tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528338669038747187.post4808466535284584926..comments2024-01-22T19:04:40.709-08:00Comments on Warner's World: The Crisis of TerrorismWaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192404200929862166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528338669038747187.post-58077559137829817092009-08-26T10:19:23.459-07:002009-08-26T10:19:23.459-07:00Jonathan; glad to hear from you again. You could b...Jonathan; glad to hear from you again. You could be right about my speaking out of naivety. What I do know is that I have read enough history about the Balfour agreement, the Versailles Treaty et al to persuade me that "Western diplomacy" was self-centered, greedy, nationalistic, and insensitive to people it should have been more sensitive to. That played a large part in WWII (which we all supported). Some of this led to the current Israeli conflict, and I believe the US diplomacy re Israel has contributed greatly to current terrorism, anti American strife et al. Fouad Masri is a Chog Lebanese Christian and he questions Muslim peace intentions (as I understand him). I'm not sure. However, I do believe that if we worked to improve relationships in some of the areas I've mentioned, it would do more to reduce the anti-Americanism, and the terrorism, than all the military efforts and current diplomacy can possibly do. I agree with you, terrorism is terrorism, be it Arabic or Irish or... I challenge your statement "they don't kill because of economics." People with no economic hope are easy prey for terrorist recruiters; give their family a big cash settlement and them a Muslim martyrs reward and they're easy prey.<br />As a further thought on anti-americanism read the recent Chr Science Monitor piece by Lisa Woll – Tue Aug 25, 5:00 am ET<br />Washington – What do human rights abuses associated with oil drilling in Sudan, the nanotechnology used in your suntan lotion, and growing concerns about climate-related water shortages in the southwestern United States have in common?<br />thanks for responding,Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192404200929862166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528338669038747187.post-42240073232774281982009-08-24T09:22:55.992-07:002009-08-24T09:22:55.992-07:00What is the "deeper ideological war" tha...What is the "deeper ideological war" that you see these acts of murdering noncombatants symbolic of?<br /><br />I dare say that this statement might be naive: "The only way to correct terrorism (beyond full Christian redemption) is to acknowledge the 'failed policies of militarism and selfish political nationalism' and pursue a new course of politics and economics based on the common good of humanity world-wide." They don't kill because of economics. They are motivated because of the moral depreciation they see as being thrust on them by the west. This is not "Islam v Christianity" this is Islam v immorality.<br /><br />"Therefore, he concluded, it is easy to radicalize Muslims in India." And yet not one 911 attacker was Indian, only a very small number of the foreign fighters caught in Afghan or Iraq have been Indian, and yet it is the second most populous Muslim country in the world?.?... I think that there is more behind recruiting terrorists than finding someone who is unemployed or marginalized. Most of the recruits for these international acts come from predominatly Muslim countries (Saudi, Pak, Yemen).<br /><br />One more thing, why do we forget the Irish "terrorists", the Christian extremists who attacked OKC's Murah building, those who used terror in Indonesia, et al? The conclusions are the same it just does not leave Christians without some examples of those who call themselves by the same name doing that which is explicitly taught against.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09215299965695578757noreply@blogger.com