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There's a difference between "listening" as you put it, and complying with their demands under threat of violence.
I agree that we should be aware of differing points of view. While our government may have misjudged the subhuman levels of sadistic horror that the terrorist groups were willing to inflict on bystanders, I'm pretty sure that we were aware that they had opinions about our policies in the middle east.
So we listen, and we hear that they want America to do many things that we are damn well not going to do. Then what?
Or by "listening" to the extremists, do you really mean negotiating with them or allowing their wishes to influence our foreign policy? If so, please be specific. Shall we abandon Israel? Abandon the (for the sake of arguement) moderate and friendly governments in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt?
Which of their suggestions would you have America follow? And after we give in the first time, under threat of violence, what happens when they pull another opinion out of their butt and threaten to blow something up unless we "listen"?
Does this strike you as a reasonable way to conduct foreign policy?
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