So I guess you are saying that terrorist's see our economic and political influence in the Middle Eastern as a form of occupation? To me that does not justify going after innocent civilians, not one bit, it's disgusting/cowardly and nauseating. Shouldn't they be going after those in their own country? I personally think terrorism is going to become a global issue, when the gap between the poor and rich gets even wider. What we are witnessing is the start to a much bigger problem. In the end everyone wants money/power, and there is only so much to go around, once China/India become real players in international politics/market, everything is going to go down hill. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get any better…IMHO.
Do you really think of this as "meddling"? Do you really think that Saddam's government didn't deserve those sanctions? Those troops were there at the request of the Saudi Government and they are not there now. There were there, also, because of Saddam's invasion of Kuwait and his military buildup on the Saudi border. Do you just let those events play out and not worry about how they affect the WORLDS energy supply? One of bin Laden's problems is that he doesn't recognize the Saudi Government as legitimate. So, some people in the Middle East wanted us there and others (criminals and terrorists) didn't. Do you go with Osama or the Saudi Royal Family? Both groups are pretty much nuts. Are you saying it was wrong to help them fight against the Russians? That it was legitimate for Russia to go into Afghanistan?
You have to go after the guys creating the bombers.....find out which Mosque they are getting brainwashed at, and take the brainwashers out. DD
Making them the good guys? HOw does what I said imply that? My point was that the UK brought on acts of terror on their soil by their actions in the Middle East. I'm not defending those attacks. I'm saying that they would not have happened if they had not made those decisions. You disagreed with that assertion by citing 1 example of terrorism that occurred 26 years ago but could not come up with anything else. Use your self described knowledge of history to explain how terrorism within the UK by middle eastern sympathizers did not increase after the UK went into Iraq. Not really sure if I can explain how ignorant this is. There is turmoil in the area because countries like the US destabilize the region in order to maintain political and economic power in the world. You continually cite incidents involving Iran. All of those events transpired because the CIA organized a coup d'état to put the Shah back into power after the Iranian people pushed him out of power. For a country that seems to care about spreading democracy around the world, that is pretty hypocritical. If you don't want these organizations to use guerrilla type warfare, then give them planes and missiles. It's pretty convenient that groups are judged by the type of force they inflict when the "civilized" means are only possessed by bigger western powers. As long as you guys behave like ignorant children and brand other peoples as "evil" there will never be peace in the world. Try and understand aggression. TO think that violence is unmotivated and unprovoked is to disrespect the victims of these attacks. 911 should of thought the American government that they need to be more responsible with their foreign policy but instead they chose to blaze ahead like vengeful cowboys and now there is more violence then there has ever been before.
Bull crap - Terrorirst will find any excuse to cause terror..... Apparently this is because Salmon Rushdie was knighted, and the Islamists don't approve.... I don't disagree with you here, there is no military battlefield, Afganastan was fine.....Iraq was a waste of lives and money...... DD
This is not true at all. Bin Laden did not attack the US because he felt like it. No organization ever says "we're doing this because we want to kill people". Have you seen Munich? Spielberg does an excellent job exploring the reasonings Middle Eastern groups have for their activities. He also has keen insight as to why they chose attacks like bombings as oppose to other forms of rebellion. If you don't make an effort to understand the aggresion against you, it shall never be defeated. Keep killing terrorists. For everyone you kill, 2 will rise in his place. You can kill men but you can never kill an ideal. Please try and have a more progressive perspective so we might one day have peace between the two parts of the world.
Yea, I mentioned in a subsequent post I meant middle east terrorism. In this day an age, that is the connotation "Terrorism" has.
