily curable - but going to war with Iraq without support and without allies is just going to stir the pot and make it worse.
As for what to do if I was President, well... I dunno - but I hope I would have been smart enough not to be played by Saddam.
Alex