Occupation => Indignation => Circle of Violence == Israel/Palestine Conflict == Iraq Conflict == ...

Article on MSNBC.com talks about the inevitable anger aroused among the civilian populations of occupied territories, and how that anger leads to inevitable circle of violence. Was Britain in India a different story? Why?

The book, Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill, goes down this path. I've long held that this view is what causes the attacks against U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Of course, the violence in Iraq is no different than the violence in the occupied territories.

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