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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (178123)11/17/2003 9:24:01 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1575617
 
JF, Not to accept what they have done, but to better understand why they've done it.

There is a deep religious undertone to their actions, and there is a deep religious undertone behind their supporters. To paint this as a secular struggle between the haves and the have-nots is to miss the mark.

That's exactly why I said what they want isn't exactly what you might have in mind. They see nations adopting a Western way of life and wonder why they're being left out. They see overt sexual images in the media and are highly alarmed. They see the corruption of material wealth and possessions, which of course are affecting the Arab monarchies as well, and they blame Western capitalism. They see the power that Jews and Christians have all over the world (whether they deserved it or not) and get jealous.

In other words, it's a cultural war to them. And no amount of socialism is going to satisfy them, because they are in it for themselves and their twisted beliefs. Still think we can just "get along" with them? They'd be happier if our influence in the world fell away so that they can increase theirs. Think they'll stop at the "borders" of the Middle East? I sure don't, so let's not wait until the problem becomes bigger or fool ourselves into thinking we can "contain" them.

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