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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (8078)	10/20/2001 5:35:11 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

........" We are guilty of poking our noses into their affairs, carving up land and forming countries, and undermining their cultures."...... And what may I ask was the cause of all their wars and killing before the USA existed???? And just what do you think they would do with us if they were the superpower?? and keep in mind that we allow all cultures to exist in ou countries. ......" We are indeed free-er to do what we like and have the technology to do it, but they are not and need time to bring themsleves into the 20th Century."..... And just what do you think the USA should do to help them catch up to the 20th Century. Or maybe the USA should do nothing and let the taliban bring them into the 20th Century. Not very likely is it?. They are now going backwards in time. IMO even without the attacks on the USA the taliban scum should be removed from society. What do you think?? If you think the taliban should be removed who do you think should do it ??

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (8078)	10/20/2001 6:14:33 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

I don't know where you learned your history, but you are greatly mistaken. "We" meaning the United States never carved up anything in the Middle East or Central Asia. "We" meaning the United States never formed any country in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, South America, or Central America. "We" meaning the United States are not responsible for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. We helped the people in Afghanistan repel the Soviet invasion of Afhanistan. The people we helped were called mujahideen. The mujahideen, in turn, were defeated by the Taliban, a creation of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, to the extent that foreign influence was involved. As for "undermining their cultures" - exactly how did "we" meaning the United States do that? I know you have a bee in your bonnet about Israel, but the US had nothing to do with the formation of Israel, and very little involvement in Israeli affairs for decades. We do give Israel money, and we sell Israel arms. We also sell arms to Saudi Arabia.