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Originally posted by PrejudiceSucks@Jul 22 2005, 11:01 AM
Hmm this is a pretty stupid poll, due to the gung-ho views on terrorism. So what, there are attacks. What we don't hear is about 60% of the story.
Osama Bin Laden : Trained by the USA, funded by the USA and given weapons by them to fight off the Russians. Taliban helped by them too.
Surprisingly enough, he isn't a particuartly nice person and due to this he 'somehow' turned against his funders.
Why wasn't he killed in the early nineties? The Americans couldn't hire enough people to ensure his death.
Saddam Hussain : Put in by the USA to replace a government who they liked even less. Given money, arms, all of that lot. They also bought him some nuke-proof bunkers too.
Wiped out a lot of the Kurds, but since they had basically been terrorising the region I can't say that it was either unprovoked or underserved. Surprising as this may sound, they too were armed + funded by the USA.
Invaded Kuwait in a completely un-illegal war.
Now held by the USA, almost certainly going to die now in an unfair trial for crimes that George Bush has done.
And Blair and Bush are recognised as heroes by a fair few news channels *FOX NEWS*.
C'est la vie, je suppose...
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What does this have to do with the original question?
The attacks will of course affect my life, but I will not change my habits or looking the wrong way people.