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Re: SO I am coming back

Posted by Alba on 9/13/2005, 20:45:48, in reply to "SO I am coming back "
If you knew that I was trying to manipulate you into acting a certain way that benefitted me and harmed you, how would you respond?

Recognize it first of all, make sure I don't go where you're trying to push me, and try to outthink you and turn your tactics back on you. In this context, if you mean we've been playing right into OBL's hands since 9/11, I totally agree.

What is the difference between a bomb exploding on a plane or in the security queue?

None, really. If the bomb's big enough, it can kill just as many people or more than if it went off on a plane. I don't think all the post-9/11 security has stopped much of anything -- AQ likes spectacular stuff and is waiting to try to pull off something big. How else to explain why nobody has walked onto a NYC subway yet and blown themselves up, which would be the easiest thing the world to do and almost impossible to prevent?

Are you more concerned with your life or your childs?

I don't have a child -- so can't really answer. But maybe this is pointing out that we have to think about what is the right strategy to take in the long run against terrorism, not the short term, because the fight's going to be going on for a while.

What has a greater return on a dollar security or education?

Gotta be education -- both at home and in other countries.

Okay, I could ask a million of them-- one last one
Who does/did combating terrorism the best?

First instinct is Israel -- but as the past few years have shown, terrorists determined to launch attacks there can despite all the security. Tying in to the last question, maybe a country that used/uses education to co-opt its citizens who might otherwise have come under the sway of the terrorists. Danged if I know who that is though.


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