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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:OZ_4c.11522$1p.210809@attbi_s54...
Terrorists kill innocents. America's rebels fought the British for independence -- they didn't pointlessly blow up schools in far-flung, unrelated locales. US and Spain are not unrelated locales for OBL's people, as Israel is not unrelated for the palestinian terrorists, etc. And as to pointlessness, look around you and tell me if WTC hasn't had the desired effect. To even suggest that El Queda operatives are fighting a "war of independence" is offensive. They are killing innocents around the world, for no apparent reason, with no goal other than terror and suffering in mind, all in the name of Allah. They invoke Allah as a means to convince the lower ranks, because religion is one of the very few thinks that can make men blow themselfs up. But the have politics in mind. Their agenda is not freedom -- it is the downfall of Western civilization, in the name of God. It's thier own freedom from western opresion. Believe it or not, they don't see America as their saviour, but as their invader. |
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![]() Alex wrote: And as to pointlessness, look around you and tell me if WTC hasn't had the desired effect. 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. George Patterson Battle, n; A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. |
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"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. |
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Wow. I never thought of Brittany Spears as a valiant agent of change,
crusader of American "culture". I always thought she was just a slightly dimwitted so called singer, blessed with a lusty body and willing to flaunt it. Good thing it's Brittany. If Don had said it was Eminem (as my son firmly believes), I was about to switch sides and join the Mujahadin in their Holy War! ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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![]() "Wdtabor" wrote: Actually, it's all about Brittany Spears. Their sons, and worse, their daughters, think Brittany is cool. So that's it: they're fighting against mediocrity and bad taste. I may change my sympathies. -- Dan C172RG at BFM (remove pants to reply by email) |
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