Richard,
First, I apologize for another OT post here.
Second, I believe it's futile to try to sensibly explain this most horrible, most evil atrocity. Calling it an irrational act out of hatred somehow seems woefully inadequate.
Nonetheless, in part, I suspect that there's an element of brainwashing or ill-founded indoctrination at work. As a child, I grew up during the cold war. Almost everything I heard or read in the news about the Soviets portrayed that entire population as an evil, subhuman race. As I approached adolescence and saw more reality and a little less propaganda, I came to realize that the Soviets were a people with mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, husbands and wives simply trying to make a better life for themselves and their families.
To anyone on Earth who doesn't understand..... try to grasp a basic..... people like Sadaam Hussein (sp?) are evil.
Just as Carlos, the Jackal, was hired to do dirty work on behalf of governments that couldn't allow themselves to be at all associated with the evil deeds performed by Carlos on their behalf, I believe it's probable that Osama bin Laden is the contracted terrorist for some government. Perhaps, even Saddam, who is brainwashing his followers into believing that the US is the Great Satan.
And this brings me back to where I started. Tuesday's evil acts were too horrendous, too irrational and defy any rational explanation by sane, caring human beings who just want to make a better life for themselves and their families.
Best regards,
Ian |
