Re: Why Americans don't know what the rest of the world knows

From: fresh~horses (fresh~horses_at_despammed.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: 15 Aug 2004 09:59:17 -0700

"C Kent" <CKent@nospam.net> wrote in message news:<w9qTc.18722$nx2.15006@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>...

As the rest of the world knows but Americans who get their world view
from Disney, CNN and Fox have yet to figure out--it is America that is
the terrorist nation.

Vietnam taught you nothing? Afhanistan and the American-propped up
Mujahadeen taught you nothing?

Get ready for grad school.

Zee

> "fresh~horses" <fresh~horses@despammed.com> wrote in message
> news:abf8de5b.0408132304.4c3593f2@posting.google.com...
> > "C Kent" <CKent@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:<tRdTc.24039$Jp6.7982@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
> > > "liaM" <lhooq@email.com> wrote in message
> > > news:ceo6k0$5n5$1@news-reader5.wanadoo.fr...
> > > > How is terrorism fought ? by reacting to their threat in a climate of
> > > > fear with war in distant lands and defensive barriers and partial
> > > > abrogations of civil rights at home.
> > >
> > > It shoud be fought by simultaneously 1) KILLING any and all existing
> > > terrorist, and 2) draining the swamps (i.e. conditions) that breed
> > > terrorists (so there aren't so many you have to KILL in the future) by
> > > promoting democratic governments educational reforms and free markets
> >
> >
> >
> > I think it would be better "fought" by not invading other countries
> > for spurious and imperialistic reasons
>
> Good point Zee. 9/11 is not spurious or imperialistic reasons. We don't
> have to invade -- just carpet bomb with MOAB's --- the point is simple ---
> Don't mess with U.S.
> >
> > >
> > > > We prefer to wait
> > > > until a catastrophe hits rather than treat the problem when small.
> > > > The people in Los Angeles were long warned about their roofs made of
> > > > wood shingles, but it's not sure even now 5 or more great fires
> > > > later, whether they have switched to baked earth tiles..
> > >
> > > A good argument for pre-emption, IMHO. Only a fool would wait for
> another
> > > Pearl Harbor or another 9/11.