Isn't that the so-called "reason" that Dubya started his ILLEGAL war in the first place? ;););)
2007-09-05 15:45:57
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answered by kr_toronto 7
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The fact is, ending the threat of jihadist terrorist attacks against the US and its allies would be easy enough. You just need to do what Ron Paul has done, and pay attention to the actual motivations of the jihadist terrorists. Every serious analysis has concluded that their hatred of the US is motivated by actions that the US government has undertaken in their part of the world -- harmful interventions against Muslim populations. These include backing Israeli attacks on Palestinians, the destruction of the civilian infrastructure of Iraq and sanctions that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians, support for various dictators in countries like Saudi Arabia, etc.
In order to eventually halt the jihadist terrorists from making these attacks, the US should stop committing these harmful interventions and thus remove the motivation for the jihadist terrorists (whose attacks on civilians they by no means justify) in the first place. Ending these harmful interventions would in any case be the right thing to do from a moral standpoint.
This should of course be combined with a strong law-enforcement effort to go after the jihadist terrorists who undertake such attacks.
Instead, though, the Bush administration has chosen to deny reality, misrepresent the terrorists' motivations, and to engage in even more of these harmful interventions (the invasion/occupation of Iraq, Ethiopia's proxy invasion/occupation of Somalia, etc.). This simply makes the problem worse, motivating more and more Muslims to join the jihadists, and landing the US in the Iraqi quagmire -- much to the delight of al-Qaida, as they state in their internal documents.
A caveat is in order, though. This strategy would take some time to eliminate the motivations of the jihadists -- that kind of hatred and fanaticism does not end in a day.
Another helpful thing to do would be to aid the good groups in the region, such as:
http://www.rawa.org/
http://www.ifcongress.com/english/index.htm
http://www.equalityiniraq.com/english.htm
http://www.awalls.org/
News & Views for Anarchists & Activists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo/
2007-09-07 23:43:20
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answered by clore333 5
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Jihad as in... Greater Jihad or Lesser Jihad?
America could use a few greater Jihads within our nation (i.e. struggles for the betterment of our community), and if we attack someone they have the right to Lesser Jihad against our soldiers...
2007-09-05 22:55:55
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answered by John S 4
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I want to wage Jihad on Muslim extremists!
2007-09-05 22:44:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Hey fool you are obviously a terrorist because its not the us its the U.S. DIM WIT
2007-09-05 22:46:08
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answered by Anonymous
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Only if your address is in the US
2007-09-05 22:45:37
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answered by Bego?a R 3
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Do you want to fall in a hole?
2007-09-05 22:49:06
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answered by Sage 6
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America Akbar!! ...you P.O.C.
2007-09-05 22:47:49
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answered by Anonymous
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No!
2007-09-05 22:59:36
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answered by Daniel 6
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