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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs

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To: Shoot1st who wrote (16242)1/9/2007 1:27:19 PM
From: sandintoes  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
Everyone in America should read this. Especially our politicians.
Very informative article.

This does not work for the religiously as opposed to politically motivated terrorist. With the politically motivated, there is still something to reason with: you are offering him a chance to live to enjoy his martyrdom in the spotlight, and to perhaps later be traded for a prisoner or hostage from the other side. The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative you can offer him that is more palatable than his genuine belief that if he dies fighting you, he will be greatly rewarded in afterlife. Only swift and extreme force can stop him.
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