No one said that what happened was the US' (or anyone besides those that carried
it out) fault. The point, as I took it, was that for many Americans, it is
important to realize that we helped train and create the power-structure for
these "monsters," and left unsaid, but I think implied, is that while
yesterday's attacks are some of the most evil, awful things we've ever seen, the
US *has* done many unjust things that have inspired hatred of us in the rest of
the world. Many Americans do not realize that. It's simply a bit of
perspective.
Peace (for real)
/Robert
PS: (and back to the music) Gil Scott-Heron's "Work For Peace" from his less
than stellar Spirits LP, is actually a really good song, and a nice mantra for
this day of mourning.
Steve Catanzaro wrote:
> And the point here is, what, exactly? The US taught people how to overtake
> civilian jets and steer them into the most heavily populated civilian area
> of a country?
>
> Sadly, I guess I shouldn't find it surprising that even today, some would
> suggest the US is in someway responsible for turning these people into
> deranged monsters who would perpetrate such an unthinkable, cowardly, act of
> treachery! America created Timothy McVeigh? America created Bin Laden? Yet
> evil existed in the world far before America, did it not?
>
> The CIA didn't tell invent the tale of how the suicidal members of this
> death cult would receive, as a reward, a painless death, an immediate entry
> into heaven and 71 beautiful virgins waiting to please them on the other
> side.... did it?
>
> How about maybe giving the US a break on this one... or is that too
> unthinkable, even today?
>
> > We should never forget that the environment that has provided Bin Laden
> with
> > recruits, arms, tactics and money was carefully cultivated by CIA
> operatives
> > during the cold war. In too many ways, these demented people are not so
> > different from Timothy McVeigh.
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