> I would say that this is primarily the source of our problems -- our foreign policy.
Oh, don't tell that to Rudy Giuliani. According to his attack on Ron Paul the other night, our foreign policy had nothing to do with 9/11. An incredible statement. (I'm apolotical here folks, it's just an observation). Alex -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] Quote of the Day: Bruce Schneier -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >However, out in the political arena, this won't happen as long as The >Great Unwashed are voting. You can propose a *lot* of different "fixes" >for the "problem" of terrorism, but *none* of them will work until you >address the base problem, which in the case of the US is that: > >a) Fundamentalist Muslims find our lifestyle and culture insulting. >Most of them would be quite happy to let us rot in our own country if >we let them run their country the way they want to. > >b) We insist on exporting our lifestyle and culture. > >Now, given those two setup points, how can you *possibly* expect a good >outcome from us invading not one, but two sovereign countries and >installing a puppet regime that we selected? With regards to ill-will against the U.S., I would say that this is primarily the source of our problems -- our foreign policy. The point here is that knee-jerk reactions don't work, and psychology plays into "Security Theater" in this regard. :-) - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.1 (Build 1012) wj8DBQFGTH7hq1pz9mNUZTMRAkW/AKCkuHsWqgD5ZvZ6zLn0UOTw11fz2wCdHV0V 9NbLXpRZjcL6IfgW95iQtF0= =r4Xl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. .... _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
