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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (148641)7/22/2002 3:41:54 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1575627
 
Whereas I believe that conditions in the West Bank can either radicalize individuals, or cause feelings of despair over time to a point where one sees no way out except through suicide

Suicide bombings have NEXT TO NOTHING to do with the West Bank. You'll no doubt recall our discussion a couple months ago in this very forum about a 60-minutes piece in which teenagers in a Muslim school were interviewed. Each and every one of them said they would carry out a suicide bombing in the United States. One went so far as to say "in an airport".

These Muslim children are being raised, in huge numbers, to believe that suicide bombing against the United States is an honorable thing. It has nothing to do with Israel and the West Bank, and everything to do with an intrinsic hatred of The West and the Western Ways of Life.

Trying to suggest that this behavior arises out of some sort of "despair" is just totally misunderstanding what is really happening. These New York teenagers are not suffering from "despair"; they've been brought up to believe that killing American (and Israeli) innocents is a heroic act.

How do you square the attitudes of the Muslim children with your allegation that the Palestinian bombers are acting out of despair?
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