--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > IMO, the real tragedy of this tragedy is that whoever > did it *could* effectively have been working for Bush > & Co. They've managed (so far) to derail a series of > talks that were supposed to be about the *real* pres- > sing problems of our time (energy, global warming, and > world poverty) and turn them into a forum for glib one- > liners about terrorism, the boogie man of our times.
I read an interesting essay yesterday pointing out that remedying global warming and poverty, the original agenda of the G8 summit, are two of the most effective ways we could also remedy terrorism. Measures to address global warming would involve reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, which would in turn reduce our increasingly disastrous involvement in the Middle East; and measures to address poverty would reduce the appeal of terrorism. That isn't the whole story by any means, of course, but it does suggest that what the London bombers have accomplished is to lead the G8 to confront terrorism in a way that will perpetuate and aggravate it rather than take action to remedy the reasons for it. The big mistake, in other words, is to think it's a choice between fighting terrorism, on one hand, and fighting poverty and global warming, on the other. Rather, it's a choice between fighting terrorism effectively and fighting it in a way that will only advance its cause. <snip> > Did the London terrorists report directly to George > W. Bush? Probably not. But they're certainly on > the same "side" as he is. Or perhaps more accurately, Bush is on the same side as they are, but he isn't smart enough to realize it. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
