I am relieved to find someone out there who is viewing this situation with a bit of balance. I think that one of the hurtles that we have to face in this country is ignorance. People are making rash judgements without obtaining all the facts. This is directly related to the protest-culture that has been so cultivated in our generation since childhood.
A few facts for those who have been thinking we somehow deserve this:
The United States donated more in food, money and medical supplies to Afghanistan than any other nation in the world up until September 11, 2001.
Osama bin Laden is NOT a starving refugee.
His terrorist network is WORLD WIDE. This means that this is only the beginning. The United States was only the starting point.
I am not prepared to give up my rights and ask Big, Bad, Brother to protect me, but I am not going to say that my government is the enemy here!
In truth, we have been involved in the "Jehad" or Holy War. We are supporting Isreal's right to maintain occupation. Historically, countries have been doing this type of thing since the creation of a country. France backed the Americans when we fought for our freedom from the British. True, it wasn't any of Frances business who won the Revolutionary War, but we wouldn't have won that war without them and I'd be speaking with a different accent at this point.
It is also true that we, as a nation, have done some less than admirable things. However, we have also done tremendously good things. We have given food, money, medicine and aide to many, many third world countries in need. In the case of horrible natural disasters, the U.S, has always risen to the occasion and helped as much as was possible.
I think that your interpretation is shallow and one-sided. I wonder if it occured to you that the U.S. could makes a large, visible staging ground for the first in a series of world wide attacks, designed to put the entire world into terror because we have differing religious beliefs from them.
Osama bin Laden is not starving, he is not adversely affected by our trade habits. He is extremely wealthy. His family is extremely wealthy. They even have homes in the United States. This is not a man driven to these actions by our cruelty to him. He is driven by hate and greed and power. He is backed by religious fanatics, the most dangerous type of soldiers I can imagine. I think attacking the U.S. is simply an effective way of getting world wide media coverage. And it worked.
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I am relieved to find someone out there who is viewing this situation with a bit of balance. I think that one of the hurtles that we have to face in this country is ignorance. People are making rash judgements without obtaining all the facts. This is directly related to the protest-culture that has been so cultivated in our generation since childhood.
A few facts for those who have been thinking we somehow deserve this:
The United States donated more in food, money and medical supplies to Afghanistan than any other nation in the world up until September 11, 2001.
Osama bin Laden is NOT a starving refugee.
His terrorist network is WORLD WIDE. This means that this is only the beginning. The United States was only the starting point.
I am not prepared to give up my rights and ask Big, Bad, Brother to protect me, but I am not going to say that my government is the enemy here!
In truth, we have been involved in the "Jehad" or Holy War. We are supporting Isreal's right to maintain occupation. Historically, countries have been doing this type of thing since the creation of a country. France backed the Americans when we fought for our freedom from the British. True, it wasn't any of Frances business who won the Revolutionary War, but we wouldn't have won that war without them and I'd be speaking with a different accent at this point.
It is also true that we, as a nation, have done some less than admirable things. However, we have also done tremendously good things. We have given food, money, medicine and aide to many, many third world countries in need. In the case of horrible natural disasters, the U.S, has always risen to the occasion and helped as much as was possible.
I think that your interpretation is shallow and one-sided. I wonder if it occured to you that the U.S. could makes a large, visible staging ground for the first in a series of world wide attacks, designed to put the entire world into terror because we have differing religious beliefs from them.
Osama bin Laden is not starving, he is not adversely affected by our trade habits. He is extremely wealthy. His family is extremely wealthy. They even have homes in the United States. This is not a man driven to these actions by our cruelty to him. He is driven by hate and greed and power. He is backed by religious fanatics, the most dangerous type of soldiers I can imagine. I think attacking the U.S. is simply an effective way of getting world wide media coverage. And it worked.