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To: TimF who wrote (149703)	10/28/2004 9:28:06 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>> I'm not going to spend time analyzing information or arguments that supports the idea that the earth is flat... First, if there is a cult out there that believes the earth is flat and this leads them to want to kill you, you'd better spend time trying to understand why they think so and how that makes them want to kill you. Second, your statement is not even on the same planet as this book. This is a book written by a senior CIA analyst who has spent his life studying bin Laden and the like. It is far from nonesensical stuff you are equating to. Third, I cannot reduce a book on a complex subject into a few one liners that fit your "limited time". However, some of the highly simplified arguments go like this (and please don't pick on them because as I said, the book can't be simplified into few lines). * We continue to supply Israel with guns. Israel uses those guns to kill them. Therefore we are party to their war. * We support corrupt Arab regimes who would not have a chance to stand on their own feet. They try to overthrow those regimes and we help those regimes capture and torture them. Therefore we are party to the crimes of their regimes. * We play with their countries as pawns in a "global chess" game as some have put it, often with dire consequences for them, and they don't like to be the pawns. Anyway, if you want to know the whys, heck if you even want to stop future terrorist attacks, you'd better get to understand them better. ST PS While you are at it, also check out amazon.com