TK,

Exactly. It would be slightly refreshing if the prez would say what he means and mean what he says.

TK interesting? Yeah, maybe. Damn interesting? Not yet. You need to try harder. Sorry to deflate. And it has nothing to do with any political disagreement we might have. It's about how you present yourself here.

Is there any chance of returning to JLH's post initiating this thread? I thought OBL's taped speech was interesting in that he repeated what most Arabs who oppose or hate the U.S. have been saying for years. We unilaterally support Israel with money and weapons. We don't condemn Israel's state-sponsored terrorism against Palestinians. We do condemn Palestinian terrorism against Israelis. How could anyone not understand that many, if not most, Arabs world-wide would hate the U.S. for that, and be dancing in the streets to see the WTC towers burning and collapsing?

That doesn't make OBL's terrorist act right, since terrorism isn't about rightness. But don't most of you see that Arabs would see the WTC attack as a just retribution for U.S. support of Israel, who commits terrorism against Arabs with U.S. money and weapons?

So little attentions seems paid to identifying and understanding the root cause of Arab intent to commit terrorist acts against the U.S. It seems to me that the likelihood of simply rooting out terrorists and killing them is futile, because there will simply be more terrorists to take their place as long as the U.S. commits acts which motivate and create incentives for others to terrorize us.

Shouldn't we be having that discussion?

Sincerely,

Salmo g.