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World Leaders Are Losing The War on Terror
The Fundamental Misunderstanding of Cause and Effect
The War on Terror is being lost because world leaders missed the most basic and fundamental lesson we all learn in grade school: the relationship between cause and effect.
Radical Islam is not the enemy nor is it the root cause; it is the effect.
World leaders have spent so much time and energy focusing their attention hunting terrorists at home and abroad (after terrorist attacks have already been committed) that they have completely overlooked the true enemy.
The real enemy has nothing to do with a small fraction of Muslims who preach a religion of hatred we call Radical Islam.
The enemy world leaders have completely missed, the cause that allows hatred to grab hold in the first place, then infect, and fester in our world has nothing to do with the Islamic faith; the real enemy is poverty .
The West is losing The War on Terror because they have failed to recognize poverty as the enemy and, therefore, come up with an effective plan to defeat it.
The Global Eradication of Poverty
Poverty is the fertile ground that allows the seed of hatred to be planted, spread, and disseminated throughout the world.
Without poverty, if there was actually prosperity in those afflicted regions of the world, if all those individuals held hope for a more promising future along with living well presently, there would be no Radical Islam and no terrorism.
After all, what person would want to blow themselves up, train for murdering their fellow human beings, or inflict misery on others if they were living a happy, fulfilling, and prosperous life?
It is time to deal with the cause, come up with a plan of attack, and defeat the true enemy: it is time for The Global Eradication of Poverty !
The Cost of a Missed Opportunity
By failing to diagnose the real problem and properly identify the enemy from the beginning, world leaders have created a self-feeding, chain reaction perpetually increasing the number of terrorists.
This misstep has created a viscious cycle that could have been truncated at its roots, but that missed opportunity has allowed millions of people worldwide (if not tens of millions) to be converted into a religion of hate.
The Cyclical Religion of Hate
As illustrated below, we are now playing a part in this viscious cycle helping to create more terrorists.
In this cycle, the terrorist leaders preach hate, recruiting poor, disenchanted individuals to perform acts of terrorism. In response to these acts of terrorism, we send bombs, which reinforces the original message of hate as a tangible basis for that hatred. Thereby, in turn, our bombs increase the conversion of new recruits indoctrinated into The Cyclical Religion of Hate.
This self perpetuating cycle proceeds through perpetuity and is best illustrated as a resultant growth curve.
That is why we are losing The War on Terror; instead of wiping out the terrorists we have given them ample fodder to increase their numbers exponentially without ever dealing with its root cause of poverty.
As a result, now the number of terrorists and their acts of terrorism are too great; we cannot avoid hunting them down to cull their present numbers.
Poverty and the Annexation of The Crimea
The enemy of poverty is not isolated to The Cyclical Religion of Hate nor is it constrained to our present world crisis.
Just as the major global issues we are dealing with today, so did poverty play a role in most major upheavals throughout history.
For example, both the French Revolution and The Bolshevik Revolution were a product of inequality among a mainly impoverished population. In fact, Communism itself was fundamentally based upon redistribution of wealth in order to provide for all people equally, thereby wiping out poverty.
In recent history, when I spoke to my friends in The Crimea, prior to its annexation by Russia, they expressed the hope for a better future and prosperity with Russia as their desire for reunification. Consequently, they were even willing to suffer more short-term for the promise of a brighter tomorrow.
In other words, if not for the poverty in The Crimea and Ukraine, Russia would have failed in its hasty Crimean annexation .
Poverty and North Korea
Even the current situation in North Korea has an impoverished population as the root cause of the problem.
Maybe the best way to end the North Korean crisis is not with more sanctions which further exacerbates the poverty of the populace?
Instead, the best way forward with North Korea is more likely meetings with their leaders about a mutually beneficial plan to create prosperity for their people.
Poverty and Domestic Crime
Furthermore, what proportion of domestic crime is committed by those who live in poverty?
I would submit our prisons and those who commit crimes in the USA are disproportionately represented by those who live or grow up in poverty.
Therefore, even domestically, the lack of hope in the attainment of prosperity among our poorest individuals leads to increased criminal activity.
As such, poverty in the USA creates a whole host of social ills.
A Plan of Attack Against a Ubiquitous Enemy
In summary, isn't it time to come up with a plan of attack against the ubiquitous world enemy of poverty?
Isn't it time to break The Cyclical Religion of Hate and end world suffering by dealing with its root cause?
Rather than just wiping out terrorists and creating exponentially more in a never ending viscious cycle, doesn't it make strategic sense to simultaneously attack its root cause of poverty?
If world leaders want to ultimately win The War on Terror then it is time for them to recognize the true enemy is poverty, and come up with a systematic plan for its annihilation.
Isn't it time for The Global Eradication of Poverty!?
Warmly,
Ken Poirot
The War on Terror is being lost because world leaders missed the most basic and fundamental lesson we all learn in grade school: the relationship between cause and effect.
Radical Islam is not the enemy nor is it the root cause; it is the effect.
World leaders have spent so much time and energy focusing their attention hunting terrorists at home and abroad (after terrorist attacks have already been committed) that they have completely overlooked the true enemy.
The real enemy has nothing to do with a small fraction of Muslims who preach a religion of hatred we call Radical Islam.
The enemy world leaders have completely missed, the cause that allows hatred to grab hold in the first place, then infect, and fester in our world has nothing to do with the Islamic faith; the real enemy is poverty .
The West is losing The War on Terror because they have failed to recognize poverty as the enemy and, therefore, come up with an effective plan to defeat it.
The Global Eradication of Poverty
Poverty is the fertile ground that allows the seed of hatred to be planted, spread, and disseminated throughout the world.
Without poverty, if there was actually prosperity in those afflicted regions of the world, if all those individuals held hope for a more promising future along with living well presently, there would be no Radical Islam and no terrorism.
After all, what person would want to blow themselves up, train for murdering their fellow human beings, or inflict misery on others if they were living a happy, fulfilling, and prosperous life?
It is time to deal with the cause, come up with a plan of attack, and defeat the true enemy: it is time for The Global Eradication of Poverty !
The Cost of a Missed Opportunity
By failing to diagnose the real problem and properly identify the enemy from the beginning, world leaders have created a self-feeding, chain reaction perpetually increasing the number of terrorists.
This misstep has created a viscious cycle that could have been truncated at its roots, but that missed opportunity has allowed millions of people worldwide (if not tens of millions) to be converted into a religion of hate.
The Cyclical Religion of Hate
As illustrated below, we are now playing a part in this viscious cycle helping to create more terrorists.
In this cycle, the terrorist leaders preach hate, recruiting poor, disenchanted individuals to perform acts of terrorism. In response to these acts of terrorism, we send bombs, which reinforces the original message of hate as a tangible basis for that hatred. Thereby, in turn, our bombs increase the conversion of new recruits indoctrinated into The Cyclical Religion of Hate.
This self perpetuating cycle proceeds through perpetuity and is best illustrated as a resultant growth curve.
That is why we are losing The War on Terror; instead of wiping out the terrorists we have given them ample fodder to increase their numbers exponentially without ever dealing with its root cause of poverty.
As a result, now the number of terrorists and their acts of terrorism are too great; we cannot avoid hunting them down to cull their present numbers.
Poverty and the Annexation of The Crimea
The enemy of poverty is not isolated to The Cyclical Religion of Hate nor is it constrained to our present world crisis.
Just as the major global issues we are dealing with today, so did poverty play a role in most major upheavals throughout history.
For example, both the French Revolution and The Bolshevik Revolution were a product of inequality among a mainly impoverished population. In fact, Communism itself was fundamentally based upon redistribution of wealth in order to provide for all people equally, thereby wiping out poverty.
In recent history, when I spoke to my friends in The Crimea, prior to its annexation by Russia, they expressed the hope for a better future and prosperity with Russia as their desire for reunification. Consequently, they were even willing to suffer more short-term for the promise of a brighter tomorrow.
In other words, if not for the poverty in The Crimea and Ukraine, Russia would have failed in its hasty Crimean annexation .
Poverty and North Korea
Even the current situation in North Korea has an impoverished population as the root cause of the problem.
Maybe the best way to end the North Korean crisis is not with more sanctions which further exacerbates the poverty of the populace?
Instead, the best way forward with North Korea is more likely meetings with their leaders about a mutually beneficial plan to create prosperity for their people.
Poverty and Domestic Crime
Furthermore, what proportion of domestic crime is committed by those who live in poverty?
I would submit our prisons and those who commit crimes in the USA are disproportionately represented by those who live or grow up in poverty.
Therefore, even domestically, the lack of hope in the attainment of prosperity among our poorest individuals leads to increased criminal activity.
As such, poverty in the USA creates a whole host of social ills.
A Plan of Attack Against a Ubiquitous Enemy
In summary, isn't it time to come up with a plan of attack against the ubiquitous world enemy of poverty?
Isn't it time to break The Cyclical Religion of Hate and end world suffering by dealing with its root cause?
Rather than just wiping out terrorists and creating exponentially more in a never ending viscious cycle, doesn't it make strategic sense to simultaneously attack its root cause of poverty?
If world leaders want to ultimately win The War on Terror then it is time for them to recognize the true enemy is poverty, and come up with a systematic plan for its annihilation.
Isn't it time for The Global Eradication of Poverty!?
Warmly,
Ken Poirot
