Via: Harry
Edited: LI
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Make Terrorism History
Inside Terrorism
Bruce Hoffman describes the changing face of terrorism, probing the new adversaries, new motivations, and new methods that have surfaced in recent years to challenge many of our most fundamental ...
Funding Evil, Updated: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It
Article comments
1 - Temple Stark
You still couldn't find anything to say? Here or by e-mail?
2 - Andrew Ian Dodge
Does anything really need to be said? Surely that statement is pretty self evident.
3 - Aaman
At least the linked post gives the info about pausing for a minute at 12:00 PM, et al - how is anyone expected to know that from this post?
Nice sentiment, any suggestions how to operationalize the title?
4 - Dave Nalle
I doubt that any terrorists will be observing the moment of silence, but it's a nice memorial observation I suppose.
Dave
5 - Diarmid Logan
If the British really want to make terrorism history then they should stop sending their soldiers into other peoples' countries.
6 - Dave Nalle
Ah yes, the solution to terrorism is to give the terrorists what they want so that they can be told definitively, once and for all, that their tactics work and should be used more extensively - brilliant.
Dave
7 - Nancy
I would submit that it might be worth a shot to start going after terrorists' families. A lot of people are more than willing to die themselves, but if their families are jeapordized, all bets are off. Perhaps if they knew the stakes were higher than just their own miserable lives...? Just a thought. At this point, almost anything would be worth trying.
8 - Nancy
Altho now I think about it, it might be more effective to hand over Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield, & Wolfowitz, after negotiating a deal: we give you these war-mongers, & you quit attacking us. Works for me, & kills several birds w/one stone.
9 - Diarmid Logan
I would submit that it might be worth a shot to start going after terrorists' families.
I think the Israelis tried something like that. It didn't seem to work.
10 - Diarmid Logan
Ah yes, the solution to terrorism is to give the terrorists what they want so that they can be told definitively, once and for all, that their tactics work and should be used more extensively - brilliant.
You would rather not give the terrorists what they want and be bombed over and over again?
11 - Lisa Iannucci
Amazon ASINs are NOT optional.
L
12 - Dave Nalle
>>You would rather not give the terrorists what they want and be bombed over and over again?<<
Yes. It's the only way to respond to terrorism. And BTW, Nancy's idea of becoming terrorists ourselves is a lovely example of leftist hypocrisy.
Dave
13 - Maynard
And Dave's word's in comment 12 is a perfect example of neocon's painting half the population with the statements of one or two people.
Now that's irony, I'm learning.
14 - Nancy
"Leftist hypocrisy"? What are you talking about now? First off, I'm not a leftist, I just despise Bush & the current neocon-hijacked nazi - I mean, Republican party. I wrote a long rant about why, too. If you haven't bothered to read it, do so. Secondly, what hypocrisy? I've been advocating using their own methods on them (or worse) if it would work, since the first day I started blogging.
15 - Dave Nalle
Maynard, my comment in #12 didn't refer to anyone but Nancy and her comment, plus I'm not a Neocon and hold virtually no beliefs in common with them, so how is it "a perfect example of neocon's painting half the population with the statements of one or two people".
Do you have any clue at all?
Dave
16 - Phillip Winn
Dave, "...example of leftist hypocrisy..." sounds to me like something that refers to more than just one person.
17 - Maynard
Yeah Dave, I do have a clue. You might wish I hadn't. What I did was called an ironic analogy. Did you get it that time? Pay attention to exactly what I said.
I said your "word's were an example of"
You get a clue on the difference? I did learn it from reading your stuff arguing with Gonzo. Now sharpen those comprehension skills. Professor Plum in the conservatory with a candlestick.
18 - Silas Kain
A thought to ponder: eradicating religion would make terrorism history. Where have you gone, John Lennon? We need you.
19 - Dave Nalle
Maynard, you seem to miss the differentiation here. Nancy's statement stands on its own as an example of something larger. I was referring only to what Nancy said, and illuminating it by comparison with a larger trend of which it is representative. The larger trend was not at issue, as it's an established fact.
Dave
20 - MDE
The 'left', when politically empowered, often allows ends to justify means with tragic results...of course, the same is true for movements from the 'right'. I'm not sure what relevance the left-right distinction holds here.
Nancy - your (obscene) statement indicates an extreme moral failure regardless of your politics.
'read all about it - hooded woman saws off muslim kid's head...live broadcast at 10'
Take thee to a nunery, woman.
Mark
21 - Dave Nalle
Gah, I agree with MDE. Call the men in the white coats.
Dave
22 - Nancy
'Nunnery' - TWO 'n's. Regarding my 'solution', I admit it's not fair or reasonable, but I can't think of anything that might make suicide bombers/terrorists hesitate or start to think that maybe the stakes are too high. They obviously don't mind dying themselves; but many - maybe even most - people will have second thoughts if other innocent persons close to them are going to suffer as well. If you can think up a better way to put a spoke in the wheels of some of these homicidal maniacs, by all means, propose them.