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Thank you 'anonymous coward' some good points.
1st of all I was wrong to throw insults at America. what I think of your country is immaterial, and anyway, there are plenty of good things that outweight the bad.
I've worked for US companies, and no doubt will again.
Anyway, we all get a pretty biased view of history
just remember that your government gives you just as biased information as the likes Afghanistan, who as someone said somewhere else will turn their whole people against America and cause more to turn to terrorism if you bomb indiscriminately.
Bear this bias in view when you talk about 'saving' Britain, cos it weren't necessarily so !
And as for the all conquering US Army - I guess you forgot about Vietnam then !
And alot of people see the US military as overeager and poorly trained since you have so many incidents of blowing up your own side.
As I say.... maybe this is just a bit of bias I have been fed.
And by the way - I don't think of Britain as a great power. that was along time ago and there is a lot to answer for in our past too.
I can tell you one thing for sure. I haven't spoken to anyone yet who doesn't agree that the US should not retaliate with random atacks as ther would be no difference between the US andwhoever did this appalling attrocity.
Did you know something else ?
The majority of money for the IRA comes from ordinary Americans or corporations ! ie. they directly fund terrorism in Northern Ireland and mainland Britain. Now if you know anything about Northern Ireland, (which I suspect doesn't rate highly on your news) you'll know that it is 30 years of tit for tat. well actually it goes back before the USA existed. No-one is right, just revenge after revenge.
THAT is what so many people fear - only globally.
And you can bet that most of it wouldn't happen in the US. The shock of this one is that it happened in such a remote (from the rest of the world) place.
I share your grief, and some of your anger, - I just don't wish it on anyone else.
By the way 'Oz' is Australia (ie I don't live in Britain at the moment).
Re:Well, US intelligence is enamored of high tech
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I doubt that much would make you look smarter but there we are.
Alll this running to US for help is all in your imagination. You are not as important as you think you are.
And please don't hold Israel up as any example..... except a good example of a state engaged in terrorism.
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I feel for all those caught up in this whatever their nationality - they were certainly not all US citizens.
You are the United States Of America as you say, but it is scary how many people in your country think you are more important than the rest of the world put together. (yes I HAVE visited the US - for many months at a time, not just visiting Disneyworld either ! I have many friends over there - have you ever been out of the US ? Do you even know where Afghanistan is ?). Have you any idea how much resentment there is against the way the US behaves in the world, even in the free-world (Europe etc) ?
NOTHING excuses this outrage, but random revenge attacks would be exactly the same. Violence is violence is violence is violence. killing is killing is killing is killing. Every human being is someones child or parent or friend etc.
What makes the US so above anyone else that it should expect to be allowed to retaliate against anything it suspects might be involved.
I hope your government shows some vision and waits until it has a good idea who did this, then targets individuals.
If you contribute to the cycle of hatred, you are as culpable as anyone else.
(still I guess it is difficult to explain this to a country with 200 yr out of date gun laws - yes I mean the US - which severely restricts your liberty)
Once again - I CONDEM THIS OUTRAGE AND THOSE WHO DID IT - BE CLEAR ON THAT.
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Thank you 'anonymous coward' some good points. 1st of all I was wrong to throw insults at America. what I think of your country is immaterial, and anyway, there are plenty of good things that outweight the bad. I've worked for US companies, and no doubt will again. Anyway, we all get a pretty biased view of history just remember that your government gives you just as biased information as the likes Afghanistan, who as someone said somewhere else will turn their whole people against America and cause more to turn to terrorism if you bomb indiscriminately. Bear this bias in view when you talk about 'saving' Britain, cos it weren't necessarily so ! And as for the all conquering US Army - I guess you forgot about Vietnam then ! And alot of people see the US military as overeager and poorly trained since you have so many incidents of blowing up your own side. As I say .... maybe this is just a bit of bias I have been fed.
And by the way - I don't think of Britain as a great power. that was along time ago and there is a lot to answer for in our past too.
I can tell you one thing for sure. I haven't spoken to anyone yet who doesn't agree that the US should not retaliate with random atacks as ther would be no difference between the US andwhoever did this appalling attrocity.
Did you know something else ?
The majority of money for the IRA comes from ordinary Americans or corporations ! ie. they directly fund terrorism in Northern Ireland and mainland Britain. Now if you know anything about Northern Ireland, (which I suspect doesn't rate highly on your news) you'll know that it is 30 years of tit for tat. well actually it goes back before the USA existed. No-one is right, just revenge after revenge.
THAT is what so many people fear - only globally.
And you can bet that most of it wouldn't happen in the US. The shock of this one is that it happened in such a remote (from the rest of the world) place.
I share your grief, and some of your anger, - I just don't wish it on anyone else.
By the way 'Oz' is Australia (ie I don't live in Britain at the moment).
I doubt that much would make you look smarter but there we are. Alll this running to US for help is all in your imagination. You are not as important as you think you are. And please don't hold Israel up as any example. .... except a good example of a state engaged in terrorism.
I feel for all those caught up in this whatever their nationality - they were certainly not all US citizens.
You are the United States Of America as you say, but it is scary how many people in your country think you are more important than the rest of the world put together. (yes I HAVE visited the US - for many months at a time, not just visiting Disneyworld either ! I have many friends over there - have you ever been out of the US ? Do you even know where Afghanistan is ?). Have you any idea how much resentment there is against the way the US behaves in the world, even in the free-world (Europe etc) ?
NOTHING excuses this outrage, but random revenge attacks would be exactly the same. Violence is violence is violence is violence. killing is killing is killing is killing. Every human being is someones child or parent or friend etc.
What makes the US so above anyone else that it should expect to be allowed to retaliate against anything it suspects might be involved.
I hope your government shows some vision and waits until it has a good idea who did this, then targets individuals.
If you contribute to the cycle of hatred, you are as culpable as anyone else.
(still I guess it is difficult to explain this to a country with 200 yr out of date gun laws - yes I mean the US - which severely restricts your liberty)
Once again - I CONDEM THIS OUTRAGE AND THOSE WHO DID IT - BE CLEAR ON THAT.