Quote Originally Posted by Slyspy
You live in a fantasy world if you think that will happen. That many countries couldn't agree on the seating arrangement let alone what to have for dessert!
Well I do not think it will happen, but if we want to defeat terrorism I think something like it needs to happen. IMO, however you are correct it is not likely.

Quote Originally Posted by Slyspy
Some of the points raised are perfectly valid (especially regarding fund-raising) though I would question that last paragraph. The activists may be relatively well-off and well educated but often their audience is not. Those with little to lose are more likely to support those who tell them they have everything to gain. Further more you cannot bundle all terrorist groups together like that. ETA is very different from the Tamil Tigers, for example. Also many of the groups you mention are tiny and internal, not international.
Even the larger groups do not have poverty as a legitimate excuse as the poorer regions of the world generally have fewer terrorists. IMO there is no correlation between the two. Poverty is a convenient excuse for their conduct, not a cause.