Posted by Maisy on October 12, 2001, at 21:40:08
In reply to Re: A Poem for Everyone? - » Wendy B., posted by kid_A on October 10, 2001, at 14:13:49
First off the guy who masterminded the attacks on U.S. wears a turban therefore it is not a generalization of a people, merely a description of the culprit, re: his turban too tight. If anyone has been watching the numerous documentaries, the reason the U.S. was attacked is the fact that they are WESTERNERS, and their mere existance is in direct opposition to the extremists' warped sense of the Islamic religion. It is NOT about anything else. They want to destroy ALL of western civilization, period. Bringing in Palestine as a contributing factor to the terror attacks simply makes it more palatable to those who resent the U.S. . Also, Shelli is correct in saying that Bin Laden never spoke on behalf of the Palestinians until just recently. His original beef was that U.S. used bases in Saudi Arabia during Gulf War and he considered it a crime to have "Infidels" on Holy soil. The Saudi's kicked him out. He's the David Koresh/Jim Jones of Islam.
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