"*But, to say that it is down to some group of human beings who are simply evil and hateful is equally mindless. They US played a significant part in this monster creation. To my mind, the processes of monster creation is still active. That worries me. That must stop.*"
To use a LoTR analogy, I'd say that the present popular opinion outside the USofA is that America is Sauron churning out vast armies of orcs in its rapacious quest for energy and other vital resoirces. OR, they are the "aliens" of the movie "Independence Day" plundering and pillaaging comparatively defenceless planets - the inhabitants of which occassionally manage to shove a rocket (or two) up their enemies backside with fiery consequences, Simplistically, If Americans would simply learn to consume less, respect our planet's shared environment, sign and follow, say, the Kyoto protoicol, we could all live in peace and harmony - lions laying with lambs etc. Lastly, insofar as Osama is concerned, your Govt always knew precisely where he was, and your President "took him out" of cold storage (Pakistan) to prepare his 2012 Thanksgiving dinner. Sarbajit On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Mohammed El-Beltagy <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Steve and Peggy, you give me more praise than I deserve. > > I naturally see terrorism as abhorrent and I regret that Russel read > my few lines as an attempt to be an apologists for those who attack > the US and Israel. I am against any form of violence being exercised > against any human being, and that also happens to includes > Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans. > > I just wonder how many Americans aware of the following: > 1. The US supported and trained Bin Laden and a host of other groups > with unsavory ideologies during the cold war. > 2. The US supported and continues to support dictators in the middle > east. They have been propping up Mubark for 30 years. > 3. Official civilian deaths in Iraq are now in excess of 100K. Many > Iraqi refuges in Cairo tell me that life was MUCH better under > Saddam!!! > 4. The US actively supports Saudi Arabia and does not seem to mind > their proselytizing Wahhabism in the middle east and South East Asia. > That ideology justifies and absolute rule of the Saudi Royal > family.... hence cheep oil.. but also the side effect of terrorism. > > I agree with Peggy that it would be wrong to lay the blame fully on > any one country (I would also add religion,and race). But, to say that > it is down to some group of human beings who are simply evil and > hateful is equally mindless. They US played a significant part in this > monster creation. To my mind, the processes of monster creation is > still active. That worries me. That must stop. > > Cheers, > > Mohammed > > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mohammed - > > > > I want to second Peggy's thanks for your thoughts and would like to add > the > > following to hers: > > >
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