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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: LindyBill who wrote (82661)3/16/2003 1:49:55 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
The problem that Bin Laden, et al, have with us is that we are successful, and they are not. This goes against everything they believe from the Koran. They think Islam should be ruling the world and the fact that they are not means we are the spawn of Satan...As long as we can keep these types disorganized and on the run...we can keep them at bay.

Now could I paraphrase you as "they oppose our national existence out of envy, jealousy and ill-concealed pride...We do not want a second catastrophe along the lines of 9/11. We depend not on the grace of our enemy, rather on military might..."?

Tell me how much time you have spent living with the middle easterners to come to such conclusion? And how much you know about their culture beyond what you see on TV? It seems to me that US support of governments that are loathed by about 90% of their local population can do more to make them hate us than jealousy of our success.

Sun Tzu
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