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To: yonif
Yeah, but the thing is this idelology isn't just in those two cities. It is just that those two cities are main instances of violent armed terror. But terror has been happening all over Iraq, in Baghdad, Basra. The US must target the ideology. It isn't just about a person or a group, it is about what is driving them to hate us.

That is why I said that the Pakistani and Saudia Arabian regimes, if for no other reason than their own self preservation, have to be brought to the point where they are persuaded to target their own radical mullahs.

You are not born a radical Muslim. You have to be carefully taught. Target the teachers and you target the problem. Israel has been pursuing that policy lately in the case of Hamas.

In the case of Iran, military aid and training to the young Iranians who have spent their entire lives chaffing under mullah rule would adress that particular rat's nest.

282 posted on 04/25/2004 7:36:21 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: Polybius
I agree with you. We have not done that yet on that ideological front, so that is why I believe taking down Fallujah or Najaf will not solve the terror problem in Iraq.
287 posted on 04/25/2004 7:39:22 PM PDT by yonif ("So perish all Thine enemies, O the Lord" - Judges 5:31)
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