do repressive governments in the Middle East turn out more terrorists than democratic governments?
Margolis: Since there are no democracies in the Mideast, except for Israelis in Israel, we really have no way of knowing. But I believe terrorism is private-enterprise warfare caused by the enormous frustration across the Mideast with impotent, inept, corrupt, repressive regions that have failed to address the problems of Palestine, Iraq, and the growing US military presence in the region. Dhondy: There is no linear correlation between repressive governments and terrorism. Saddam Hussein, for instance, is as repressive as you get, but he stamped very hard on fundamentalist Shias and their terrorist organizations. Gaddafi will sacrifice his terrorists when it suits him and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is very selective about which terrorists he encourages and which ones he hands over to the FBI. Democratic countries are in danger of harbouring terrorists simply because they allow freedom of movement and association — the ‘9/11’ murderers lived and plotted in Germany. Shenkman: Over the
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