Saturday, January 10, 2009
Just how effective was that 9/11 Commission Report?
The concession that U.S. foreign policy toward Israel was a direct influence on the motivations of the 9/11 terrorists to attack, and the fact that this concession was LEFT OUT of the 9/11 Commission Report should chill you to the bone.
If it doesn't, you're still not paying attention.
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there is a fabled character, mulla nasruddin, who appears in many "jokes" and humorous anecdotes throughout much of the muslim world.
ReplyDeletein one particular instance, a man walking by the street found mulla nasruddin crouching on the ground under a street lamp as if looking for something. "what are you doing?" he asked.
"i dropped my key" explain nasruddin.
being kind and feeling pity for the old man the passer by also stooped over and started searching for this key. when the key could not be found after a very long time the man turned to mulla and asked out of frustration, "are you sure you lost you key here?"
"actually i dropped it over there. but since there was a street lamp here i thought it might be more convenient to look here" =)
i think many americans are also desperately looking for some truth (forced by 9/11). unfortunately the reality is not very convenient and might require big changes in the way they operate and live their everyday lives. so their leader have chosen to tell them that in fact the world hates them because of their freedoms.
peace
I have to say I agree with your statement. The reality is not convenient for many Americans, and they are more than willing to lap up the flippant assertion that we're hated for our freedoms. I'm pretty sure the first time I heard that rationalization I laughed out loud. It's ridiculous. It implies that the U.S. government has always been a passive innocent, that it hasn't manipulated and murdered as means to an end. The world hates hypocrisy. The world hates a manipulator masquerading as a savior. Ugh. I'll be so glad for January 20th.
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