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Originally Posted by alansmithee
To combat terrorism effectively through warfare, we must essentially behave as the terrorists-we must humiliate, degrade, and kill those deemed as terrorists or terrorist sympathisers.
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I agree with much of
Harry's post, so I'm not going to repeat. My other question is whether or not it's worth becoming your enemy in order to
defeat it. How do you recover when the
war is over, and when do you know that it
is over? I don't in any way or sense condone terrorist activities, nor do I condone people blaming the West for terrorism - however, I also don't think that it is very surprising that this sort of response arises when you look at the economic disparity between the cultures. I personally think that it's much more important that we export some of our comfort than our democracy, and I furthermore do not think that we will stop or even appreciably stave off this behavior by military action. It's just too damn easy to make bombs and kill innocent people on subways and street corners to permanently reduce terrorist attacks with military solutions, short of genocide.