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2 planes just hit the world trade center in new york
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [qb]Capitalism and freedom came under specific, direct attack Tuesday. That'd be an attack on America. The UN wouldn't be ticked, if not for the loss if innocent life. This is not a criticism. I just don't want any confusion here. We were attacked because the idiots that did this hate the concepts of freedom, capitalism, and democracy. America, the idea, WAS attacked, no question about it.[/qb][/QUOTE] I respectfully disagree. Firstly, on your point on how "The UN wouldn't be ticked, if not for the loss if innocent life." ...well, what exactly would this disaster comprise if people hadn't been killed? If you're referring to an analagous attack where twin towers were destroyed but no people died, I'd still say the UN would take issue with it. Or is it an evil socialist World order that wouldn't care about billions and billions of dollars of damage to the global economy? Secondly, I don't think Islamic fundamentalists give a flying fuck what kind of government the US has, be it democratic, dictatorial or nepotic( ;) ). They don't care if their enemy is capitalist or communist (Afghani-Soviet War, anyone?). They don't lie in bed at night fuming with jealousy because the US is "free" and they aren't. They resent the fact that they are weaker than the US. They resent the fact that the West has more say in determing how the world operates than they do. They resent fundamental human values such as peaceful coexistence and non-violent settlement of problems. They showed the world that as far as they were concerned, the rest of the world's ideals didn't matter to them and they would breach them to achieve their ends. So, yes, Blair was right when he said that the whole free world was attacked yesterday. It was an attack on the ideals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the states that support them, not an attack on a method of choosing a government or circulating wealth. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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