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ladjf

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5. There is no solution to ridding the world of terrorists. My belief is that the fact that we are

Reply to samsingh (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:55 PM

Jan 2013

continuing to wage war in the middle East is perpetuating terrorist thoughts among the young
men of the region. In effect, we are recruiting more terrorists than we are killing.

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We need to stop the drone killings. nt ladjf Jan 2013 #1

is there another way to stop the terrorists? samsingh Jan 2013 #2

I don't think that the people we are killing from the drones is accomplishing anything related to ladjf Jan 2013 #3

what's the solution then? samsingh Jan 2013 #4

There is no solution to ridding the world of terrorists. My belief is that the fact that we are ladjf Jan 2013 #5

not doing anything doesn't reduce terrorism either - look what happened in Mali before we got samsingh Jan 2013 #6

This is a judgement call. Since neither of us has any political pull, it doesn't matter anyway. nt ladjf Jan 2013 #7

very true samsingh Jan 2013 #8