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Thread #38897   Message #554560
Posted By: Amos
19-Sep-01 - 10:50 PM
Thread Name: War (against countries that support terrorism)
Subject: RE: WAR.........
Being outraged at the Saudis inviting American tropps onto their soil is a political issue. Appropriate responses might include letter-writing, sign carrying, graffitti, discussion with representatives, protest rallies, chanting, etc.

The American soldiers in Saudi Arabia are not harming them, nor denying them their freedoms, not preventing them from communicating.

When the outrage instead leads to murder then it is no longer an acceptable explanation. It should be instantly obvious that it was not the true reason. Human beings do not resort to murder because they are irritated by a political situation, in the absence of other much deeper causes.

Such other causes historically include various forms of abuse and psychosis and, typically, the unseen presence of strong influence from individuals seeking power, control, wealth, or other private gain and seeking to use others to acheive such ends. Often, this scenario involves the use of highfalutin religous or political rhetoric, inflammatory and confusing, in order to get others to act in blind passion.

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