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Date Posted: 09:09:49 02/11/02 Mon
Author: Brad Nock
Subject: Re: Topic 1
In reply to: jack curboy 's message, "Topic 1" on 07:19:10 02/08/02 Fri

If we had payed attention to how the Assyrians had used terrorism to scare the opposing empires when they were trying to take over Mesopotamia, then maybe terrorism wouldn't be so strong today. We could have foreseen problems with terrorism and tried to eliminate it before it became a real problem. Then maybe the attack on September 11th might have been prevented and we wouldn't be having a war with terrorism right now.

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[> Re: Topic 1 -- Chris Zegel, 09:11:02 02/11/02 Mon

In Mesopotamia, as in all other civilizations that we know of, wars occurred. The ones without the power envied the ones with the power, and as a result different peoples overthrew each other violently. The Sumerians were conquered by the Babylonians, who were conquered by the Assyrians, and so forth. This has continued through to today, right up until in WWII when Japan attacked Hawaii. The weak envy the strong, and those without desire for what they do not have. We need to discover a way for different peoples to live in harmony and coexist, and become stronger together. If different powers each try to expand and compete with each other, conflict and strife are natural results. Even in modern times, we are still faced with the threat of war, because there are many rogue nations, less developed than most, that are jealous of the strength that the world powers possess. Our world as a community cannot seem to find a way to exist peacefully, and until it does, history will find a way ot repeat itself.

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