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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: andreas_wonisch who wrote (144210)4/8/2002 8:49:46 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) of 1578510
 
Andreas,

There are basically two different ways IMO:
- fighting the methods of terrorism (money flow, camps, structures)
- fighting the roots of terrorism (poverty, ideology, economic and political situations)

I don't subscribe to the "root causes" theory. Some 80% of human race has some root cause to be terrorists. Yet, only a miniscule percentage actually are terrorists.

I think it comes down to ideology, indoctrination, and brainwashing. How do you fight this? The "root causes" theory will prescribe a bottomless pit where to throw the money with promise of results in a generation or two. That is obviously unacceptable, if the acts of terror continue (from the same source that we have been fighting).

If another large scale terrorist attack takes place, I think a second stage will involve attacking what _I_ think is the root cause - the religious fanaticism, and indoctrination that brainwashes people into committing thiese acts.

This IMO would involve shutting down these so called religious schools, mosques that are involved in this indoctrination. This is obviously a lot more controversial than starting a war 1000s of miles from the US shores.

But if the US leaves now after the work is apparently finished they forget about the second category. It should be ensured that Afghanistan can be rebuild and that they have a stable government. There are some positiv efforts already done in that regard but there's still much of work left.

If anybody is hoping that Afganistan will ever have a stable government, they should read some history books. It will never happen. One thing that could succeed is partition of the country along the ethnic lines with a loose confederation among them.

Joe
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