From: Kai M. Becker (kmb@kai-m-becker.de)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 10:01:40 MST
Dehede011@aol.com schrieb:
> maxmcorp@worldonline.dk writes: Attacking an arab country without *very* good
> reason will foster yet even more fanatism. And it will not solve the
> terrorist problem.
>
> Max,
> Now that is a truly mind boggling statement. You have the Americans
> on one side and you have Osama/Sadaam on the other. You look at the
> attrocities on the one side. You look at the times we have befriended you on
> the other. Then you come down on the side of Osama/Sadaam as the side you
> should support in this confrontation.
Aaargl. You can't be that single minded, or can you? Every intelligent
person can easily see, that Max was talking about the potential fanatics
in the middle east and other regions where muslim fanatics find their
followers. This includes the arab states, Sudan, Indonesia, etc. All in
all several hundred million people. BTW, not even the Bush regime has
found a connection between Hussein and Al-Qaida, yet, so we're talking
about two very different things.
As I said before: Instead of one dictator in Bagdad, you'll get many
more potential bin Ladens plus a lot of followers.
As a result, the extreme islam fanatics will become stronger, the risk
of terrorist attacks will rise, we will therefore need more "security",
which will need more money, that we then cannot spend for positive
activities like education, science, social development. The war against
Iraq alone will cost between 100 and 200 _billion_ US$. The anti-terror
politics has already cost another 80-100 billion US$. How much progress
could be achieved with this fortune?
And this is _your_ tax money, that will be missing in _your_ schools,
_your_ universities, etc.
And another thought: Every religious fanatic is another potential
extropian genius missing. Now estimate, how much intellectual potential
we are wasting by sticking to old principles like wars with bombs. The
leading technological nation of this planet - if it still is - should be
capable of inventing better ways to promote freedom, democracy and human
rights - if that is still the motive - than to throw bombs.
Kai
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