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Ustwo...
I know you think that way. I know a lot of people think that way. That paradigm hasn't worked in the past and it isn't working now.
Bombing civilians and invading their countries does nothing but encourage more suicide bombers. Look at it this way, what if there was a nation more powerful than the US. Let's imagine that they invade the US. How many on this board would be willing to die to get rid of the invaders? Given the rhetoric that get's thrown about, I would hope this it would be a high number.
Yes, there are cultural differences. That's where the education part comes in. That's where diplomacy comes in.
You have to remember that these people strapping bombs to themselves are not living in a vacuum. There are tangible reasons why they do this. It isn't because they are evil. It's because they believe the same things (rightly or wrongly) that the fictional TFP members in the invaded US above believe. They are protecting their own.
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- Old Man Luedecke
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