Originally posted by USA Supporter
The only people I have hate for are terrorists and those who support it. I don't hate Islam. I don't see anything wrong with hating terrorists, these people kill innocents. I'm not saying the flag burners were terrorists but they clearly hate the country they live in. If you hate a country so much, then why are you there. I know for a fact that I don't want anti-Americans in the USA. They do have the right to live here, but why live here if you hate it so much.
I don't think flag burning should necessarily be illegal but I do see something wrong with it. If someone was burning an American flag in the USA, it would really piss me off. Burning a flag shows hatred for a country and it is extremely disrespectful.
"Hate filled opinions" are those of Osama bin Laden and his supporters. They are against Western culture and they are against freedom. They want destruction and they want to murder innocents. I don't know about you, but I have a problem with that.
I'm not saying every Muslim is a terrorist because I know that isn't true. I have friends that are Muslim and I don't think there is anything wrong with their religion. However, there are people all over the world, both Islamic and not, who do support terrorism. There are people in the USA who support terrorism. Terrorists struck the USA on 9/11 (and I saw the smoke from the buildings that day) and could easily strike again. Terrorism is a threat and must be defeated.
For those who think terrorism happens because of the USA's war in Afghanistan or the USA's war in Iraq, I do not think this is true. On 9/11/01, the USA was not involved in any war in the Middle East. We were attacked out of no where, and as a result over 3000 people were killed. Because of this attack, we went into Afghanistan. The USA has the right to defend itself and did the right thing by attacking. What do you expect us to do? 3000 people died, so I think the only option was to go in and attack al Qaeda and the Taliban who allowed al Qaeda to safely stay in their country.
This has been said before and I am sick, but I just don't like reading what you just wrote.
3000 Americans died. Yes. Terrible stuff. The question remains - who do you seek retribution against? A terrorist cell is not a nation. Now, the media and your government have told you that, these people are evil, and were in cahootz with the evil Taliban which was subsequently removed form power. Afghanistan was invaded, because about 20 guys mostly Saudi Arabians flew three planes into United States building, and a fourth into the gorund. The United States had no right to do that. Many nations harbour terrorists, this "war on terror" is absurd. One cannot declare war on "terror". It is similar to the Reaganite incursions of the 80s. Except then it was communists in South and Latin America. These are excuses to further the military industrial complex - the production of armament to appease a hungry economy.
Now, when you look at Afghanistan today, it is in no better situation. People are still oppressed, it is still the world's principal opium producer and war lords still control their own areas. The Talibna are gone, but the situation is not any better, if not worse. When you think about, you (hopefully) will realise that campaigns such as Afghanistan will create more terrorists than what were captured and hauled off to camp x-ray illegally.
3000 lives lost in the United States - because of a splinter group who are thugs - plain and simple thugs. Not a nation. This is dealt with like the police would deal with criminals, not a full scale invasion of a country. These thugs - why do they enter the cycle of violence? They see oppression in their homeland - in the form of poverty and the exploitation of their homelands by Western nations. They had nothing to lose. Yes, terrorists, but what is a terrorist?
What is a terrorist? Islamic extremists who propagate violence? No. A terrorist is anyone who propagates violence for some sort of gain, whether that be political, fiscal, whatever. I would define the incursion into Afghanistan an act of terror. Except that was worse. The heads of the United States military and Government have had the benefits of education, wealth and good standards of living and still resorted to war and murder.
Do you seriously think that because 3000 American civilians were killed justifies an attack on a practically defenceless nation? Civilian casaulties were high in Afghanistan too. After the conflict in Afghanistan, nothing has been achieved. Al Qaeda and similar groups cannot be dismantled, the military machine of the US cannot stop them, they are an invisible target. The war
on (not in) Afghanistan will only ensure that Al Qaeda membership develops further.
You hate terrorists? Do you hate only terrorists put about in the media or all terrorists? Do you hate when civilians die, or only when American civilians die? Do you care that indeed the united States has acted in state sponsored terror in the past?
I think that the climate of fear and reactionary political doctrine flooding the 'west' at the moment is a leap backward for humankind. Yes, it is creating hate, which can only get worse if recent occurrences continue.
That was long..... I need a drink.
. Hey, who set up the borders of Iraq? Hey, little clue - same answer as the question before. Hey, expand this to vast tracts of the globe. Hey presto. You might learn something.
