--- In [email protected], "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > (snip) > > > 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. > > > This is a safe and sane view. Humanity seems to be ever stuck in a > war for peace. As soon as this or that enemy is vanquished, well, > then we can settle down and live the peaceful life that we aspire > to. What do the rishi's say?, you do not remove the darkness but > bring in the light. Fighting poverty and global warming definitely > seems like a more "light" oriented direction.
Indeed it does. Thanks for introducing a very interesting perspective on things, Judy. I posted some statistics the other day, and one of them drew a fascinating comment. The stat was that the war in Iraq has cost the United States $180,772,216,646. For that amount of money, the US could have fully funded global anti-hunger efforts for 7 years. The comment was something along the lines of, "Imagine the good will that would have resulted from doing this." Imagine. If the US had reacted to 9/11 by rethink- ing its position among nations on this planet, and had spent $180,772,216,646 fighting poverty and global warming instead of invading Iraq, would there be the level of global terrorism that there is today? I don't think so. Unc 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/
