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Originally posted by dig420@Mar 18 2004, 12:14 PM
so how is this addressing my point that you can't just go in and kill everybody like Conan and expect this problem to be solved?
if you're saying that people like this can't be reasoned with, you're probably right. You have to find out what's going on in that country/culture that is incubating people like this, and fix whatever is causing that.
or are you advocating nuking the country breeding the terrorists?
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no one is saying "kill everybody". if a country that is "breeding terrorists" like Afghanistan was, then i advocate doing exactly what was done. After 4-5 years of failed attempts to engage the government and curb their behavior... remove them and at the same time send a stern warning to others with similar aspirations.
right now, today, it's extremely difficult to be a terrorist. it's difficult to move around, difficult to communicate, difficult to train, difficult to find safe harbor, difficult to finance and move money around. it is becoming more difficult with each passing day.... more so than at any point in history.
i believe that terrorism will go away when intense pressure remains on all these facets of terrorism while at the same time, it becomes increasingly clear that the costs of terrorism or associating with terrorists are greater than the rewards.