Motivations for Terrorism

[steveh_131]

The distinction between flying planes into buildings and bombing them into rubble is simple: We didn't attack Afghanistan. They sponsored an attack on us. The planes hit us first.

And they justified their terrorism by claiming that we hit first.

So if we had, in fact, hit first then what they did would be A-OK?

 

[jbombelli]

And they justified their terrorism by claiming that we hit first.

So if we had, in fact, hit first then what they did would be A-OK?

And remind me again when we attacked Afghanistan, leading the extremist government of Afghanistan to sponsor an attack on us?

 

[steveh_131]

And remind me again when we attacked Afghanistan, leading the extremist government of Afghanistan to sponsor an attack on us?

It was a hypothetical question. Hypothetically, if we had attacked first, they would have been justified in their 9/11 attacks?

 

[HenryWallace]

Simple fact of the matter. We don't know what the real story of any of these, bombings or attacks really is. Unless we were there we can only regurgitate what we've heard in the news. That's the sad truth...

Instead of wondering what would make a person do this.... Why don't you say "Who stands to gain from this attack?!"

When you follow the $MONEY$ it usually leads right back to the people who tell you the story in the first place... Some call it terrorism, some call it theology, I call it JOB SECURITY!

 

[jbombelli]

It was a hypothetical question. Hypothetically, if we had attacked first, they would have been justified in their 9/11 attacks?

But we didn't attack first. Their foreign policy seems to be "butt their noses into other countries' business", no? The same thing they whine about regarding us? We'd done nothing to Afghanistan, and they had no legitimate reason to sponsor an attack on us.

Who put the Taliban and Bin Laden in charge of who the Saudis are allowed to invite into their country, anyway? Why do we have to mind OUR own business, even though we were INVITED there, but THEY are free to meddle in the affairs of other countries as much as they apparently want? Maybe they should learn to "mind their own business."

As to your hypothetical, if we had attacked them without provocation, then I would expect them to fight. Just as we would. It would be hypocritical of me to expect anything less. That said, I would still choose my country over theirs, and expect us to fight to win.


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