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How to Stop Terrorism in 3 Easy Steps

(I'm feeling thoughtful)

Inspired by AnnelidaFilms video "4000".

Terrorism is not an enemy; it is a tactic used by desperate people to get rid of an oppressor when they don't have the military strength (and budget) to fight the oppressor in a conventional war. It's a last resort when other means to improve the situation, including peaceful negotiation, have proved futile.

How to stop terrorism in 3 easy steps:

1) Abandon imperialism - Read world history. Any nation that has had, or is having, a problem with terrorism is an imperialist force. This includes imperialism within borders, such as the situations in Sri Lanka with the Tamils, Spain with the Basques, and Northern Ireland with the Catholics ( just to name a few situations off the top of my head) all being oppressed by a larger, more politically and economically powerful ethnic or religious group.

2) Stop enabling friends who are terrorists. Again, off the top of my head, Indonesia and Israel come to mind. The US runs something that used to be called The School of the Americas, now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, that instructs military officers, some who go on to be military dictators, in torture. Known mostly as a training ground for Latin American military elite, it does host people from other nations, such as Indonesia. Spending our tax money to do this and arm other nations, such as Israel, with weapons such as F-16 fighter planes to fly low over Palestinian neighborhoods only adds to the problem.

3) Respect human rights and deal fairly in business. Terrorism finds fertile ground where peoples are discouraged or outright forbidden to speak and publish in their own language, practice their own religion, or control the natural resources of their lands...if their lands have not been ripped off completely, that is.

These 3 simple steps are not likely to be tried, primarily because there is too much money to be made from the so-called "Global War of Terror", not only by the arms merchants, but by all the industries that have sprung up to allegedly keep us safe from terrorism. Additionally, the threat of terrorism gives the political elites the excuse to take away our freedoms to keep us "safe." Thus, the surveillance society. Also, as long as a large enough percentage of the population can be ruled by fear, there will always be cannon fodder for the next war to keep us "safe and free."

But there you have it. Three simple steps to rid the world of terrorism. Don't say I didn't tell you so.

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Posted Apr 26, 08 by radiokellia
Lipstick Tomboy,

The people who would tell me it is un-american bring to mind the saying, "Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels."

Posted Apr 26, 08 by LipstickTomboy
3 things:

1. Thank You
2. Thank You
3 Thank You

Telling the american people that sometimes, hard to believe, we are not perfect is VERY AMERICAN. Do not let others tell you otherwise.

Posted Apr 23, 08 by freedomnews
Yes, Judith, they are collecting all this information to look for patterns that might point to terrorism, but as Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) said, "Do you really need all this information on the population of Lodi, WI to find terrorists?"

Of course not. They want it for other reasons.

Posted Apr 23, 08 by AnnelidaFilms (

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Very good observations and ideas - very well put! And you're probably right about the war profiteers never allowing us to have peace. It's too bad there isn't some Parental Entity that could step in from time to time to slap some sense into our leaders. By the way, they're remaking "The Day the Earth Stood Still" up here in Vancouver right now.

Posted Apr 23, 08 by B4Salk (

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Read this, it is eye opening.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120511973377523845.html