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There is an undercurrent in our nation right now that we should do something to prevent people from "provoking" the Muslims by engaging in behavior or speech that is critical or disrespectfal of Islam. The argument is "It's rude anyway, I certainly wouldn't want to make a movie like The Innocence of Muslims or burn a Koran, so why should we face
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E.g. how do we stop the zero tolerance approach handing medium term geopolitical and economic advantage to countries who prevent their populations offending the crazies.
Strike hard and decisively enough that those Powers which base, shelter, support and refuse to incarcerate -- or worse, are run by -- their crazies, are no longer of much diplomatic, economic or geopolitical importance.
A good first step with regards to the resource which makes the Mideast strategically-relevant would be to really fight "wars for oil" -- which is to say, when we win, we sequester the oil production for decades in advance for "reparations." In the case of countries without significant oil, we could impose other penalties upon their defeat. Egypt, for instance, has run the Suez Canal long enough, thank you ...
General point: we have to get serious about these wars. We have to start seeing them as the wars for survival that they are, long-term, and stop seeing them as "wars of choice." We have come close to forgetting that both 9-11 atrocities involved attacks on American soil, and the first one on soil that was American by more than mere courtesy. We can't just declare the war over and come home, because if we do it will follow us home.
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