tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post112094527970705018..comments2024-03-15T21:43:52.652-05:00Comments on City in the Trees: More collective guiltLone Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746801663695992138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1120952686408141312005-07-09T18:44:00.000-05:002005-07-09T18:44:00.000-05:00Do you consider Russia as "West"? Because they've ...<I>Do you consider Russia as "West"? Because they've been on the receiving end too.</I><BR/><BR/>Do you consider Chechnya as part of Russia?<BR/><BR/>They don't.<BR/><BR/><I>The groups that are carrying out these terrorist attacks are generally composed of young males from wealthy families in places like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.</I><BR/><BR/>And French troops helped win the American Revolution. Does that invalidate the struggle of the Patriots?<BR/><BR/><I>And quite frankly, if you look at the tangled mess of Middle Eastern history, you can't assume we pulled the first punch.</I><BR/><BR/>I do know that the reasons given in the statement where the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. I can't see any reason they'd just pull that out of the hat. As I pointed out, this is a relatively recent phenomenon. They haven't been blowing things up in London for generations, and are looking for fresh excuses... maybe the IRA's in search of a few, but not Arabs. They have current grievances. I'm not happy about it, but put it this way: I understand it. And in a way, I accept it. "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will<BR/>never be purged away but with Blood." If we want to rule the world by force, there's a price. That's how it looks to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12941086.post-1120951770013340992005-07-09T18:29:00.000-05:002005-07-09T18:29:00.000-05:00Do you consider Russia as "West"? Because they've ...Do you consider Russia as "West"? Because they've been on the receiving end too. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://progressivelibertarian.blogspot.com/2005/07/todays-thoughts.html" REL="nofollow">Here's my two cents</A> on the issue. In a way, I feel the same way as you do. But I disagree with things also.<BR/><BR/>The groups that are carrying out these terrorist attacks are generally composed of young males from wealthy families in places like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. They're not coming from Iraq or Afghanistan or any other the other places on the receiving end of cruise missile. And quite frankly, if you look at the tangled mess of Middle Eastern history, you can't assume we pulled the first punch. Was it the U.S.? The U.S.S.R? The British Empire? The Nazis? The Turks? The Persians? The hordes of Ghengis Khan? The region has been the world's barroom brawl for some time now.Kyle_From_Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959128894573571716noreply@blogger.com