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Thread #39247   Message #561162
Posted By: CarolC
28-Sep-01 - 10:48 PM
Thread Name: The Key to All US war strategy
Subject: RE: The Key to All US war strategy
This is kind of cool. Seeing my thoughts get analyzed here. I guess I don't have any fundamental disagreements with what you are saying I,hurricane, except for one thing.

It is my opinion that when we are dealing with a situation like the one that is currently unfolding on the world stage, we need to have the use of our brains so that we can make intelligent decisions, and ones that will actually help us in the long run, rather than causing more problems for us in the long run.

It is also my opinion that when we demonize anyone, regardless of what sorts of atrocities they have committed, we are engaging a part of our psyche that is driven by emotions, and is less capable of making intelligent choices than the part of our psyche that is engaged when we maintain a detached, rational thought process.

The idea is to recognise what sorts of problems we are dealing with and to find effective ways of solving them. If we get all caught up in emotions, it becomes a lot more difficult to see the problems and their solutions clearly.