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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (111124)8/12/2003 4:13:53 PM
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Terror only works to destroy our society if it can undermine the vital institutions that safeguard our way of life. The horror of the twin towers, the property damage and the shock of being attacked do nothing to advance the destructive aims of the terrorist in the long run. They do not seek to destroy people and buildings, they seek to destroy our institutions. What they count on is our reaction -- and it is our own reaction that destroys our institutions, because we are the only ones who can do it. They can just blow-up our property. It is left to us to decide whether or not we destroy ourselves in response. We can take steps against their attacks and win -- when we strengthen airplane cockpit doors we win -- when we bomb the terror training camps we win -- when we make an honest reassessment of our relations to Saudi Arabia and Israel we win. But when we use terror attacks to destroy the institutions that safeguard our way of life, we lose. And under Bush, we are losing more and more each day.
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