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Politics : Stop the War!
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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (12283)4/11/2003 1:34:12 PM
From: zonder  Read Replies (2) of 21614
 
The only way that his plan can be to his "liking" if things continue toward a Jihad, is if he is looking for the total annihilation of the Jihadis

That statement has more than a passing resemblance to arrogance and an overconfidence in one's military superiority - mistakes that led to the decline of quite a few empires.

I am not so sure that a war of religions would lead to the total annihilation of all Muslims who care to join the fight. Granted that the US has military superiority, the other side has religious fanaticism that breeds a disregard for their own lives, which is a powerful weapon indeed.

As someone who has lived most of her life in various places in the Middle East, I have come to know this fanaticism rather well, much to my chagrin. I would hope to avoid such a war of religions, if at all possible.

My view is that it does not really matter who will win in the end, so much as whether or not such a war is to our advantage.
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