Dav Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 yes that true. The problem with fighting terror is that you annow people and cause hatrid in the process. Bombing of citties kills innocent and makes them willing to blow them selves up invengance. This gets retailated to with more bombing... In israil this is the case, pease talks break down because neither side is willing to back down and ask for talks.
Aileron Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 ..... Terrorism is not so much a retalitory reaction as it is a religious belief held by the terrorists themselves, I've proven that several times in this forum. If terrorism was merely a reaction, we would be getting terrorists from evenly from all over the world. The vast majority of terrorists come from the middle east. If your model were to be true, there would be a proportionate number of Europeans, Latin Americans, Asians, and Africans etc. Yes, certain areas will be happier than others, but I think the biggest victim of "yankee imperialism" would be Latin America. If your model were to work, almost all terrorists would come from Mexico.
Bacchus Posted March 18, 2004 Report Posted March 18, 2004 If terrorism was merely a reaction' date=' we would be getting terrorists from evenly from all over the world.[/quote'] Actually we do. The Shining Path (translation?) in Chiapas, Rebels in numerous countries, IRA, ETA, RZA (or else in France), Tchetchens (spl?), etc, etc. The vast majority of terrorists come from the middle east This is utter -*BAD WORD*-' date=' still borderline racist, clearly xenophobic and vastly uninformed (or misinformed) belief and/or understanding of the "terrorists" issue. Terrorism is not so much a retalitory reaction as it is a religious belief held by the terrorists themselves' date=' I've proven that several times in this forum.[/quote'] Terrorism=religion? How the -*BAD WORD*- did you end up believing this? And why do you think the terrorists use terrorism in the first place? Not a reaction!? lol. This hatred didn't sprung from nothingness you know. I'd like someone to explain to me why some americans always feel like innocent victims? Like if this purity of soul was enough to envy them so much as to create hatred? bah, anyway. This will never end...
Aileron Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 Insulting me does not make you right. Arrogance is not a sign of intelligence, only stupidity. Being disrespectful is nothing but a sign of immaturity. Please remember these three things when choosing your word choice in future posts. This problem will only be solved with understanding, and if you merely dismiss my statements as a byproduct of your impression of typical American arrogance, we will go nowhere. I will admit that thinking that the vast majority of terrorists coming from the Middle East is borderline racist. However, my opinion walks close to the line, but does not cross it. This figure is especially difficult to find, because the word "terrorism" is used to describe so many groups, even the established governments of some countries. Even if I had a statistic proving it, it would not apply to somebody else's defignition. However, there is no denying that the region itself is a cultural and religious hot spot that hasn't had real peace since the Abbasid empire collapsed. The cause is mostly environmental; race has little to do with it. Also, hatred does have the possibility of springing from nothingness. Fortunately for your point, it does not in this case. They hate us somewhat for supporting Israel, but the true cause is that we prop up the Saudi monarchy. I definitely think we either have to get Saudi Arabia to change or remove them. However, compare that to the Western hemisphere. We have proped up several dictators over here and most of the countries owe us billions they can't offord. What the US does in Latin America is far worse than what we do in the Middle East, and we have only picked up a handfull of groups in Colombia. It just doesn't make sense.
Sgt. Bountage Posted March 19, 2004 Report Posted March 19, 2004 I heard Enrique Egesias (or however you spell it) took a moment of silence at one of his concerts... saw it on Much News, thats gotta be terrible, imagine being the family of one of the people who died. This is like a makeover of Sept 11, but, in no offencivness, not as terrible because on Sept 11th I think there we're more casualties than this attack. Whoever did this terrible act will be prosecuted!!
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