Spooky stuff

[Grieve]

Saying "we're acting exactly how they want us to act" is silly. You think Osama wants Americans to hate Arabs? That's not his goal.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Americans hating Arabs means more anti-American sentiment means more poeople flocking to his cause. Remember he WANTS a holy war against the west, so I think Thudz is right (for a change). Driving east and west apart is exactly what he wants.

The only base of support for Iraq War II was American anger over 9/11 and American sympathy for anyone having to live under the rule of someone like Saddam. Stories of Saddam's terrorism against his own people are what drives the American people towards, if not supporting the war, at least not being real active in complaining about it. Enough people think we're doing good (#1) and are still mad about 9/11 (#2).

That's a nice theory, but I don't think most Americans gave a rat's arse about any of that before the war. If we invaded countries based on their treatment of their citizens, we'd be in a hell of a lot more wars right now. China (Tibet/Tiananmen Square)? Apartheid-era South Africa? Israel? Cambodia in the "killing fields" era?

Even countries like Somalia, Haiti and Rwanda where the US/UN did try to intervene were pretty half-arsed attempts. Tends to need to be a stronger reason for intervention (such as oil or communist expansionism) that just poor suffering people.