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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (173001)7/31/2003 10:03:46 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (2) of 1574139
 
ten,

re: It's typical of people to elevate perpetrators of atrocities to levels of evil geniuses.

He probably just got lucky. (Coupled with some inept intel, but I'm pretty forgiving of that).

re: No, government hasn't changed

You must have missed Bush's "biggest reorganization of the government in 50 (?) years", with the Department of Homeland Security. Direct result of 9/11 and OBL.

re: nor have our personal liberties been affected

Patriot act? Direct result of 9/11 and OBL.

re: nor have we rounded up Arabs in concentration camps (like we did the Japanese in WWII)

We keep offshore, at Guantanimo Bay.

re: nor do I know of anyone who has created a "Panic Room" with duct tape

You don't read the papers?

How about the two wars you failed to mention. Or do you think those would have happened without OBL?

You have to admit, he is the most significant historical figure of the decade. He's done it with a bunch of rag tag Arabs, not Harvard educated, not even engineers. He's changed NATO, the UN, the US, the world map. In one day, for a couple of hundred grand.

But again, the real question is How could he effect all that change with one act? What is it about US that made that possible? Who is it that is helping him terrify us into changing our lives. Why are we letting a terrorist win?

Is anybody asking those questions?

John
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