Why Polarization is Bad
Hamas.When any powerful world leader (such as U.S. president George Bush, and others) justifies foreign policy with unbending black and white moralities and a good vs. evil mentality, is it any wonder that the rest of the world will respond in a similar vein?
Furthermore, would this 2006 election result have occured if there were not an ongoing conflict in Iraq? Frankly, we're fighting a war we cannot win, because we don't realize that the only viable solution is dialogue and mutual understanding. Terrorism is a faceless method, borne of hate and frustration. It is not the method of a pure evil, cold-blooded killer who wants to kill as many wonmen and children as possible.
Maybe if we understood that as a nation, we could bring about the dialogue and social change necessary to end it.
posted by Chris W. @ 4:16 PM
