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Pope: Love must defeat terrorism
Pope John Paul told the world in his Easter message Sunday that a culture of love had to defeat terrorism and the "logic of death" and revenge in Iraq, the Holy Land and other places where conflict reigns. "May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death," the 83-year-old pope declared to thousands of pilgrims in St Peterâs Square, Rome, and to millions watching on TV.Yeah, sure. Peace in our time. I get the message. If we were dealing with rational human beings, this much vaunted "love" approach might have a snowballâs chance in Hell. Instead, weâre fighting fanatics who have intentionally had all fear of death bred out of them, so that any humanity shown their type can be easily turned against those stupid enough to do so. "Love" might be able to defeat terrorism after a few million years, but Iâm not prepared to sit around and wait for the first biochem or nuclear terror attacks to happen. Bullets defeat terrorism a lot more quickly. A standing threat to begin contaminating or leveling Islamâs most holy shrines in response to major terror attacks is the only long term strategy Iâve seen yet that will truly hobble Islamist terror. Until we have the ostiones to read Islam the riot act, more mayhem is all weâll get. Allowing a discontented and minuscule portion of one religion to hold the entire world hostage is insane. Until we effectively counterweight this asymmetrical threat with a similar sword of Damocles, more terrorism is all weâll get. Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-11 |
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