Quote :

"when the driver catches eye of the camera he flashes a peace sign too. i dont get it."

It's not a peace sign, it's a victory sign. V for victory.

9/11/2001 6:57:34 PM

I hope everyone realizes what really happened today, in larger terms. Our ivory tower is only so high, and it has been scaled.

Let's assume--and not without merit--that the perpetrators of this act were from the middle east. Then consider their primary motivations.

On one hand, we irresponsibly support Israel. We give the nation billions of dollars in unsupervised funding. They use this money to bulldoze the houses of Palestinians and breed further resentment beyond the existing zealotism.

On the other hand, the Arabs refuse to absorb the Palestinian refugees into Israel's neighboring countries, and instead perpetuate a war with Israel that they cannot win. Demagogues win power by stirring moral support among the Palestinians with ages-old religious superstition and "tradition" arguments.

Neither side is right. Israel, beyond being a religious pariah to the Muslims, has hopelessly neglected the human rights of the Palestinians. The Palestinians are fueled by too much unrealistic zealotism and hatred to ever stop fighting.

Our mistake was choosing a side. Now, because of this act, we are between a rock and a hard place.

If we continue to support Israel, then we face more terrorism as the conflict escalates. The aggression we will show in tracking down the WTC bombers will only exaggerate these problems.

If we support Israel less, then we will essentially be giving in to the demands of those who bombed us. Then we will face more terrorism, because terrorism will be seen as a useful tool of "diplomacy."

When my friend from Israel IMed me after this event, he had only this to say:

"I'm used to this."

Welcome to the rest of the world, folks. Irrational, pointless conflicts that cost lots of lives are fought every day. And if you think tracking these people down and punishing them will deter terrorism, think again--this was a suicide mission. These people care not about their lives, only their "cause."

We entered into a conflict that was based on cowardly zealotism, and now we are reaping what we've sown.

9/11/2001 8:35:36 PM

How are they supporting their cause when they don't even tell us what the fuck their cause is? We don't know who did this, there is noone stepping up to take the blame. Then what was the point? What statement did they make? That they are fucking barbarians. And care nothing for human life.

9/11/2001 10:26:14 PM

I fully agree with Smoker 4 ^^^ on this one, one of the few times ever I have agreed with him.

9/12/2001 12:10:52 AM