Imagine. Some ruthless terrorists take you and many other Americans hostage. The terrorists say that the conditions of your release are the withdrawal of US troops from Saudi Arabia and the end to US support for Israel. The power elite of the Empire refuse to even negotiate, much less agree to the conditions, stating that doing so "would send a message that 'terrorism works.'" The terrorists brutally execute you, and you become martyrs for the Empire. The Empire unleashes its bombers and special troops on a nation that it claims to have "harbored" the terrorists. Many civilians die, but the terrorists escape. The dialectic of terror and counter-terror escalates....
The only consolation for you is that there will be no less than three made-for-TV movies about your patriotic martyrdom. :-> -- Yoshie
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