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To: sea_urchin who wrote (19659)	11/21/2003 9:19:05 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81108

> I would very much appreciate it if you would please tell me who they are and what they are about and maybe what they hope to achieve by blowing people up? Here is the opinion of Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security adviser to former President Jimmy Carter. informationclearinghouse.info >>>In recent months, the United States has experienced what is perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in its history. That failure was contributed to by extremist demagoguery that emphasizes worst-case scenarios, stimulates fear and induces a very simple, dichotomous view of world reality. All of this calls for a serious debate about America's role in the world. Can a world power provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety? Can the United States mobilize support, particularly the support of friends, when it tells them, "you are against us if you are not with us"? The need for such a serious debate cannot be satisfied by theologizing the challenge as "terrorism," which is "used by people who hate things" while we are "people who love things," as America's highest spokesman has put it. Terrorism is a technique for killing people. That can't be an enemy. It's as if we said that World War II was not against the Nazis but against blitzkrieg. We need to ask who the enemy is, and what springs him or her to action against us?<<<

To: sea_urchin who wrote (19659)	11/30/2003 5:18:54 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81108

Where is the proof that Al-Qaeda really exists? rumormillnews.com >>>Until there are some facts or proof presented i will think of "Al-Quaeda" as an intelligence-agency fiction and/or an excuse for militarization of the United States and the curtailment of traditional liberties including the threatened suspension of the US Constitution. What PROOF exists that Osama bin Laden is really the author of the present terror bombing wave? What PROOF exists that there were really Muslim extremists involved in the 911 attacks? I respectfully submit that this entire War on Terror is a fraud, and that the relative simplicity and provincial mentality of the American people has been egregiously and shamelessly imposed upon. <<< It seems there are many others who think like I do.