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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
I agree with you that there is a sizable minority that "approve" of terrorism, in that they are under the assumption it is the only way, coming from their worldview, of affecting "change" and combatting their "enemies." But I also think it important to realize that only a minority within that minority are of the sort who would pick up arms and harm someone innocent themselves. Understanding the desperation that terrorism comes from and being that desperate are two different things. Maybe you can understand the difficulty of "correcting terrorism" when you are immersed in the culture that created it. Especially so, if you have wits enough to see the hopelessness and futility in it.
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What worries me this isn't desperate terrorism, but martyrdom. The 9/11 hijackers were not desperate men, they were not from the impoverished masses attempting to make their people free. I'd be less worried if it were terrorism like the IRA, that I can rationalize, that makes 'sense' from a Western viewpoint, but when young people with bright futures commit acts of suicide terrorism in the name of God, its a whole other animal.
IF the 'moderate' Muslims who I would assume understand it can not control it, what choice does the US and the West have besides taking measures to protect ourselves? Being that we wish to remain an open society, those measures will need to be proactive, not reactive, aka war.