Re: News from our little corner of the world
wow no one can answer 3 simple questions without attacking me. the jordanian thing has happened before,several times, without so much CNN coverage. its also happened in shri lanka,india,israel and pakistan for the past 3 decades without much coverage. the fact is there is no formal declaration of war. cause as long as we are fighting ghosts it will be the same as the war on poverty and the war on drugs. no one in this or past administrations has had the political balls to whack off the snakes head.<br /> most of the current terror is directed at the west not because we are so evil but because our regime changes and policies in the 50's,60's 70's and 80's created extreme poverty and hoplessness in a land that should have been incredibly fat and happy. the french just got a taste of what happens when a large group of people lose all hope of the future.<br /> in the westren nations fear and knee jerking to the "communist" threat we did some nasty things, now the "commie" threat has been replaced by the "terror" threat its just more of the same.<br /> by the wests backing of some incredibly corrupt and repressive regimes,including some we installed, we created an entire 3 generations of dissillusioned groups that have no hope of ever having a job,wife,kids ,cars, retirement and vacations. we did it in the name of blocking commies. look at every country with a democratically elected govt or not that in the 50's and 60's attempted to nationalize their oil fields.<br /> when the west had the chance in the 50's and 60's to solidify support and friendships it was blown for oil profits. <br /> dont get me wrong I am in no way sympathizing with any terror groups, those my age in the UK remember well the IRA.<br /> however until you understand how and why a suicide bomber became that illusioned with life you cannot stop them.<br /> can anyone name one suicide bomber that was a CEO or a wealthy bussiness man? the profile,from the FBI and CIA is male,16-30, dirt poor, illetrerate except for religous teachings and dissilusioned with life. its happened here on a smaller scale, France is getting a taste now. <br /> I dont have the solution, I am still trying to figgure out the why. but the trigger is not a specific group or a specific person its the lifestyle that they live in. and for the most part the west,not just the US, played a great part in the repressive regimes cause they could turn on the oil taps and make it flow west rather than east.<br /> its rather funny reading some of the posts about countries that supported folks like saddam,milosovich and pinochet as well as a few others. dig back in the history books and see how those folks got there and who armed them. <br />here in the US ,if we are not careful, bleeding the amount of cash we are bleeding, our economy may go the way of the russian bear's. we did not eliminate the commie threat, it was eliminated by economics and the afghan war was the straw that broke them. the russian afghan war was the economic straw that did in the russian economy. if we are not careful our deficit will weaken the US and china is sitting patiently watching with a smile.<br /><br /> Dunaruna<br /> reconciliation is not an option due to there is no one to reconcile with. the only method I can see is to show them,not beat it into them, that there is a better life. to do that the rest of the world will have to insure that no more repressive dictatorships remain. that is the problem. we cant eliminate corruption here much less over there.<br /> if the world is not careful the south americas will become the next middle east, corruption is rampant,the large segment of the poor have no hope of ever advancing yet they watch accross the street at the incredibly wealthy behind locked doors. the govts there are becoming incredibly wealthy on oil but the poor get none. its a bad mix. Saddam was a glaring example of corrupt excess's.
