Conclamo Ludus:
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I think that the Bush doctrine will probably act as a deterrent to nations that support terrorists, but I don't believe it will act as a deterrent at all to actual terrorists.
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Exactly! The inherent structural problem with fighting terrorism is that a successful terrorist attack can be carried out by a very small number of people, and they have a rather large world to hide in.
tekaweni:
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Scipio: how about if America stopped actively making all suspected 'bogies' subservient to American will?
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I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here. I don't want to reply until I'm crystal clear on what you're point is. If you could elaborate, that would be wonderful.
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Or at least admit it when you're clearly wrong about the whole premise you went to war in Iraq on. I think its the arrogance you display that pisses people off...
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I hope this isn't an attack against me! I'm assuming not, and if not, I agree that rhetoric matters. Insuffecient effort has been made to separate al Qaeda from the Arab and Muslim worlds. Like it or not, a lot of people look up to Bin Laden as a hero, and I'm not sure what we can do about it. We have to try something though. When normal people in Arab countries get that kind of propaganda, we're messing up somewhere.