terror

[curmugeon]

I'm amazed how people are surprised when terrorism comes home to the United States. With all the death, destruction and mayhem we have done in this world, including the poorly conceived 'war on terror', we have done nothing to reduce terror but have fueled it.  When you attack societies that are only a generation or less from a tribal culture, you create large numbers of people who now are driven to avenge wht they see is an unjust act. It seems that some of the people behind this war on terror are blind to the cultures they are antagonizing. If you are going to eliminate terrorism, you have to eliminate the cause, in other words, you help people and stop the 'remote control' war and the killing on innocents. Collateral damage is just another way of saying you are indiscriminately killing women and children, and I dont know of any father or son or brother in any culture who would not want revenge. We have pushed some cultures into a corner and for them there is only one way out, and that is to fight back any way they can.

Comments

[ambival.livejournal.com]

Yes, but paradox is that terrorists (in Boston) ARE NOT from the countries ever attacked by US army. No, chechens always were treated by US officials as true robin hoods, good guys and fighters for freedom. And what was their thanks for that?