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Originally Posted by Madlib
Well, we're not blaming Americans for being directly involved in 9/11, we're blaming the foreign policies of the United States over a period of years. Such a case can be made by the fact that the CIA trained Osama and installed the Taliban to fight against the Solviets. I blame the US's attempts to 'democratize' the world through the use of cultural assimilation as a catalyst. I would never blame the people themselves for being the cause of any attack, as the people themselves had little involvement in overall policy. I don't think of Canadians as anti-american, and I don't think of this as anti-american, you can feel free to deny this as anti-american to avoid a rational discourse, but I don't like it when americans say something is anti-american to end all possible disscussion.
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Just in case some people don't know, "facts" are supposed to be true. Just for the record, the CIA NEVER trained Osama bin Laden (read Peter Bergen's book "Holy War Inc)" and the Taliban wasn't installed by the US government to fight the Soviets. A simple timeline would be enough on this one.
The US government never directly aided Afghanistan in its fight against the Soviets. Any support was made by donating money to the Afghan army via the Pakistani government, who distributed the money at its own discretion.
I'm not convinced that 9/11 was caused by biased American foreign policy in the Middle East. 9/11 was caused and carried out my Muslim extremists, the majority of which were Saudis who led typical Western-style middle-class lives (if not better, even).
When did "taking responsibility for ones own actions" become such a foreign concept to most people nowadays? It never seems to be an option nowadays when discussing America's place in the world. I used to think blaming society, the government, my teachers, my parents, other people, etc. was the way to go until I realized the only one holding me back and screwing me up was myself. It was my own fault. The U.S. has a lot less responsbility for the fate of the people in the MidEast than the individual governments themselves. Maybe they should start being blamed for their political failures.
Anyways, that's it for my first post. It's nice to meet you all. Feel free to flame away.