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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: cosmicforce who wrote (29424)9/25/2001 10:45:04 PM
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Just for balance, I'd like to present this report so that people can understand why some Muslims are not that surprised about the attacks:

I have the feeling that "not that surprised" seems to imply something like "chickens coming home to roost," or like we "had it coming," but I could be mistaken.

One thing that gets left out when US international actions toward Muslims in Muslim countries is what the US has done in defense of Muslims in Somalia, Bosnia and Kosovo.

The situation in Iraq is horrifying, the painting of the missiles is disgusting. The situation that developed in Iraq was caused by direct aggression of one Muslim country against another. Our attempt to redress that unjust act, which of course we did for our own purposes, as per usual with nations, has had some horrible sequelae, since we left Saddam Hussein in power and since the coalition that we had assembled had no appetite for further war action, we were in a dilemma. This compromise of pressure has caused great suffering. It was the best people could think of at the time. Nobody in the US set out to create a system of pressure on SH that would take innocent lives over the years.

I'd be interested in reading what solutions posters have for the problem of Iraq and the threat it poses to innocent people everywhere.
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