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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (53237)	7/11/2006 12:00:12 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

RE:"Terrorism is a result of our stupid policy decisions and our meddling in other countries affairs." Please then, spell out exactly what you mean. Thanks, Jim Bin Laden's gripes with the US were 1) US Troops on sacred Arab soil 2) One sided policy in favor of Israel 3) Backing of corrupt regimes and US puppets We trained Bin Laden to aid in the war in Afghanistan vs Russia. Look what that meddling cost. We trained Bin Laden well. We have supported corrupt regimes all over the world and instigated coups against leaders we did not like. The US had made a lot of enemies by meddling in the internal affairs of other countries where we do not belong. Does Canada or New Zealand or Japan do this? We supported Hussein at one time even supplied him with chemical weapons to fight Iran with. We gave hom "WOMDs" and even looked the other way when he used them on Iran. Later when it served our purpose we called him a mass murderer for using those weapons. One of our big fears was that Iraq would destabalize and the Shia would take over. Now it is likely to happen. Much of the world hates us for these policies. They have every right to. It is not possible to stop nut cases from doing bad things. But our policies stir up and create a bunch of angry people. We have a "war on terror" which is absurd. Terror is a method. It is impossible to have a war on a method. Yet supposedly the war exists. We go around blowing up people and houses in other countries, killing raping and maiming tens of thousands of innocent people. How can anyone not see this is going to cause problems down the road. Some of those people want revenge and if you were in their shoes you might want it too. Had we not backed a corrupt Shah of Iran and tried to steal their oil, and had we not done dozens of other things and had we not trained Bin Laden, 911 would not have happened. Heck, just not training Bin Laden might have been enough to prevent 911. I am not trying to justify 911 I am merely saying it was a direct result of many badly misguided US policies. Mish

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (53237)	7/11/2006 1:36:49 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 116555

The boundary lines of the "fake" nations in the Middle East were drawn by the British to make the nations unstable and thus easier for the British to control. Take Iraq as an example. This nation never existed until the British arrived. They split the Kurds between Turkey and the new Iraq. Then they included two other groups that disliked each other intensely, the Sunni and the Shiites. To top things off they placed the smallest minority, the Sunni, in control of the government. Iraq would always need the protection of the British Army in order to remain stable - thus dependent on Britain. These clowns did this all across the Middle East, and also in India - which promptly fell apart into Pakistan and India once they left in a huge civil war. Then Pakistan split into Pakistan and Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan. America stepped into Britain's "empire shoes" at the end of World War II. People who learn how to mind their own business experience a much more peaceful and productive life. They don't need to pay heavy taxes or take on huge debts to support an Empire. .