I've always wanted to get out of America because something like this is going to happen someday. This is just further motivation.
Man this really gets to me. Like just listening to Fall Out Boy and imagining one day that everything that's so great about America is gone because of fucking terrorists. It really ticks me off that because other people make mistakes, the innocent people of this country like the kids have to suffer the consequences.
(NOTE: I know this also has to do with Islamic Extremism, but the uprising and support of these factions is very much due to US involvement) The American government has been taking advantage of countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Central/South America for years, and I think that up until Sept. 11th, 2001, they didn't think they would have any formidible opposition from any terrorist groups. They screwed people and had no thought of the consequences, just putting off the growth of anti-Americanism over the 80s and 90s. Now that they know that the terrorists have large-scale capabilities that they have little or no control over, it is scary for them (and for us). I don't know if it will be a nuclear strike but I have large bets that something big is gonna happen in the next 5 years. Basically, US interventionism was executed only with the benefits in mind, not the consequences to other countries as well as themselves. If you want to read about this stuff, read books on the Cold War era and World War II with their dealings in Palestine, Iraq, and Iran; their intervention in states like Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and the Phillipines; their prevention of democratic states in Guatamala, Nicauragua, Venezuala, and El Salvador...need I go on? A great book on this is "The Culture of Terrorism" by Noam Chomsky, saying the same point I'm making with tons of documentative evidence. What I'm saying: there are a few sick bastards who are out there like Osama bin Laden, but most terrorists are brain-washed and irrational fundamentalists and these people are doing this partly because of what the West has done to their country economically as well as their culture. We cannot blame it all on them. The US has pissed people off. Now they can fight back, and they are all in a panic. Again, the innocent, not the governement and big business, will suffer the consequences as I Don't Need An Accuser said. The important part, I think, is to look back and find/understand the ROOT of the problem. This will help us to better understand how to fight terrorism.
word. [/b][/quote] Here's the perfect system, as outlined by System of a Down: Why don't Presidents fight the war? Why do we always send the poor?
That, right there, shows Bush doesn't care about his citizens and only cares about himself and his fellow politicians in the Federal Government. It's sickening. Justin: FOX News would be reporting in favor of Bush, this doesn't make him look good.
A tad off-topic, but does anyone watch the Daily Show here? I think they had a nice little coverage of the Post-Lodon thing (literally) and how all the news stations were changing it to 'Could it happen in America?'.