You talk about the straw man of appeasing fanatical terrorists and I don't see it this way in the least. The real battle is winning the support of those who would otherwise tolerate them. If you "appease" the voices of potential moderation and conciliation in the middle east, you deny the fanatics their support base. They become just anouther bunch of nutcases on street corners.
The sanctions that crippled Iraq through the '90s allowed Saddam total control of a poverty stricken society. Bad leaders in the middle east are free to blame the west for their own society's problems because the west seems to put no effort into proving them wrong and winning "hearts and minds". The west would rather lock up Mooslims who look shifty.
And while we're bringing up Hitler - would he have had the chance to seize power in a stricken German society if the allies had not imposed harsh reparations and sanctions on Germany?
Churchill NEVER landed on an aircraft carrier with a "mission accomplished" banner in 1942 and then spent the rest of the war trying to sell Nazi Germany to British industry.
He handed the reins over to foreigners and then left post war rebuilding to General Marshall, a man with (shock, horror) an actual PLAN that involved more than pumping domestic stock portfolios.
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They have declared Wasabi ( Sp I know) Teachings to be a root cause of terrorism
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Why aren't they allowed to learn about Japanese horseradish?
