We already have a textbook case of this with Yasser Arafat and those who ruled with him. How many presidents, both parties, "aggressively pursued peace" with someone whose only real goal was the absolute obliteration of his enemies? How has that worked out so far? When we cut through all the pink fog, what's North Korea actually doing right now? Iran? Russia? The Taliban?
Do we have to repeat this for another generation with, for example, al Qaeda and other radical Islamists, to find out yet again that some people don't have a middle ground?
The belief that tyrannies and empires require "hearts and minds" is utterly wrong, proven so by countless examples through thousands of years of history of ruthless minorities controlling large populations by terror. Al Qaeda does not need to be loved to gain power. They just need to be feared and obeyed.
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"Aggressive pursuit of peace"
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- Obama making America safer
- I asked some Arab friends about it
- His job is much, much more difficult since the Bush-Cheney "agenda".
- We're going to have to learn the hard way. Again.
- Please tell me what show I'm performing that "your" fact is supposed to stop. (n/t)
- Obama's Speech Is Another Example of "the Triumph of Hope Over Experience". (n/t)
- "while Bill Clinton was still president."
- Lesson learned
- If Obama wanted to give a speech to the "Islamic World"...