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[QUOTE]Originally posted by E. Cartman: [QB] The Palestinians are, as the Blacks were, in pursuit of an arguably just cause... freedom of oppression. But justice is in the eye of the beholder, who usually does not have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. Do the ends excuse the means? Do two wrongs make one right? In this instance, I'm forced to agree on both counts. "The failure of fundamentalism to attract broad support suggests that, at the limit, radical Islam has reached a dead end. And that 9/11 was an act of desperation by a dying movement, not the sign of a clash of civilizations." Thing is, fundamentalism does not depend on widespread support to survive. Niven's 16th law comes to mind, but it goes much deeper. Both sides are trapped in a vicious circle of hatred, intolerance and violence. Breaking the cycle can only be accomplished by mutual effort, and a shared willingness to put the past behind. Decades of bad blood don't flow away overnight, but if neither party is prepared to make concessions, escaping the loop is impossible. In that regard, 9/11 presented a golden opportunity towards rapprochement... regrettably, nobody took it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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