To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3505 ) 9/12/2001 10:02:02 AM From: GUSTAVE JAEGER Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 23908 Re: And which folks like yourself and Thomas trying to create the impression that "it serves us right", I wonder who's going to spend time criticizing the actions of these terrorists and whether they could have taken a "different path" than committing such an act. OK, let's put it crystal-clear: in August 1998, French mercenaries together with a few Serbs blew up your embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam... Why? You know perfectly why they did it: Europe --especially France and Belgium-- were PISSED OFF by the Yanks messing about in their historical turf (Central Africa). So, they just wanted to kick you outa there! Of course, they needed their Israeli friends (Mossad) to turn a blind eye on their whole scheme. Well, that was precisely the easy part: in 1994, when vengeful Bibi Netanyahu finally had his chance-of-a-lifetime to nail terrorist Carlos in Sudan, he just managed to get France's pro-Israel administration (Pasqua & co) to handle the job. (reminder: Bibi lost his elder brother Yonatan in the Entebbe hijacking in 1974 --a Carlos coup) So, when Bibi was PM in 1998, the least he could do was to return the favor. Afterwards, Clinton's Jewish administration picked bin Laden as a useful patsy and loosed off a coupla Cruise missiles over his boondocks... BUT THAT SCENARIO WON'T WORK ANYMORE... Don't get me wrong though: I know it's much easier for you Yanks to bash Arabs around instead of Europeans or Israelis! After all, 3 million Americans owe their jobs to the Transatlantic trade ($300 billion annually) and Israel... well, you don't want to crush your "problem child", do you?suite101.com Gus.