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Originally Posted by kutulu
He's a big roach in the war but only one piece of the puzzle. Ultimately, unless we are willing to negotiate to some extent the war on terror will be a bigger failure than the war on drugs. Not direct negotiations, but doing things to appease the would-be future terrorist.
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Appeasement never has, and never will work. It will only encourage these "would-be terrorists" to demand more.
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Originally Posted by kutulu
These people are not afraid to die and it's not as if we have the means to kill the potential 100's of millions of people that could become terrorists without using nukes (which are obviously out of the quesiton).
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Are you suggesting that 100's of millions of muslims are willing to become terrorists? Might that not be interpreted as racism?
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Originally Posted by kutulu
We have definitely made a mistake by elevating Osama to the level of the boogeyman.
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Osama has been famous in Muslim countries for years now, for his actions against the Russians in Afghanistan. We didn't make him famous, he did it himself. 9-11 only exposed him to the rest of the world.