> Like it or not, if your policies make some people angry enough
>to kill themselves to show their displeasure, you need to rethink
>your policies.
I totally disagree. If your policies make evil men angry enough
to kill themselves, you are very likely doing the right thing.
I don't get this. Soldiers do not go on suicide missions because they
think they are evil. They go on such missions because they think they
are virtuous and that their actions will help their compatriots.
It is their enemies who think they are evil. Their enemies would much
prefer they surrender rather than go on a suicide mission that may
kill many of the enemy.
Please look at the terrorists of 2001 Sep 11: they did not consider
themselves evil; on the contrary. Some of their enemies do think of
them as evil. However, the term is not useful if you are trying to
figure out the most effective way of stopping any of their compatriots
from repeating the mission. It is more useful to be like a successful
general, and `think like the enemy' so you can understand and thus
counter him.
Think of the terrorists as being fellows devoted to honesty, fair
play, and devotion to God, rather than robbery, humiliation, and shame
(with some backsliding, of course). Then you can see why the US might
invade Iraq in order to intimidate other dictatorships, for short term
safety. And also you can see why, over a longer term, it is important
to the US that Iraq become prosperous and free -- that the US engage
in successful nation building so that enough Iraqis change their
belief systems. And you can see why it is so important to the anti-US
guerillas to attack infrastructure and to exacerbate clan and
religious differences.
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