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Originally Posted by primetime
Eric...pardon me..let me re-phrase..The KKK TODAY, is nowhere near as powerful as Al Qaeda...
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Correct. And as you know, they were never actually defeated, but instead they just became insignificant as fewer and fewer people supported their activities. That is how you defeat extremism.
And as I stated above, when the government tried to fight against them back in the 1870s, it only resulted in making them more popular among the people.
We are seeing the same exact thing happen with Al-Queda, and Israel has seen the same exact thing happen with Hamas over the past 10 years.
Using military means to fight against extremists is like putting gasoline on a fire. It helps them to become more popular and grows their support base. For every extremist that you kill, you help to recruit 10 more.