"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ...
Well, since in one of your other posts, you claim that Al Quaida's aim is to
get the U.S. out of the Middle East, and the WTC attack played a major part in
the establishment of bases in Kuwait, the removal of the Taliban from Afghanistan,
and the invasion of Iraq, I'd say that it's had exactly the opposite effect of
what was desired.

All right, let me try again. The US has been interfering with
governments all over the world for many decades. Some very exceptional
and highly publicized interventions end up well (WW2). But most of
them lead directly or indirectly to poverty, famine and general misery
(Lat.America). In most of these places the people just sigh and go on
in their daily struggle to survive... Some have mixed feelings because
they have the rare privilege of having access to the US-produced
goods.

Maybe the US interventions in the Middle East have been much more
unbearable, or maybe the people there aren't so sheepish and they
fight back. So they don't really care if the US sends the tanks and
fighters. They just want to get even. Of course, the tanks and
fighters just reinforce their reasoning and so it may even serve their
cause.

I remember the day of the WTC attacks. Not only was I horrified and
shocked, but I also feared the spiral of violence that would come
next. Of course the US had the right to retaliate, and of course
whoever got attacked by the US (not the offenders, of course) had the
right to retaliate in turn, and so on. It's happening slower than I
thought, but it is happening, and I don't see an end to it, as much as
I don't see an end to the palestinian/israeli suffering...

So I don't know what has to be done to stop this madness, but one of
the sides should drastically change positions. Of course it is very
difficult for the fighters to step down, forget and forgive and take
the blame, but someone has to do it. Maybe the new JFK is the only
hope.