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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43154)8/26/2002 3:04:14 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) of 50167
 
Hi IQBAL LATIF; I think that the state department official candidly quoted in "Blackhawk Down" was not blaming the locals for the problems so much as recognizing the limits to US influence. It just isn't possible for the US to stop people from fighting who want to fight more than they want peace.

Eventually, when the whole earth is sufficiently wealthy (so that they can afford to buy a dozen donuts from a DD franchise), people will prefer peace to victory, and things will calm down.

I believe the reason the US has largely been exempt from terror bombings, despite having a very large number of Moslem immigrants, is because it is so easy to make a decent living here. The good life trumps the suicidal urge for revenge.

-- Carl
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