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Agreed. As I've said before, the only way to 'prevent' or minimize terrorism
from foreign sources is to have an effective policy for and practice of
interacting with the world's peoples. The US is a long way from
understanding this and achieving it, because we haven't felt it necessary.
We have felt insulated from accountability to other peoples. If there is any
one thing to learn from Sept. 11, it is that this is not so. We have a lot
of catching up to do. American political scientists have failed to explicate
this to our policy-makers; perhaps we will do a better job now.
Lawrence
is to > As an engineer, I can state that there so many routes to killing
people
> and/or damaging infrastructure the officials can't consider all of
> them. It is impossible (at present) to entirely prevent attacks without
> intrusion and cost that would wreck our society. I am not sure that
> fully understanding the biological roots of the problem will lead to
> solutions either, but it does seem like the best long range approach
> available.
>
> Keith Henson
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