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Another sad milestone, dedicated to GWB's ego.
Terrorism is not an enemy; it is a tactic used by desperate people to get rid of an oppressor when they don't have the military strength (and budget) to fight the oppressor in a conventional war. It's a last resort when other means to improve the situation, including peaceful negotiation, have proved futile.
How to stop terrorism in 3 easy steps:
1) Abandon imperialism - Read world history. Any nation that has had, or is having, a problem with terrorism is an imperialist force. This includes imperialism within borders, such as the situations in Sri Lanka with the Tamils, Spain with the Basques, and Northern Ireland with the Catholics ( just to name a few situations off the top of my head) all being oppressed by a larger, more politically and economically powerful ethnic or religious group.
2) Stop enabling friends who are terrorists. Again, off the top of my head, Indonesia and Israel come to mind. The US runs something that used to be called The School of the Americas, now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation instructs military officers, some who go on to be military dictators in torture. Known mostly as a training ground for Latin American military elite, it does host people from other nations, such as Indonesia. Spending our tax money to do this and arm other nations, such as Israel, with weapons such as F-16 fighter planes to fly low over Palestinian neighborhoods only adds to the problem.
3) Respect human rights and deal fairly in business. Terrorism finds fertile ground where peoples are discouraged or outright forbidden to speak and publish in their own language, practice their own religion, or control the natural resources of their lands...if their lands have not been ripped off completely, that is.
These 3 simple steps are not likely to be tried, primarily because there is too much money to be made from the so-called "Global War of Terror", not only by the arms merchants, but by all the industries that have sprung up to allegedly keep us safe from terrorism. Additionally, the threat of terrorism gives the political elites the excuse to take away our freedoms to keep us "safe." Thus, the surveillance society. Also, as long as a large enough percentage of the population can be ruled by fear, there will always be cannon fodder for the next war to keep us "safe and free."
But there you have it. Three simple steps to rid the world of terrorism. Don't say I didn't tell you so.
