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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: mph who wrote (24585)7/20/2006 1:21:15 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 541008
 
How about the notion that the radical Islamic leaders just want power and that terrorism is the way they think they can achieve it?

Dunno about that. First of all, many of the terrorists are going against the state leaders. Secondly, if they need an enemy, the Sunnis and Shiites can just as soon use each other. They don't have to go all the way to the West to find one.

What I find interesting is that you often find people willing to justify the terrorism, but not the response to it.

There's a strong human inclination among many to side with the underdog. Conversely, there's a strong human inclination to side with the "strong horse." Cat people and dog people, I guess.
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