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Grendal · 06-24-2003, 06:24 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timber Loftis:

The problem the terrorist faces is that sometimes those oppressor nations behave just as irrationally as the terrorists do. Sometimes, they use a single awesome event of terror (9/11) to inspire an outright manhunt of the agents of terror, chasing them willy-nilly across the globe with all their technological might and even going on a near-crusade and toppling a few barely-related countries in the process. In these instances, the terrorist's goals are thwarted by the axiom: for every irrationalism, there is an equal and opposite irrationalism.

Ok I hope Im reading this properly and excuse me if Im not but I dont agree with the terrorists being thwarted as you say. I think that the toppling of countries and regimes just adds fuel to their fire, reenforces their beliefs and gives them that much more reason to pull folks into their cause. I personally think that the world reacted and did exactly what Mr Bin Laden expected they would,(in the case of 911) thereby handing all that much more power to him.

06-24-2003, 06:24 PM	#14
Grendal Manshoon Join Date: June 18, 2003 Location: Vancouver Age: 58 Posts: 220	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timber Loftis: The problem the terrorist faces is that sometimes those oppressor nations behave just as irrationally as the terrorists do. Sometimes, they use a single awesome event of terror (9/11) to inspire an outright manhunt of the agents of terror, chasing them willy-nilly across the globe with all their technological might and even going on a near-crusade and toppling a few barely-related countries in the process. In these instances, the terrorist's goals are thwarted by the axiom: for every irrationalism, there is an equal and opposite irrationalism. Ok I hope Im reading this properly and excuse me if Im not but I dont agree with the terrorists being thwarted as you say. I think that the toppling of countries and regimes just adds fuel to their fire, reenforces their beliefs and gives them that much more reason to pull folks into their cause. I personally think that the world reacted and did exactly what Mr Bin Laden expected they would,(in the case of 911) thereby handing all that much more power to him. __________________ When all else fails READ THE DIRECTIONS!