“My story’s about Middle-Eastern terrorism, but historically this tool has served conquerors, militias, governments, religions and Mafia-like organizations. The contest between power via intimidation and freedom to cooperate voluntarily continues in the 9/11 era. My book is fiction but terrorism is real, affecting citizens of every nation. For open societies like ours, peaceful coexistence vs. the need for safety requires constant vigilance. Live-and-let-live philosophy works where groups live... in relative harmony, not attempting to destroy one another.
With the remarkable technology of modern warfare, no person or place is safe from harm. Any nation’s capital is a strategic target for attacks, so people living near Washington, D.C. recognize their particular vulnerability. Just such a suburb is McLean, Virginia.
All countries, cultures, societies and religions incorporate the full range of human behavior: kind and cruel, war-like or peace-loving, close-minded or open-minded, progressive or regressive and so on.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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