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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
Catching Bin Laden will not make America safer... this is what I think must be understood more than anything else...
I dont think Bin Laden is the real problem, he is a sympton of the real problem. Bringing wealth, social reform, socialist policies to the people of the middle east would do far more to weaken people like Bin Laden than bombs and missiles ever could... It is no accident that Saudi Arabia, where grotesque poverty and incredible wealth sit by side - is the place where the majority of these militants comes from.
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I disagree. Catching Bin Laden will make American safer... just not safe. Capturing the most visible and perhaps the most wealthy financier of terrorism will undoubtedly make Americans safer.
I think the second portion of your post cited could be fertile with positive ideas... but i'm betting dollars to doughnuts we'll go in completely opposite directions on how to achieve those reforms.
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