Barry, those are all very good points.
I think the situation has a "chicken and the egg" ring to it.
Nazism allowed Hitler to flourish, and Hilter allowed Nazism to flourish. For the same eventuations to have occured a similarly charismatic person would have had to be found, complete with the circumstancial hatred for the Jews and intimidating persona he possessed. It is something we can ever speculate on without resolve.
At the moment, we have a man funding and training suicidal terrorists. Remove him, and funding is hampered - though perhaps not stopped - the training chain CIA-Bin Laden-Al Qa'eda, is broken, and a public polarising figurehead is shattered.
Look at the result of the zero tolerance to terrorism, and the pursuit of Bin Laden.
No suicide bombings in Israel since 9/11.
It may not be a perfect scenario or a flawless solution, but it is a good step in the right direction.
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