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Old 08-09-2007, 11:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hkbajwa View Post
Well prevention is better than a cure.

Right now ANY response to a terrorist attack will seem heavy handed and imperialistic. The reason for that is that the US already has the blood of more than half a million lives on its hands ( Iraq). Combine that with various human rights violations (Gitmo & Abu Ghraib), unconditional support for Israel ( in spite of Israel's illegal settlements, its subjugation and slow destruction of palestinian territories, and its ridiculous war in lebanon) hypocritical support for some unconstitutional dictators, looting of Iraq through smaller "contractors", and an overall policy of hegemony and non-compliance with international law, and anything the US gets will be too good for them. I have always wondered how the death of 500,000 Iraqi civilians can be justified by 9/11. 500,000 Iraqis are roughly as much worth as 3000 americans. I know that you can't keep "score", but at present moment any terrorist attack against the US will only be viewed as its just dessert.

What the US SHOULD be doing is dealing with the hatred and ill will it creates the world over through its foreign policies. Until the muslim countries see some sort of objectivity vis'a'vis the ME conflict, until the muslim countries see some sort of respect for their sovereignty, until the WORLD sees that the US is leaving its "global bully" attitude behind, most of the world will consider any terrorist action deplorable but understandable.

I hate to say it man.. the innocent individuals who may get caught up in this certainly do NOT deserve to die ( that includes any american individuals also). But the US as a nation, as a sovereign entity, does deserve to pay for the destruction it has caused. Be that payment in remorse, restitution, regret or in blood, that is for the US to decide. But it certainly does owe the world.

I started this post thinking there would be some more suitable alternative.. but unfortunately in the global context, the US has no right to venegance. So IMHO you guys are damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Oh, I guess it's just so easy for someone to paint the US as the "bad guy" even though countries and peoples of the Middle East aught to be responsible for their own actions.

I mean, is the US responsible when various groups of people fight each other in Iraq and in the rest the Middle East, such as Sunni and Shai blowing each other up?

Is the US responsible for various countries own human rights violations, such as Saddam's Iraq?

Should the US be responsible for, say, not toppling the Saudi regime because the Saudi's do not have a democracy?

Should the US be responsible if there are groups of people in the Middle East who have no intention whatsoever of ever reaching a true peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians?

In reality, there is plenty of blame to go around for the current status of the Middle East.

So, to even imply that it is "all the US's fault" is rather...well...one-sided.