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But I still don't see terrorists blowing things up because they are poor. You mentioned earlier that you don't see sheiks strapping bombs to themselves, but you don't see a whole lot of homeless Americans doing it either. You don't see suicide bombings in poverty stricken central American nations or in the huge blighted areas of cities like Rio de Janeiro.
They blow things up because of ideology. Because of hatred. Because they want to limit everyone into their twisted view of Islam and the laws proscribed therein.
It is long term. All change is long term. I think Americans have it so good in a society of microwaves and fastpasses that the processes that take longer seem unfathomable. I am truly thankful that there is no Hitler around today - I don't know if we would have the patience or stomach to fight the war over time that it took to accomplish the job. I am glad America has already been founded, because the 11 year from our Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the passage of a Constitution in 1787 would be seen as an eternity and the attempts to start America would be called a failure.
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