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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (130119)4/26/2004 2:41:50 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
You are quite wrong. The terrorists are the same people who like to set up police states in order to enforce a rigid version of Shari'ah or Ba'athism. Bullies are not always cowards, but they do have a taste for forcing people to do their bidding or giving them a good smack. What is true is that their frame of reference, in which strength is venerated and weakness despised, makes them target the weak and only have respect for the strong. To put it simply, they will push people around as long as it works, and will only stop if it is too costly. As I said, this includes suicide bombers, who would very likely lose their enthusiasm if the cause appeared hopeless.
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