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Originally posted by: Warbler
So what are we supposed to do? Do nothing while they fly into builds and blow up strain stations and restaurants? What does working 8 hours a week and going to Mcdonalds have to do with any of this?(personally I don't do goto Mcdonald very often, I don't think their food is that good) Ric, I can understand how you might think we are as bad as they are, but worse than they are? People keep meantioning the crusades, that happened 100's of years ago. The people involved on both sides are dead. America didn't even exist at the time of the crusades and I'm sure most Americans don't approve of what happen there, atleast I don't. You say the media is brain washing us? how? why? The media in our country is separate from the government? So why would they perform this service for him? I read the newspapers here. I have seen many articles against the war in Iraq. In fact I'd say that most in media disagree with the war. The Republican conservatives constatantly complain about libral bias in the media. To me, it doesn't sound like they are working for the government. In fact, I'd say there is good percentage of Americans who are against the war. To me it doesn't seem like we are brain washed. Personally, I don't like war, but also I dont like doing nothing while we are attacked. The terrorist have to be stopped. Unfortunately I just don't see how we can solve this peacefully, sure we can leave Irag, and Afganistan, but I don't think that is going to stop Bin Laden. I don't want to kill innocent people, but also I don't want the terrorist should get way with doing the same. They have to be stopped somehow. How would you stop Bin laden? And don't say " by not creating him in the first place.". Wrong or right, he was created. Now we have to do deal with him. How do you suggest we do it? By doing nothing? By giving in to his demands and rewarding him for killing innocent people? What do you suggest we do?
First of all, I mentioned McDonalds not for any particular reason, but because it's a western capitalist symbol, like Coca-Cola.
OK, since the world is in a situation I, personally, think could be avoided in first place, I'll give two answers. First, how it should have been in the first place:
* The United Nations would invite leaders from all over the world in order to propose changes in their systems. Conutries with dictators would change into parlamentarist systems with free elections for prime-minister, and the dictator or emperor or king would remain at his office and represent the country but with no real powers. Other democratic countries would remain as they are. There would be no weapons of mass destruction, and weapons factories would be torn down. There would be a full list of regulamentations in order to keep peace, such as investing in education and irradicating any religious thoughts that favored violence and killing, by taking the children out of this pseudo-terrorist cells and getting them into some educational program. No country would invade each other. No country would interfere with political business. If any country disagreed and didn't comply, there would be financial sanctions, the country would be excluded from the rest of the world, and the population would be encouraged to perform peaceful disobedience like Ghandi. If this didn't work, THEN a United Nations troup, mostly unnarmed, would interfere, but negotiations would be the first step. There would be no terrorist acts as no country would be seen as the "enemy". There would have never been any dictatorships in south america and iran if there was no interference. There would be no weapons of mass destruction, no political crisis...
... but since people don't tend to think like that, here's what is needed to do now:
* Abort any international interferences. Slowly abandon Iraq but keep UN troops in there. Impose sanctions to countries which are home of religiously-based terrorist cells. Map those terrorist cells and try to impose peaceful resolutions to it. Propose asylum for those who are under the claws of those religious groups. Invest money in education in thrid-world countries, so that terrorists cells are not grown in first place. Do not invest in weapons or in the army, invest in education proposes. Throw BOOKS out of planes, not bombs. Peaceful resolutions ARE possible, since this is not a WW2 kinda war, the goal is not conquer territory, there is no need for violence.