Understanding terrorism

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Originally Posted by Brianna

The purpose of the thread was to try to UNDERSTAND terrorism. Personally, I have no desire to even TRY to understand these people. They belong to a cult of death and blow up innocent civilians--I've no more desire to 'understand' them than I do to understand the Klan. I don't need to understand them to know they, and their tactics, are WRONG. I don't blame fundie muslims, either. Who are you directing your comments to?

A new White House propaganda line is being tested. Stop blaming Al Qaeda. Now blame fundamentalist Islam. Neither is valid even though a large number of Americans tend to believe the propaganda.

I have defined some frameworks for ending the Iraq quagmire. None are politically correct - and yet are realistic.

How politically incorrect? For example, how do we end the Palestine - Israeli conflict? Make sure both sides cause equally high numbers of deaths on the other side. Suddenly being a centrist is acceptable - and peace occurs. What happened the last time a centrist solved a Middle East problem? Likud called for and got the assassination of Rabin. The best solutions are not politically correct. Dangerous because the solution disempowers extremists who may take revenge.

One of the possible scenarios I posted was credited to Brent Scowcroft. If seeking a soundbyte solution, then you never remembered any of those possible Iraq solutions. There is no soundbyte solution for Iraq as there was no soundbyte solution for the US defeat in Vietnam.