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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate  ^, ^^,
Al-Qaida was active against the United States long before Bush took office. The Beirut bombing, the bombing of the USS Cole, and the first bomb at the world trade center are examples that immediately jump to mind.
Out of curiosity, do either of you have a copy of the instruction book that Bush was suppose to use, in the event that Al-Qaida flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center? If you do, I'd sure like to see a copy.
Oh, you don't have one? Well, like Bush then, you would have to play it by ear, and do the best you could, right? Do you honestly think that his agenda when he took office, was to spend his entire eight years fighting terrorism?
Frankly, this Bush bashing shit is really getting old, and so far, I haven't seen one logical alternative plan from anyone, as to what to do next, that will stop Al Qaida. |
Whoah, couldn't put it better - or probably even as well - myself. Ditto to everything OrangeCrate wrote.
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Originally Posted by rjwood OrangeCrate, I can hear middle east militants say; 'when it comes to protecting my culture from american corporations and all the seemingly bad that goes with this consumerism that is being pushed on our people, I couldn't give a flying **** about a bunch of corporate workers in some big building in the U.S and what they think. |
American corporations?
The likes of Shell, who drill for and refine crude oil in the Middle East?
Halliburton, maybe?
Look at countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar. The UAE, and Dubai in particular, is certainly one of the more liberal countries in the Middle East, and it's also the country with one of the fastest economic growths in the Middle East. That happens for a reason, and it's due to it's association with the Western world.
It's the silly Islamic fundamentalists who are keeping the Middle East held back in the dark ages. The countries which chose to cooperate with the West, and take advantage of the huge amount of money they have tied up in their oil deposits are the ones who are succeeding the most. Investment in the West has brought exponentially-expanding prosperity to places like Dubai.
Placing the blame on American corporations operating in the Middle East is completely assinine.
