what would it take to get the terrorists to stop hating the us and live in peace with the world?
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Yes killing them all would be the quick answer.\nBUT.\nThe truth is.\nWe have to allow their children to do more then learn to hate us.\nMost of the older generations of Islamist in the Middle East have grown up learning only to hate anybody that is not like them.\nIts not just us they want to kill.Look at what is Happening in France,Germany, and the rest of the European world, they are being swallowed up by Islamist who have no desire but to rid this world of all but Islam.They state it daily, and raise their children to feel the same way.\nDont forget, the Middle Easterners have television, and the net ,But what they see is restricted to only what their Islamic leaders want them to see.\nA perfect example of what I am saying is with the Kurds, They became tired of the death and destruction, and started to build a free society, That is why Saddam was killing them by the thousands, their quest for freedom was a threat to the Islamic way. But after we freed them again they have begun to thrive as a democracy,They have electricity, schools, hospitals,Their women are treated as equals,and they are beginning to grow in peace. You dont hear anything about it, because it would Further support what Bush is trying to do in the rest of that forsaken land,\nThe answer lies in the children.\nP.S. Any body that has the ability to think independantly, and do their own research would realise that no matter what we did or didnt do in the past would not keep the Islamic freaks from trying to kill us, the real problem that we have in this country, is that they have learned how to use the "willing media", as well as a few Anti American politicians to fool the weak minded in this country. Hint Hint COLD STONE
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I know!\n\nWe could ask the terrorist to stop killing innocent school children and stop blowing up defenseless people in the streets.\n\nThen if they still wouldn`t stop we could carry signs like "no to Jihad" " stop beheading innocent people"\n\nAnd if that didn`t work we could just all become Muslim and have Sharia law govern us. Just as Bin Laden told us to do  to save our lives in his "1996 declaration of war on America".\nLittle girls would never see schools and they could be ignorant sex slaves to boys covered head to foot in a berka. Anyone we didn`t like and wasn`t a good Muslim could just be put in a mass grave and all would be Peace and love.
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Nope!!!\n\n"And what the hell is terrorism, anyway? It's not a thing; it's not a place; it's not a person. It is a political and military strategy, that's all. Having a 'War On Terrorism' is as ridiculous as having a 'War on Flanking Maneuvers'. You'll end terrorism when there's no longer anything for anybody to get pissed off about."\n\n"As for now, maybe if we looked at why people are pissed at us, we'd begin to understand. Hell, it doesn't matter whether they're right or wrong; it's what they perceive that motivates them. What you have to address is why they perceive things as they do. Only then will you start to get a clue. And spare me the bullshit about them hating us because of our freedom. We haven't been truly free in a long time. And now we're letting all this demagoguery convince us to give up what little liberty we have left. Big Brother Lives!"\n\n"Hack" Col, US Army
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First of all, don't assume that all Muslims hate our guts or that all Muslims are intent upon murdering unbelievers. That's a ridiculous overgeneralization.\n\nSecond, the truth is that you have to judge the response according to the situation. It's always best to have a many-layered approach to political problems abroad: ongoing diplomacy whenever possible, force only in the most extreme cases, and a carefully designed foreign policy that will not exacerbate the problem by giving them an excuse to hate us in the first place.
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Terrorism  started in middle east with palestines and jews.   They'd attack civilians for intimidation.  To nip it in the bud, there should've been mass education about its negative effects and moral consequences.  Also, take out the leaders of the terrorists.  \n\nToday, America and other western countries must stop attacking other religions and exploiting 3rd world countries.  They should also stop killing others.  Killing creates a need for revenge.  That is why they are attacking.\n\nIts a vicous cycle of escalating violence.  You kill my family, I will kill you.  You kill that individual and then someone else wants revenge.  And on the loop goes
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Never. They've been killing each other over there for all of recorded history. To think that they'll stop doing so just because someone tells them to is asinine, to say the least. It'll take genocide of monstrous proportions to put a halt to the killing - and that will only last until those that remain decide that they want to kill each other.
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Are you suggesting that we change our foreign policy to satisfy Islamofacist terrorists??????????????????\n\nTheir hatred for us is irrational. It makes very little sense to try to understand their motivation.
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There will never be peace if we try to co-exist with these crazy Islamic freaks. I say wipe them all off the face of the earth.
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Ideas:\n\n1)  Kill everyone except for one person.  Nobody to fight with.\n\n2)  Massive amounts of drugs available for everyone.  Read "A Brave New World" for how this would turn out :-P\n\n3)  Accept that you aren't responsible for other people's state of inner turmoil, and find peace within yourself.  The whole world feels more peaceful this way.
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MAN  we need to just sit around and take it just like we have for the past 20 years.  Let the terrorist continue to kill Americans and just try to suppress it so no one in the United States hears much about it.  When we go to war it's all over the media so everyone hears about all the americans getting killed.  Let's pull out of Iraq and let the terrorists go back to what they were doing...killing americans without it being so public.
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If you mean prevent the growth of terrorists, then it would be to bring up the standard of living in poor countries and educate the people, destroy despots and introduce a free society that allows and nurtures their specific religions and beliefs without denying others. Since there will always be poverty and governments that are cruel to their own people, it will take a long time. Effectively you have to transform entire societies.\nTo prevent the introduction of terrorist activities within the US, we should adopt similar restrictions and intelligence gathering as that in other countries that are currently under siege, perhaps similar to Israel?
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the only way you can distroy the terrorism by understanding why they fight and give their life for nothing. you have to know the needs of the people and why they support that organization. and every one will have a good reason to fight,... not like the ones that america say for keeping atomic war heads to their hands
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Imagine if we spent half of that money helping poorer countries solve their problems, we wouldn't have to worry about any terrorists attacking us, because the world would love the US - instead of despise it! Now that's a deal!
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Iran harbors terrorists that hate not only America but everyone in the western culture.  I would love to see what another country would do if a group of terrorists did what they did to America and then proclaim war on them.  \n\nIran also, because they harbor terrorists are likely to help them in times of need, such as give them nukes or the ingrediants to make nukes.  \n\nI am not sure if I agree with going into Iran, but I do know that we cannot stop until the terrorists are caught.  This affects not only America but the entire western world.  If the American economy fell, the entire world would suffer and the consequense would be horrible for the western world.  Also, once they are done with America, then they can go for other countries as well who have interest in oil in the middle east.  Do you think America is the only country who uses oil in the middle east?  Sorry, pal, but all of Europe does also.\n\nThese terrorists are dangerous in the fact that they could feasably get their hands on nukes and would not be afraid to use them.  Their soul purpoose is to kill anyone who is not muslim.  They live for Jihad.  Do you really want the global economy to fall and the terrorists to come to your country?  Don't you like your way of living?  Don't you like to be able to afford to go to a movie and feel safe doing so?  Don't you like being able to afford your rent and drive a car that you bought?  Don't you like to feel safe when you go to a public function like a concert or sporting event?\n\nThen quit whinning...
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I think it's a little sad that we have to do it, but - yes.  I think the only way to fight terrorism is to nip it in the bud.\n\nTruthfully, I wish there were no terrorists... I wish for world peace... but, with people who have no reguards for their own life or the lives of people in their own country (speaking of the terrorists places like Iraq, Afganistan) - I guess we have no choice but to go in and stop them doing whatever it takes.\n\nI don't understand how some of the terrorists in Iraq can kill people in their own country like they are doing.  Blowing up their own buildings - their own bus systems... destroying what they could all use (everyone in their country) peacefully.\n\nTerrorists like that will not stop until they are snuffed out.
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I hate to tell you, but World War III began on September 11, 2001.\nThere is a war going on for the hearts and minds of the world's peoples. You cannot reason with terrorists, you cannot bargain with terrorists, and you cannot defeat terrorism unless you are dedicated and vigilant. Make no mistake about it, there are terrorists in the world, they have one goal in mind, the destruction of the western world. Terrorists do care how compassionate you are, or how much you hate war. In fact, they think you are stupid and weak for holding those opinions. It has been made clear time and again by them, that their goal is convert us, and if they can't convert us then they will kill us. People need to wake up and realize that we are in a World War, and in the end it is going to be us or them. Each of us has too make choices about what side we will stand on for overselves. I cannot speak for you, but I am not willing to gamble with my life and future. The only good terrorist is a dead one.\n\nInteresting reading SirFranklin, and I completely agree with your assessment of Americans and freedom at the end.
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Libertarian answer:\nGive them what they want.  Why does our own arrogance trump common sense?\n\n1)  Stop giving foreign aid to Israel.  We give them $9000/year to every man, woman, and child.  Why are we paying for this from our hard-earned tax dollars?\n\n2)  Stop arming their dictators and keeping the oppressors in power?  Want to disarm the middle-east and bring about democratic change...DON'T SELL WEAPONS TO THEM.  Stop letting arms smugglers go with a wink and a nod.  Don't sell them the means and tech to produce biological and chemical weapons the dictators will use to stay in power and murder their own people more efficiently.\n\n3) Stop educating the jihadists.  That's right, their anti-american, pro-killing jihadist textbooks used in the maddrassas ARE PRINTED BY OUR GOVERNMENT and given to them in a program running from the mid 70's until today.  Knock it off.\n\n4)  Break the Saudi OPEC monopoly.  Our business treaties with the middle east mainly involve bribing the Saudi's and other shieks with huge amounts of cash for their oil.  They in turn use that money to mollify the poor folk by arming them, keeping them angry but loyal and blind to the class difference in their own countries.  Our foreign policy supports this whole-heartedly.  WE DON'T CARE if it is a democracy or a dictatorship, so long as they are Western friendly.\n\n5)  Open a real dialogue of understanding, this means our foreign policy must be more than "Yeeee-haw!!!".  Use real statesmen and diplomats that are culturally sensitive and can work out real deals that keep the interests and dignity of everyone in mind.  One-sided demands really don't work that well, nobody likes to be threatened or bullied into doing things against their self-interest.\n\n6)  Let them evolve and come around themselves.  Don't give any quarter in our own territory, but at the same time don't infringe upon them.  Their cultural values are as sacred to them as ours are to us.  Accept the fact that there is no black and white, right or wrong, good or evil.  The western powers have not been saints EVER in their countries, nor are all Arabs demonic heathens.