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Originally posted by smooth
You already have.
My reference was to the fact that the right has consistently relied on religion and appeals to blind hatred versus actual reasons for human behavior, just like you did in your claim as to the basis for terrorist behavior. Liberals, on the other hand, have attempted to understand and explain the reasons underlying human behavior since the Enlightenment--just like me along with other liberals on this board.
You may not agree with the reasons we present, but we almost always put reasons in our posts.
I hope people will read this piece critically instead of relying on the emotive technique he employs that make us feel like he makes good points, but do little in terms of presenting evidence in support of them.
Edit: Took a bunch of crap out of my post because it didn't really address the meat of what I was attempting to relay to Lebell.
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Ah, this is better.
At least this is something I can address.
Smooth, I don't disagree with the reasoning that it is important to understand human behavior.
What I disagree with is trying to understand human behavior when somebody has a gun pointed at your head and the appropriate response is to kill him first.
That was exactly what OSC was saying.
He disagrees with aspects of the war (perhaps the reasons that we are there like you) but now that we are there, we need to fight it to win.
To do less will hurt America and Americans in the long run, while winning may help stabilize the Middle East.