-> On 10 Jan 09  12:48:51, Richard Webb got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: American Taliban!

 RW> weapons, and the radical jihadis that SAudi et al were glad
 RW> to send 'em.
 
 DC> The muhajadin?  

 RW> That's the one darn it!!!  COuldn't get my fingers to do
 RW> that right on four or five attempts.

I'm not sure if I spelled it correctly, but I know it's close...

 RW> different.  THey would have had a reason to send the young
 RW> jihadis home, gotten their act together.
 
 DC> That would have required a real commitment to their country.  Far
 DC> better  to simply use the silly wogs as a pawn in our war against
 DC> Russia.   

 RW> Pawns, always gotta find somebody to be the pawn in the
 RW> game.

Keeping them poor amd uneducated helps assure that.  But, at the same 
time, the jihadists that took out the WTC were rather well educated.  
It's the radical religion mix that is also to blame.  

 DC> The US needs to realize that not only can't it police the world, any
 DC> unilateral attempts at such a role are doomed to failure.  

 RW> THat's part of what the U.N. is supposed to do but can't do
 RW> effectively either.  AT least, that's the theory anyway.  IF you
 RW> really want to quell the violence you have to be willing to help the
 RW> folks being violent occupy their time and energy elsewhere.  FOlks
 RW> with meaningful work to do and full bellies figure life's good enough,
 RW> isn't a reason to fight. THat's the first step.

The hard part is giving up what is considered national sovereignty in 
foreign affairs.  Stretching it it, it's like that of the beginning 
of the US by uniting all of the colonies.  


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