From: Mike Linksvayer (ml@gondwanaland.com)
Date: Tue Sep 11 2001 - 21:50:31 MDT
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:56:15PM -0700, Technotranscendence wrote:
> I think the key here is US policy. Granted, the ones who committed today's
> mass killings and their backers deserve punishment. Yet going forward, US
> policy should be revised to only focus on areas of national interest. Why
> get involved, e.g., with people you [meaning you Michael] don't trust? By
> disengaging from regional conflicts, such as those in that cauldron known as
> the Middle East, the ever balkanizing Balkans, Africa, and Latin America,
> there would be less [foreign] people who would see the US as a party to
> those conflicts and a potential target.
US policy not only creates enimies, it funds them via the War on
Drugs. The trade in illegal drugs is a major source of funds for
the Taliban, Bin Laden, and other rogue states and criminal
organizations around the world. See for example
http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,201444-412,00.shtml or
seach for combinations of drugs/heroin/burma/bin laden/taliban/north
korea.
> The Swedes and the Swiss seem to have a very low incident of terrorism for
> that very reason. Note all the First World nations that do have high rates:
> the US, Britain, France, and Italy. Don't you see the connection?
You forgot Spain and Israel, high rates both. I see the connection,
except for France and Italy, which I didn't realize had high rates
of terrorism.
-- Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/ml/
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