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There are nearly four times as many jihadist militants today than on 9/11, and the 'war on terror' has been a 'terrifyingly expensive failure'... Maybe we should stop blowing up their countries?

The current plan is NOT WORKING. It's pretty obviously wrong... If someone killed MY Brother I would be angry for the rest of MY LIFE... Every bomb we drop creates more "Terrorists" or "Freedom Fighters."

Ronald Reagan Called them Freedom Fighters and
The Moral Equivalent of the Founding Fathers...
and they are the ACTUAL PARENTS of the Taliban...


https://www.businessinsider.com/there-are-nearly-4-times-as-many-jihadist-militants-today-as-on-911-2018-11

https://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/22/11/20/islamic-jihadist-fighters-four-times-stronger-since-world-trade-centre-attacks

Islamic militants four times stronger than during 9/11 terrorist attacks, study says

Great Documentary: PBS "Nature to Nations." The Basic Ideas of America's Founding Fathers were Learned from the Iroquois Long Houses form of Government.

http://www.pbs.org/native-america/episodes/nature-to-nations/#about 
Nature to Nations explores the rise of great American nations, from dynastic monarchies to participatory democracies. What lies behind these diverse and sophisticated governments? Answers emerge from an archaeologist excavating America’s oldest temple in the Peruvian Andes, a tribe initiating a new chief at a ceremony surrounded by cedar totem poles in the Pacific Northwest, an expert reading ancient hieroglyphs from a sarcophagus to tell a forgotten history of Maya kings, and the return of an ancient shell wampum belt to the birthplace of democracy near Syracuse, New York.

Centering on the democracy of New York’s Haudenosaunee Peoples — also known as the Iroquois Confederacy — “Nature to Nations” reveals how elements of the natural world drive governance in Native America. The story of Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, as told by native elders, demonstrates how shell wampum helped end war among five tribes and bring about America’s first democracy 500 years before the United States. Ben Franklin and the Founding Fathers would later integrate key ideas from their government into the United States Constitution. 
Building on these revelations, the episode traces evidence that nations across Native America use beliefs from the natural world to support governmental systems, from dynastic kingdoms to shamanistic rulers. Science and oral tradition reveal how corn, cedar, shell, and the jaguar each inspire new nations and plant the seeds of great empires. All are part of an incredible 3000-year narrative of nature, nations and cultural sophistication in Native America. 

"Dare to Think for Yourself" - The Motto of The Age of Enlightenment in Europe.

For about a hundred years prior to the French Revolution there was an era called "The Age of Enlightenment". It featured thinkers that started using the scientific method instead of Faith. John Locke had ideas that challenged Monarchy and The Catholic Church. He thought, maybe there could be a better way! So they invented democracy and freedom of Religion. Up until that time there were Kings that ruled the countries of Europe and peasants that supported them.

Many of the concepts that American Founding Fathers used to write The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution were created during the Age of Enlightenment.

Freedom of Religion allowed people to question the Catholic Church without being burned at the stake for being a witch...

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This is a different Enlightenment than the goal of Buddhist meditation... That's called Nirvana... Believe it or not Nirvana is more than just a Grunge Band from Seattle... Indians from India use that term to describe a mental state close to what The Buddha felt when he invented Buddhism, a Religion. Buddha himself was a Hindu. They believe in reincarnation... after you die you are born again into another body. Not a very likely scenario but that's what they believe. Really!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke


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