The Pheasant, Wizard Award Winner Options

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Hi Nina,

Good to see you back; thank you.

>>I have been trying to catch up on this fascinating discussion (not easy with the amount of interruptions I've been getting)

Thanks for persevering.

>>There were two things you mentioned in your last post, James, that I wanted to comment on.

Sure...

>>The first: War has always involved the whole population - just that it's said to be a new thing. It ain't: it's always been.
>>The people of Germany voted Hitler into power.  The whole population enabled him to do what he did, either by willingly following or burying their heads in the sand and doing nothing.  Only a courageous few stood up and tried to fight against it.  Complicity

I agree! I don't think it undermines my point but I agree. It is true that was complicity (though I think the general population knew less than we assume they did). Nevertheless, in previous generations, war had often involved everyone, too.

>>secondly: The 21st Century problem - but AQ would be easy to deal with if it existed as a big organisation. It doesn't. It's insignificant. The real thread is thousands of un-linked angry young Arab males. Easily proved: Kill the few AQ people and the threat remains.

>>You are so right.  Only it isn't only un-linked angry young Arab males.  In this country there are many angry young Asian males.  These young men are been targeted and stirred up by the fundamental Islam movement preaching hatred and violence.  I see and hear about it all the time in my neighbourhood.  It is quite frightening.  They are searching for some way of expressing their anger and will be easily influenced.  Hitler fed on this sort of discontentment and anger.  

Yes, luckily the number of people likely to be persuaded by fundamental Islam in the UK is relatively few. Though it only takes one suicide bomber, of course. However, in the US the same is true of fundamental Christianity - behind the Bush Whitehouse - and that has a vast potential audience. These are the reasons I oppose the internationally powerful religious blocs - they are a danger to us all. If they "simply" practiced their religion no one would mind at all.

Thanks Nina!

James.