[lit-ideas] Re: FW: Re: the latest body count
- From: John Wager <johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:59:20 -0500
Andy Amago wrote:
BTW, I heard a discussion that the proliferation of suicide bombers started
with the bombing of the marine facility in Lebanon in 1983. After that
bombing, Reagan pulled out the marines, and bingo, suicide bombing as a
major weapon was born. Today all other forms of terrorism are down while
suicide bombings are the leading form of terrorism.
Sounds like someone's been listening to American political speeches of
25 years ago: "Extremism in the pursuit of liberty is no vice."
Substitute "God's will" for "liberty" and you have Islamic extremism.
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