On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:04:44PM -0500, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 04:55:01PM -0500, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> > http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/03/landesman.htm > That understanding implies that some tactics - appeasement - will not > work, while others - resolve - might. This sounds like Sharon's strategy. Doesn't seem to be working yet. > there, we can perhaps move on to specifics. But first we have to > know. If you ask "why they hate us", I have an answer for that > question. Are you referring to the answer in the Bernard Lewis article? (i.e., do nothing?) > But it's not one that people who ask that question usually like. It > suggests that changes in policies (most of which shouldn't be changed > anyways, but let's ignore that for the moment) won't help. This isn't > about poverty, "....There is no future here, and we need to start over. So many people think this. Have you been to the villages of Pakistan, the interior? There is nothing but dire poverty and pain. The children have no education; there is nothing to look forward to. Go into the villages, see the poverty. There is no drinking water. Small children without shoes walk miles for a drink of water. I go to the villages and I want to cry. My children have no future. None of the children of Pakistan have a future. We are surrounded by nothing but war and suffering. Millions should die away." > It's about hatred and evil and the worst parts of human nature, parts > that cannot be satiated, only defeated. _Knowing that_ we can move > on. But first we have to accept that fact. >From the article, it sounds like a great deal has to do with poverty. While most of these causes of poverty cannot be fairly blamed on India nor the Western world, when people are suffering they look for a scapegoat. If the poverty were less, or if the Western world were to offer more help to alleviate the poverty, then perhaps the hatred could be reduced. I don't see a clear path of "resolve" accomplishing much against a foe with nuclear weapons and the despearation to believe they have nothing to lose in a nuclear war. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
