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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (79787)3/6/2003 2:37:55 AM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I reject this contention completely. One of the core neocon arguments is that Islamic extremism and terrorism represent such a clear and drastic threat to western civilization that we cannot afford to go through these laborious processes. I reject this argument completely: this threat is nowhere near that which was posed by fascism or communism, and any attempt to compare them is absurd.

Calling something absurd doesn't make it so. Fascism plays a role in the mental model of terrorist who seeks to destroy American civilization at all costs. Terrorists rammed airplanes into the faces of children and killed nearly 3000 people. However, it could have been far worse. They could have killed nearly 100 thousand people had they not been fortunate enough to escape the buildings and find safe haven. Is there really any doubt, that wmd in those same hands would create horror on a grand scale never seen in America before?
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