Unfortunately many in the Arab world probably will celebrate this terrible disaster -- privately if not in public.
Certainly. And, of course, that instinct is not only rooted in good 'ole fashioned schadenfreud, but also in comparing the paltry U.S. space program with the monumental successes of that region's various space programs, which - as I understand it - have reached technological highs including the recent placement of a mouse into a bucket and its' subsequent hurling into the air.
Such is the hatred that Sharon, Bush, and his Likudnik neo-con handlers have brought about.
Given the post-9/11 celebrations, it's completely unsurprising that some folks, in their seemingly insatiable lust for blood, wouldn't distinguish between misfortune visited upon politicos vs. civilians.
That's okay, though, because since seeing footage of and reading about those spontaneous celebrations on September 11th, I no longer let the plight of many of those same peoples trouble my mind.
I confess that prior to that, at times, I did.
It also demonstrates that US power and technology (the latest false gods?) have limits -- as do all man made creations.
Was that news to you? Personally I think that large, creeping governments...not to mention the shameless, wholesale delegation of responsibility and freedom to them...are mankind's latest "false god," but your perspective and mileage may vary.
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