Billionaire Warren Buffet says war on terrorism will never be won

New York Post | march 10,2002 | moll

[xmarksthespot]

Billionaire investor Warren Buffet said in his annual shareholders report that the war on terroism will never be won, but will go on indefinitely

[jwalsh07]

The war on terrorism will end when the Islamics and Israel declare peace.

In that case, Warren is right. He better lighten up on insurers and reinsurers.

[Khepera]

Actually we could for the most part by tracking each person and having cameras up all over the place and watching them all the time and listening to them all the time and do it for everyong. great idea huh?

[willgetsome]

Buffet knows one thing...money. So tracking his analysis on foreign policy is a waste of time. If Warren had major investments in defense firms rather than insurance companies he would be singing a different tune. BTW, Buffet has enough money to burn so that he can portray himself as a liberal do-gooder. Of course, if he had only a dime to his name and he was busting his butt as a new stock trader he might be a little more conservative.

Read a book about him. His ex-wife is a real lefty! Maybe he says these things to get the lefty chicks?

[Bob J]

Actually, that was my point!

[jwalsh07]

I knew that! LOL

[JimSEA]

One problem aboput the war on terror is that, up to 9/11 it worked rather well for the Islamic fundamentalists. Arafat got more concessions from Isreal with the Intefada than all the wars forced on Isreal by her neighbors. We are slow in learning that if you appease terrorists you merely encourage them to escalate their demands. Clinton and his peace process lead directly to what is going on today.

Now I am not implying nuclear weapons or extermination (just means are the only way to achieve just ends) but the calm, systematic approach Bush is taking is the best approach. Just never back down.

[Designed]

All religions have a spectrum of commitment among their members. There are those who are highly committed to Christianity, for instance, who take the Bible very seriously and try to live by all its requirements. There are others, who claiming to be Christians, approach the scriptures cafeteria style — accepting what they like and rejecting what they don't like. The Moslems who are telling us that Islam is a religion of peace are the religious liberals of that religion. They do not really believe the numerous passages in the Koran that teach Muslims to kill unbelievers. But as long as there are religious conservatives, that is, Muslims who really believe that the Koran is the word of God, there will be terrorism. Like it or not, this is a battle against Islam.

[Ronin]

Thank you. My view exactly.