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Originally Posted by Lebell
Unfortunately you would have to undo all past events to get to this point.
Some extremists are still invoking the crusades as reason to go to war.
Others are talking about things the British did a hundred years ago.
I agree that the picture is complicated, which is why I think that particular view point is as simplistic as "they're all terrorists, kill them!".
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I know, but wars with its civillian casualties (or in newspeak: collateral damages) will not help to find a solution for those problems. there is a need of additional and alternative solutions. Currently it seems, for me, that we are making the same mistakes again (bush was even stupid enough to use the term crusade, how brain dead can you be?)
the wars have put america in a no-win situation:
if they fight hard the will create more collateral damages and thus pissing of the muslims even more.
if the become softer they will look like pussies and the extremists will think they can easily win.
Like I said before, a combination of different tactics will work much better than the current "bombs only" apporoach by the bush-people. help them to find their own way to freedom, do not try to force freedom on them, that will not work.