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Wasn't it the US that created this monster Bin Laden in the first place?
Back when he was fighting the Soviet empire it was allright for him to murder, he got CIA training and support to do so.
I beleive you are confusing Asami Bin Laden with the Afgan rebels. Bin Laden had nothing to do that I have ever heard with the Afgan strugle against the former Soviet occupation. He is a Saudi Arabian and a religous zealot who caused lots of trouble in his home country and only went to Afganistan after similarly like minded religous zealots took over that country. That's the only place he could find that he could operate without fear of being returned to Saudi Arabia or America and facing justice. He is a coward, and a power monger.
I am so sick and tired of being told the U.S. can't do this or that because of "terrible" things we did in the past.
Logic like that would have kept us out of WWI and WWII.
"So what if Japan bombed Pearl Harbor? They only attacked military targets that were a threat to their interests. And Hawaii was "conqured" by the US anyway."
"So what if Germany was conquering all of Europe, twice? How is that different than what we did to the Indians?"
TOUGH! This IS different.
The rules have changed, and
NOT simply because this attack took place on U.S. soil. It was naive for any of us to think that terrorism would never strike our country, especially since we live in such a free and open soceity.
But this changes the rules by the sheer scale and audacity of the attack. And by the level of training and support that would have been needed to pull this off.
I keep hearing on the news that "This is the worst terrorist attack in American history." And it makes me want to scream. This is the worst terroist attack
in the history of the world.
This is not only an attack on the United States. Even though the targets were in the U.S. This was the
WORLD Trade Center. Many foreign nationals undoubtedly lost their lives on Tuesday.
Every country in the world today must be saying "There but for the grace of God go I."
This is not a war between America against Afganistan.
This is a war between every civilized nation in the world, and any organization that would perpatrate such actions. And against any country that would aid and shelter any such organization.
If the Taliban government wants to avoid the bombs, they can turn over those responsible at once. I am sure things would go much better for them if they do. But they won't. Because even if they didn't "know" the extreme nature of this attack, they knew the Bin Laden was planning, and had taken actions against us in the past, and they didn't stop him or turn him over then. They are not innocent. They are not even appologetic.
They issued threats on Wedsnday that any attacks against them could cause anger and result in further suicide attaks. That sounds sorry to you?
Check it out.
The rules have changed. We didn't change them. But we are going to find those responsible, and make them pay. And the rest of the world will owe us another debt of gratitude for doing it when it's all over. And you know what? I really don't care who likes it or doesn't like it.
Geoschmo
Re: War....
Hybrid Mode
