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Diana · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 494 Location: Guam, USA

And when countries need help, who do they turn to?

openguide · Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Who cares?

andrew liu · Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 19 Location: Changsha,China

hello everybody,
I know you will have great reaction to this problem,here I want to make it clear that I have no other purposes but to know about your opinions.I'm sorry that someone must have made some mistakes,what I'm expressing is why American is more corncerned than any other nations in the world but not that I hate americans.
I have an personal opinion to this problem,that is the war between america and terrorists is exactly the war between modern science and fundementalism.USA represents the modern scientific world and terrirosts represent the fundementalish.
So,what do you think about my this opinion~!?
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blue_rose · Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Japan

[quote="txqtpup"][color=blue]Terrorists are terrorists, they attack others for many many reasons, and sometimes for no reasons at all. They just cannot see others live happily in peace. :cry: They use religion, ethnicity, etc to justify their attacks. People are easily touched by their propaganda. However, those who are intelligent and wise will see no reasons to make others suffer due to own suffering. There's no reasons to kill! :!: Why America? Actually it happens everywhere, but when it happened to a superpower country like US it became a breaking news. :roll: [/color][/quote]

I partially agree with that opinion. Actually, it happens everywhere in the world. But I should say terrorists in Iraq don't like American, because... have you seen the news which American army had given Iraqi a rough ride?
That was horrible. Before that, I heard American had treated Iraqi badly, terorrists wouldn't kill people for no reason.
Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not going to agree with terrorism, nor take the side of Iraq. I hate violence. :)

Passerby · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Posts: 71 Location: Taiwan

The reason, simply as I guess is because that USA is such a huge and tremendous nation and whatever it's involved is gonna be something that would catch the attention of the followers... the rest of the world. It's more like the fact, you won't have your name printed on the tomorrow's frontpage after you kill nobody unless you just happen to spit on the President of the country.

This is a fact, and as I believe that see, you are talking about it and of course we won't talk about your local news jsut because that's nothing worth your wording.

Chinese has a idiom that goes literally, big tree fends more wind. And yes, if you wanna be a VIP, or somebody, you gotta be able and are able to afford any catastrophy and disaster.

Maybe I've missed somehting, please feel free to bombard me, thanks you.

Passerby
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Passerby · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Posts: 71 Location: Taiwan

The reason, simply as I guess is because that USA is such a huge and tremendous nation and whatever it's involved is gonna be something that would catch the attention of the followers... the rest of the world. It's more like the fact, you won't have your name printed on the tomorrow's frontpage after you kill nobody unless you just happen to spit on the President of the country.

This is a fact, and as I believe that see, you are talking about it and of course we won't talk about your local news jsut because that's nothing worth your wording.

Chinese has a idiom that goes literally, big tree fends more wind. And yes, if you wanna be a VIP, or somebody, you gotta be able and are able to afford any catastrophy and disaster.

Maybe I've missed somehting, please feel free to bombard me, thanks you.

Passerby
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Gianluca · Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Italy

SORRY MY ENGLISH!
I want only clarify that Chechen people fight for Indipendence, and Russians troops have killed 200.000 chechen out of 1.000.000 total. In Italy a satirical actor about Mr. Berlusconi assertion, "Chechen issue don't exist", said: "...at least say it well: 'Chechen issue don't exist any more'!".

Then U.S. don't fight in Iraq to prevent the muslim spread, but for OIL.

simplyblessedwithlove · Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: To Diana

somuch · Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 26

Chikachika · Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Japan

Why terrorist attack to America only? I suppose terrorist hate freedom what established by American government. Terrorist and Iraqi hope that their own freedom and their own country.

For the present, there are other problems in both countries. It is cruelty to Iraqi who arrested as prisoner. It seems that prisoner of Iraqi were ill-treated by American army. I do not know this problem is truth or not. If that is truth, American government will tell a lie about that.

I hope that such a hateful affair will not continue long time.

Gianluca · Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Italy

Do you want news? Ok.

In the last months in Iraq there is the "Resistence"; may US people don't know it, but in Italy there was Resistence (the people) against fascism regime (Mussolini). Now in Iraq there's not Saddam.
Sciiti (in Falluja) and lately also Kurds people (not Al-qaida), who at first bless Us troops, now fights against all foreign troops.

Not only oil, but also weapon lobby that support Bush and grow rich. Besides the earnings with rebuilding without costs because Iraqi will pay with loved oil.

It's fantastic!

mi professor · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Islas de Hawaii

Would someone get this man a ticket to America so he can see for himself and understand what he is talking about?[i][/color:lol: Cool

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sinister · Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 19 Location: Ottawa, CANADA

It's simply amazing how naive Americans are in their own backyard. Since the end of World War 2, the US has systematically taken part (behind closed doors of course) in a hypocritical policy of meddling in the internal affairs of 3rd World and Developing nations.
Why the hell do they support a Saudi regime that the people there clearly do not want? And what of those pics of Rumsfeld with Saddam way back? And what about the cozy relationship between the Bush family and the Bin Ladins??

You see, the terrorists HATE America because they support regimes that are UN-POPULAR. And althugh Castro isn't my favourite dictator, at least he's done a lot for Cuba in comparison to other less fortunate countries. But why does the US try to SELECTIVELY destroy his regime?

Now look at Venezuela! The US was behind the attempts to overthrow Chavez. In a way, Americans deserve all the bad press because, as citizens, they allow their government to committ henious crimes (Nicaragua, Iran Contra, overthrow of Chile's Allende, overthrow of Congo's Patrice Lumumba who was ELECTED by his people, etc.) in their NAME.

Now, I don't agree with terrorism, but I do understand the logic behind it. I guess they (the terrorists) feel that if they attack Americans, then perhaps they will start to ask serious questions about the policies of its government.

And let's not even talk abut Israel! Smile

Look, I am glad Saddam Hussein is gone, but the US abandoned helpless freedom fighters at the end of Dessert Storm 1 when Bush Sr. told them to rise up. He left them to be slaughtered. Where's the logic in that people?

Thank god the elected leaders here in Canada actually listen to the people. The other problem with the US is that damn corporate-owned mega media complex a la CNN, NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS. They are just as guilty of NOT asking the tough questions when the time when it was absoutely crucial - for obvious reasons.

Well, thank god my 2 uncles retired honourably from the US Air Force and Navy after serving 25 years. I would be totally pissed off if they lost their lives in an unjust war.
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