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GUEST,Genie BS: Bush's speech (116* d) RE: BS: Bush's speech 21 Sep 01


What Amos said.
What ddw said.

But two things troubled me about the speech:
•"you're either with us or you're with the terrorists" -- Sounds good. Need to enlist cooperation of other nations. But does that mean we're going to bomb Switzerland?
•"They hate us because ... of our freedom." There may be many reasons some other people or nations hate us. I'd guess our wealth and position of power, our consumption of more than our share of the world's resources, the at least perceived decadence of our commercialized culture, our involvement ("interference," to some) in the politics of countries where we have an economic interest (e.g., oil producers), and our having killed many civilians in past military actions--all these are more salient reasons why some folks hate us.
This hatred does not justify the kind of terrorist attacks that happened on 9-11-01, but we would be wise to take an honest look at what others may see as our faults.
It is folly to think that others hate us only because of our virtues.
Genie




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