Thursday, October 20, 2011
NOTEWORTHY
Basque Separatists Declare Halt to Violence
I was about 25 when this started. It has been on my mind most of my life. Not because I am a Basque. More because it was the first terrorism, other than the IRA, that I was aware of and began to follow.
It is not, of course, the first terrorism. That was somewhere in the "Old Testament". Before. Why do we think it is new? For awhile even declared a war on it. That is over.
The world is changing in some areas. The IRA laid down their arms. Others too. It is a model for going forward. Some actual muslim extremists have retired from the field. History shows that it is an unproductive tool. A plaything for madmen who do not really believe in the cause as much as their on sociopathology.
The Basques were picturesque for awhile. Romantic. But then they got too lethal to too many innocents and their cause became banal and was blanked out by the revulsion at their actions.
And so on. History repeats itself.
I saw the pictures of Moammar as well. Just now. Now doubt. It is him. Dead as a doornail. I was going to show it here and then thought not.
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