“We believe we should mourn the victims of terrorism in the US and avoid hasty reprisals”

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We believe we should mourn the victims of terrorism in the US and avoid hasty reprisals

 

 In contradiction, both agree and disagree with the first clause of the statement made.

 Like millions of others, I found it hard to believe what was happening on the afternoon of the 11th of September 2001. I was shocked, but most of all in disbelief. I couldn’t understand why this would happen. Over the next three days I watched the special news programmes expecting balanced, objective discussions; when what I got was sentimental twaddle. On screen come the melodramatics of politicians and citizens alike.

 What should be remembered is that the US have financed and supported both overtly and covertly a good percentage of global terrorism. From the IRA, to Cuba, Nicaragua, San Salvador etc. etc. etc. And don’t forget the US financed and supported the Taliban when it suited them! Israel has done nothing but oppress the Palestinians, supported by the US. Genocide? The Americans virtually wiped out the North American Indian. I can’t help but think that the US has tried to isolate itself from the reality of the rest of the world. If given the chance, I would have laughed in the face of George W. Bush, if he would have expected that only a few months ago when he declined the opportunity to cut down on his county’s emission of pollution, for the rest of the world to sit back and watch the third world country’s, living in extreme poverty, to go to pot due to global warming and other consequences of improving the American industries. Is Bush trying to humiliate himself? One can only subscribe that the President is willingly making enemies.

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 Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a total cold-hearted Briton. I have a few questions to the self-righteous few who failed to be touched by the events:

 If your answer is that capitalism is the evil, and therefore the drivers of capitalism are to blame, can you confirm that by choosing to live in a free democratic society/global capitalist economy, that you are not, in any way, taking advantage of the benefits offered, e.g. owning your home, car, using privatised facilities; to make your life more luxurious and easier?

 Would you not draw some distinction between taking out powerful leaders ...

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