Originally posted by wendigo100
Fair enough, we do a lot of that on here 
I wasn't comparing how nasty they were. I was saying that you couldn't hold a whole nation responsible for the actions of al qua'eda any more than you could the IRA.
In fact, it could be said that Ireland was a more valid target for retaliatory bombing than anywhere to do with al qua'eda. The IRA were Irish (mostly Ulster), their cause was overtly a united Ireland, and furthermore, the Irish government went many years implicitly supporting them, by allowing them free rein of their border country and not directly criticising them.True, but IMHO it will never be resolved.
The world is getting more crowded, which will increase fighting over land, hearts and minds. Technology is improving and becoming more accessible to terrorists. A cataclysmic event like a nuclear bomb might focus minds and quieten it down for a few years, but not forever.
I wasn't comparing how nasty they were. I was saying that you couldn't hold a whole nation responsible for the actions of al qua'eda any more than you could the IRA.In fact, it could be said that Ireland was a more valid target for retaliatory bombing than anywhere to do with al qua'eda. The IRA were Irish (mostly Ulster), their cause was overtly a united Ireland, and furthermore, the Irish government went many years implicitly supporting them, by allowing them free rein of their border country and not directly criticising them.True, but IMHO it will never be resolved.
The world is getting more crowded, which will increase fighting over land, hearts and minds. Technology is improving and becoming more accessible to terrorists. A cataclysmic event like a nuclear bomb might focus minds and quieten it down for a few years, but not forever.
The first war ever recorded in history was 2700 BC. and that is because prior to that, writing had not been invented yet.
If the human race has not learned that war is a pointless and futile exercise by now. we will never learn.
"Kill all warmongers & Terrorists"
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