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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Keith Feral who wrote (7662)	11/30/2006 2:33:13 PM
From: Chas.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Keith, enjoyed your post's...you have a handle on it IMO... You obviously get it.... What are your thoughts on Irans ambitions towards the Middle East...? What do you think of Syria's quandary...? Can Lebanon survive a Hezbollah coup...? Regards

To: Keith Feral who wrote (7662)	11/30/2006 3:47:16 PM
From: DayTraderKidd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

I don't think bush was incapable of explaining the struggle against terrorism. His problem is trying to tie it in with his own agenda. I include cheney in that mix. One thing I have learned is that religion can bring on radicalism and there is definitely a portion of the muslim world that is radicalized. But the same can be said for the evangelicle right in our country and how portions of them are being radicalized. It wouldn't be fair for me to just generalize them all that way. And the reality is that not all muslims are radicals. Sometimes you have to look at the foot prints in the sand to find your own conclusions. For me, that means looking at our southern border with Mexico. Anyone and there mother could cross that thing, it has been that way well before 911 and ever since 911. I have heard that up to 3000 cross it illegally every day. If all muslims were radicalized or even a large portion of them, they would have been crossing that border in droves for years now. If Bush / Cheney didn't approach this struggle with radical islamic elements with there own agenda in mind, they would have shut that border down years ago. You just can't get around that. I view much of the world through evolution and I believe that the longer man kind exists, the less religious they become and that is evident in the world now. The mid east is well behind the western hemisphere in that respect but parts of that world have begun to change. And they tend to change quicker when they have more exposure to the modern world. Remember, those people over there have been stuck in there rut for centuries longer than we have even been a country. 911 was the event that showed us we do need to go over there and bring that culture more into this century. But what is going on in Iraq wont do that. Afghanistan was ripe for the change, and that kind of a change would take a 30 year committment just to start seeing clear visible results. The highway of history is littered with fanaticles who rise to power, think they can take over the world and then find out they can't. I expect when it is all said and done, al quida will learn that same lesson, other muslim radicals including the president of iran will find that out and even the religious right radicals in our own country will learn that lesson. Hopefully some among them wont have to learn it again like they usually do.