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Originally posted by JR@Jun 12 2003, 02:42 AM
more to the point, i would say there is two basic strategies in the world regarding the middle east, fundamentalism and terrorism.
some countries are focused on "how do we modify their behavior"
some are focused on "how do we defeat this behavior"
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Kind of an overly simplistic summary, don't you think?
I think that the approach which is limited to modifying their behavior has failed completely.
I think that there is plenty of historical precedent to indicate that a military approach to defeating their behavior will fail - Israel wouldn't exist, Vietnam would either be still two nations or non-Communist, and Afghanistan might still be Communist, come to mind immediately.