Originally posted by hatty
Before one of the planes hit the WTC, one of the terrorists on board used some type of small metal 'weapon' to overcome a flight attendant, and then rammed the plane right into the building.
Would it then be correct for me to say that the country that the piece of metal was made in, be a threat to the USA? Sounds stupid doesn't it?
Wouldn't the "TERRORIST" himself be the threat? George Bush says yes, and I agree.
How do I know he agrees? Because he didn't bomb BHP for making that piece of metal. (Was that piece of metal made by BHP? No idea, nor do I really care).
no, he first went after afghanistan, despite the fact that the overwhelming number of people who were involved in the attacks were from saudi arabia. however, the saudi's were not touched as they have close diplomatic ties with the US. interesting, isnt it.
US Intelligence linked Osama to Al-Qaeda to Iraq.
Iraq was a country thought to have WMD with a government that supports terrorism.
Yes their intelligence was wrong, in that they didn't have WMD. But how was anyone supposed to know that?
like i said before, if they didnt have definite evidence they shouldnt have attacked. it has been proved now that they didnt, so therefore it was unjustified.
Then I made a point about how millions of people are now free. In which you think that is just a load of crap.
No its not.
Just because you can awake in a nice comfortable bed and have enough to eat and can drink fresh water and can go to school and can listen to music and play sport and voice your political oppinions without getting killed doesn't mean that you can call it "a load of crap".
The fact that millions of others can enjoy these privileges makes me Pro-War and Pro-America.
tell that to the thousands of iraq civillians who have been killed since the conflict began, and to the sunni muslims who have been persecuted and bombed by the fundamentalist shiite mullahs who have taken over power in the vacuum left by the removal of saddam, or to the everyday iraqi civillians who have died in bombings taken out by al quaeda operatives who have entered the country post war. (saddam a sunni muslim leader, hated al qaeda and osama bin laden - a shiite - and his fundamentalist policies, and vice versa. its interesting to note that terrorist activities have become much more common in iraq after the war has finished)
As for your oppinion that American soldiers shoots everyone that makes a wrong move or looks a bit suspicous is just inccorect.
More Iraqi suicide bombers (who represent the minority of Iraqis) has killed patrolling US troops than vice versa. The moment an American does something remotely aggresive to an Iraqi civilian, cameras will be all over him.
Almost everyday an American soldier gets killed on the street , you bearly hear anything about an American killing a civilian on the street whilst on patrol duty.
er, i think its safe to say more iraqis have been killed than americans.
"Criticism is the luxury of those who stand on the sidelines."
i like that last quote. i have more to comment on re: the last bit of yr msg, but i have to go cos my girlfriends here. byyyyyye!