some thoughts on the attacks

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 9/15/01 2:36:01 PM Central Daylight Time, cmpiano@home.com 
writes:


> 
> >> what, if anything, would satisfy bin Laden.
> We should not even 
> attempt to satisfy Bin Laden.  We should make him unable to find recruits 
> by assuring that U.S. foreign policy is not the cause of despair for 
> billions of 
> people. 
> 
> Paul Larudee 
> 
> But, Paul, if your solution is applied and fails with 
> more and more recruits arriving perhaps the real cause of the problem will 
> be 
> seen. 
> 
> Assurances will not placate them when the real 
> problem is jealousy.  They are jealous of our success, way of life and 
> standard of living.  As is common, jealousy attempts to destroy that which 
> it is jealous of rather than making the effort to emulate the success etc.  
> 
> 
> So, if terrorism continues, what do you propose to 
> counteract it?  Should we then lower our standard of living etc. to their 
> level just to keep the peace?  Sorry, I pass. 
> 
>   
> 
> Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
> 

I hate to disagree with you on this, Carl, but the Arab world is not jealous 
of our freedom and independence. You can't be jealous of something you don't 
understand. The Muslim religion does not allow freedom like we are used to. 
Their whole way of life is so totally different from ours. Just as we don't 
understand their way of life, they don't understand our way of life.  

I agree with Paul that the reason the Muslims don't like us is because we 
have taken what is theirs.  But instead of working with us to get proper 
compensation, like the current Saudi government is doing, they (bin Laden, 
and his followers), want us gone, out of there, period. Further more, they 
don't think Israel should be there either. And since we are not leaving on 
our own accord, they are trying to force us out. 

As I responded to Paul in another post, if America, both the government and 
business, pulls out of the Middle East, Israel will be gone, and the worl'd 
dependence on oil will disappear. And the world, much less the United States, 
cannot afford that. 

A peaceful solution to this problem is for bin Laden to admit he is wrong, 
and apologize for the attacks. And when that happens, you and I will agree on 
gun control.

Wim 

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