From: Adam Flinton 

John Beckett wrote:

> Good grief! I think you're serious. Do you really imagine that western
> societies and AQ could find any common ground!?
>

Eventually yes. Most such orgs start off fired with revolutionary zeal. E.g
the IRA wanted a socialist state in all of Ireland.

The main fight btw is not with "western societies" but Arab/muslim ones.

Adam

> John
>
> Adam Flinton  wrote in message
> news::
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>>John Beckett wrote:
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>>>Adam Flinton  wrote in message
>>>news::
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>>>>Then the political talks start.
>>>
>>>
>>>Hey! You've convinced me Adam!
>>>
>>>Now let's start talking with these AQ people and maybe we'll find some
>>>common ground!
>>>
>>
>>Unfortunately that won't happen till after most of our civil liberities
>>have been eroded. There's too much giv internal security stuff tied up
>>in the war on terror. Lots of interconnected db'es of every person in
>>the free world can only be justified within the "war on terror".
>>
>>So given it will take at least 10 years for all the id cards to be
>>issued, the db'es to be built etc.etc. then expect talks some time after
>>that.
>>
>>What we have now is a situation which is both usefull & productive to
>>both sides with the poor civies in the middle.
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>>
>>Adam
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