On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 02:20  PM, Chuck Ryan wrote:

> Because their religious leaders and schools teach them that it is their
> duty to kill all non-Muslims and that they will be rewarded for suicide
> and murder.

And we don't do the same???  Isn't that called patriotism??

Anyway. Again, you missed the point. Assuming that your statement is
true, the question is: "What has happened in the last half century to
cause their leaders to teach that to their followers?".

You then wrote:

> Grievances:
>
> 1) We are not Muslims
> 2) We are wealthy
> 3) We are not Muslims
> 4) We are not Arab's
> 5) We are not Muslims
> 6) We are someone they can blame for their own failures
> 7) We are not Muslims

These statements were true 20, 30, 40 and more years ago. There were no
attacks then. Some other conditions must have arisen. I'm curious.
Aren't you?

You then wrote:

> The only missing elements seem to be the courage and integrity needed
> to
> defeat the threat instead of attempting to appease it.

In response, let me quote Abe:

"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" - Abraham
Lincoln

You then wrote:

> We are not to blame for the current state of the Arab world. But as the
> Arab governments have been using the West as a scapegoat, for their own
> failure to provide for their people, the monster they created is now
> grown out of control. It has even begun to bite the hand that feeds it
> and, as predicted, attack the very governments that created it.
>
> Attempts to appease the terrorists have only served to convince them we
> are weak. In this they have found themselves mistaken, socialism and
> liberalism have damaged but not yet destroyed us, the sleeping giant
> has
> awakened and finally begun to move against them.
>
> We cannot reasonably hunt down every individual terrorist so we must go
> after those governments that feed the beast, in the hope that theirs
> will be the last hand bitten, and cut off their funding. This approach
> has already begun to bear fruit, see the recent announcements from
> Libya
> and Pakistan, and will continue to do so as long as the press, some
> politicians and anti-US organizations/governments in the US and Europe
> are prevented from giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
>
> Of course, tossing the UN diplomats on a garbage scow and towing it out
> to international waters then bulldozing the UN headquarters building
> would be a great suggestion also. :>

Sounds like you want your own terrorist organization to destroy our
oppressors.
Your solution (and logic) is the same as theirs: kill the enemy.

FW

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