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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
We can't control what happens in the rest of the world, although we keep getting accused of trying, no matter what we do.
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It's really hard to see the situation in Iraq in any other light. If we aren't trying to control them, what are we doing there? (something else that still involves controlling them?)
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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
I have yet to witness an instance of someone changing the mind of a confirmed religious fundamentalist, whether they be Islam, Christian, or anything else. Until you can provide a proven successful method of doing so, I'll rely on a bullet through the brain of a terrorist as a much better, and more effective negotiating technique than yours.
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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
Feel free to point out one example of a time the terrorists have found anything less to be acceptable.
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Northern Ireland and the IRA, where a negotiated political approach has proven much more succesful than a military one.