At the low end, 300,000 dead civilians in Iraq due to US sanctions, mostly women and children. High end estimate over a million. That alone justifies something much worse than 9/11.
That is true.. Our sick and misguided policies did spawn resentment. But does not justify such a terrorist act.
Hurt to watch Mad Albright call those "containment" deaths --- "acceptable"..
Arab world cannot exist without strongman dictatorships of some types. They have no concept of democracy or popular politics. And our arrogance has dismantled much of that stability in the region.. Leaving the sucking void of chaos that you see today...
why do you hate arabs? --------your comment reminds me of the career of PETER THE GREAT of Russia------or even better VLAD THE IMPALER Has some
arab told you that "we, arabs NEED dictators to control us"???? The arab spring rebellion against politicians in the arab world began in the arab world.
A few years ago I ran into two elderly men-----who mysteriously both decided to sit
next to me during jury duty voir dire recess. They commenced a lively conversation with each other in Arabic-----one to my right, the other to my
left and me in the middle. ------abruptly they switched languages and
continued in Hebrew -----more familiar to me than Arabic. ------then started
talking to me---in English. I realized that my last name was the draw----the reason
they sat next to me. ------During the VOIR DIRE----we all had to say our name and
place of birth--------the guy on the left was born in Syria ---the one on the right---Iraq.
me------name clearly jew and place of birth---USA. -----comment "the US is making
a mistake------they can't vote for a president in Iraq"-----other guy---the SYRIAN---
agreed---"THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GOVERN THEMSELVES" "they
can't live with democracy"-------sheesh
-------be happy-----two elderly jews ---one born in Iraq and the other in Syria----
AGREE WITH YOU. They both had reasons not to like arabs-----both
described how they escaped----the Syrian told me that in the 50s as a
teen HE SPRINTED OVER THE HILLS OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.
Are you really sure that arabs cannot "self-rule"??