From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Geo."  wrote in message
news:4054871d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > have chosen but then don't stop at that, suggest something better.
> > > Fix the problem, not just the symptom. Hardly as cool and
> > > glamorous as going to war, but would be effective in the long run.
>
> oh good suggestion.. how?

Help improve the living conditions there. Terrorists rely on young people
who have little or no real education, and preferrably ones that have
nothing . They are easily brainwashed to hate just about anything, if told
that that something (like the US for example) is the cause of their
powerty, hunger and pet dog dying. Solution: help people in places like
Afghanistan get homes, food and proper education. As a result there will be
no reason for kids to grow up terrorists.

Takes time, and will not be done in time to use the result as an election
puff, but it works.



> > Assume for a moment that there is a lot of terror in the world already.
I
> > don't want to add to that, especially since it's been demonstrated over
> > decades that it's not effective. Sure, you can kill all the terrorists
> > today, but there'll be a new bunch bombing away tomorrow.
>
> There is a lot of crime in the world as well, and we've tried to lock up
> the criminals but there always seem to be more. Should we take your
> approach and give up trying?

When ever have I said to give up trying? I've just been saying that
"war" is not effective against terrorists, because it doesn't
adress the real problem. There will always be individual nutters doing
crazy stuff, who need to be locked up, but I'm pretty sure that the numbers
can be reduced if the society takes good enough care of people so they
don't have to commit crime.


Antti Kurenniemi

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