Alternatives To War

[AChimp]

I think major changes concerning foreign policy have to occur before terrorism stops.

I mean, suppose tomorrow we blow up all of Al Qaeda. Do you really think that it will prevent another terrorist organization from developing in a few years? No, it will have only served as a temporary solution. The future terrorist organizations will look at the past actions/mistakes of their predecessors and become even more deadly and stealthier.

Nobody starts a terrorist organization just for the hell of it or purely out of a desire to hurt people, despite what it seems the media and certain government officials (*cough!*Bush*cough!*) seem to want you to think. Terrorists are fighting what they perceive to be grave injustices that have been done to them.

Have you ever wondered why certain Western countries, while enjoying all the benefits that are currently enjoyed in the U.S., aren't targetted by terrorists? It's because they don't try to help people by covertly controlling them (appointing a leader? Pff. That looks bad no matter what angle you come at if from.) Their foreign policies say "we think you might want to consider this" rather than "do this because we say so."