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Government policies can sometimes make people feel like politicians have not observed reality enough. Given that politicians often believe that the sole purpose of a state is to preserve its own existence, this is not surprising. That a state is long lasting should be a result of its fine qualities, and not the other way around. Articles like this one only reinforce the evidence that they don’t look to the root cause of problems when trying to overcome them. I DO NOT condone suicide bombing; it was not the way of any of the prophets of any of the Abrahamic faiths, and is certainly not permitted in Islam. However, the reason that the disenfranchised always give is that the destruction they cause is a reaction to the foreign policies. Again, I am against these ill visioned jihadist sentiments. The trouble is, that they state the root cause for their actions, so surely the government should consider it, instead of trying to use some kind of poorly applied treatment.

Nevertheless the government’s counterterrorism experts acknowledge that real or perceived grievances about official policy, particularly foreign policy, discrimination or racism, and counterterrorism measures themselves, can also contribute.

“…can also contribute.” ? Its the sole reason they do it! It is a pity that fellow Muslims submit to this method of effecting change, especially as it wasn’t the example given to us by our beloved Prophets. I believe the most lasting changes in society are brought through sound reasoning, clear understanding and mutual respect. After all, the values that we all subscribe to are roughly the same. They just have a different origin.

It reminds me a little of a joke I read about some famous communists;

This is an interesting video of a story of stuff. I’d like to see the sources for the figures that get mentioned. If the figures are accurate, it would be a fairly good summary of the failings of Capitalism. Or maybe we aren’t “externalizing our costs” enough.

In my previous post I suggested that President Bush could be in the Middle East to further national interest.

At this opening of an Economic crisis, it appears that sighing off a deal or two wouldn’t go a miss… Accordingly, whilst on tour, an offer was made to the gulf governments for $20 Billion US dollars for arms to defend/prepare/waste against the Iranians.

Given that it seems the US economy is not likely to restore order to the world economics, the next year will tell whether or not it is the increase in Chinese domestic spending which pulls the US out of a spiraling recession.

What nation wouldn’t resort to reconciling with a people who it couldn’t agree with on social, economic, political and human rights levels to stem an economic hemorrhage.

It really begs the question: What would Saudi Arabia do with precision guided bombs and patriot missiles? Maybe they could collect some dust, like the majority of other weapons they like to buy from the US. “mmmmm, lost of surfass areeeaaa, like our oder weaponz in storage. Misterrrrr Bushhh, vee haff a deeel! Do you take cash, cheque or camel?”