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- DaveId0
three things:
1. If the US is "fighting for democracy" then they have to respect the 90 percent of spainiards that want out of Iraq.
2. terrorism is a tactic, not an entity. a "war on terror" is a non-sequitur. what they really mean (but are unwilling to come out and say) is a "war on islamic fundamentalists who use terrorism".
3. Of course terrorism works. how can anyone dispute that? so do guns, missles, blackmail, assasination, etc.
the very fact that we're even discussing it (on a message board for designers!) is proof. here's a statistic: annual international fatalities by terrorism: about 2,000average international fatalities from traffic collisions: about 3,500,000
we're not discussing the "war on drunk driving" or the "evil stop-sign runners" are we? even though THEY'RE 200 TIMES MORE DEADLY...
I'm not saying it's not an issue of importance, I'm just saying that fighting "terrorism" is an unachievable goal, we should be fighting a "war on whatever the fuck it is that makes young disenfranchised muslims want to kill westerners".
sorry.....