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uzj100 said:
And if a poll were taken in the USA an overwhelming majority of informed US citizens would say the Arab world is the cause of all of the trouble! And just where did the terrorists come from?
Dont' go there with your Arab poll BS. Where'd all the terrorists come from that attacked our country?
From New York State and Michigan. I might have missed it, but I don't remember a military strike on California on grounds that two fringe lunatic blue-staters blew up a public building in Oklahoma City...
I know this is bordering on an outright threadjack but this nonsense cannot be allowed to fly. Where did all the soldiers come from that were occupying parts of Saudi Arabia long before 9/11? Where did all the planes and helicopters come from that are bombing the Lebanon today?
Let's turn the tables a bit. I think we'll both agree that the Hiroshima and Nagazaki bombings were horrible. But would you say they were unprovoked? I don't think so.
Osama bin Laden has no difficulty finding a large audience because the reason he gives for his war on America is the bare, shocking truth: we actually shot first.
I hope for a peaceful settlement (wish you the best, Dimitri), but I'm afraid this is not going to happen before we realize that we are part of the problem, too.