The problem isn't terrorists - people with lunatic worldview
will always
exist, and there's no way to prevent that. The problem is
governments
which refuse to cooperate in eradicating them because they
futher their
goals while leaving their hands "clean". And may I to
remind the truism
that any government can govern only because it has support of a
significant part of (maybe, brainwashed) population?
As for civil liberties - reality check time.
Those are people who _believe_ that Western civilization is
evil and has
to be destroyed by any means, including suicide. Those
aren't isolated
"crazies". Their mothers and neighbours are proud of what
they did, and this is scary.
Does anyone remember all those hijacking of the mid'70's? Does anyone
realize why they stopped? Terrorist groups are like weeds. They grow over
time. One has to regulary whack the weeds. We no longer have the weed
whackers.
The best way to eradicate all terrorists is simply to drain their financial
resources. This would have a global support and and no human life would be
sacrificed. Imagine if Osama Ben ladin would wake up and find out that he
has $0 left. He wouldn't be able to finance any of his efforts. This would
expose him and all of his followers where they could be captured and brought
to justice (chaining to a building and firing a rocket comes to mind).
This is hardly a revelation...they've been trying to do this for years, to
no avail. BTW, is it "Taleban" or "Taliban"? I always thought the
latter, but that last post spelled it the former, and searches on cnn.com
bring reponses both ways...
This is hardly a revelation...they've been trying to do this for years, to
no avail. BTW, is it "Taleban" or "Taliban"? I always thought the
latter, but that last post spelled it the former, and searches on cnn.com
bring reponses both ways...
As the term is not natively English, you will find that different
transliterations result in slightly different spellings, depending on
how people hear the term and would pronounce the letters.
Similarly, Osama bin Lad(i|e)n is called Ussama Ibn Ladin in German
news.
So I would not worry about the spelling, unless you need to do extensive searched
on the term...
expose him and all of his followers where they could be captured and
brought
to justice (chaining to a building and firing a rocket comes to mind).
no question one could come with more sophisticated forms of
"justice" similar to those practiced by the potential subjects
of this "justice", but please:
"resist the cycle of violence and hate."