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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
When you set yourself up as morally superior you had better act it. Or lose the trust of people.
The saying "Fight fire with fire" does not work in this scenario. Israel has been doing it for over 50 years and now worse off, less safe than they have ever been since the 7 day war.
If you want to win people over, make theirs lives better. Give them the benefits, the ones understand, of our way of life. These are food, protection, hospitals, roads, electricity, entertainment, fun and enjoyment.
Don't use the same or worse tactics to defeat your enemy to win over the people.
For instance. Terrorists put the people around them at risk because they know who those people will blame when the gun ships, tanks and rockets kill the children and pregnant women in retaliation to their rockets which are largely ineffective.
So the answer to your question is NO.
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Good post Paul!
I suspect the "morally superior" has already failed - not just in the Middle East, but around the globe.
It's obvious there are already US toture camps and already more than enough data been published. The more this continues it simply ingnites more action and there will come times of paybacks - and there won't be a winner in sight.
Again.. an old story - why is the US in Iraq in the first place? This was a chosen avenue and it will have it's real cost - suspect we ain't seen anything yet.