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Thread #137528   Message #3146781
Posted By: Janie
02-May-11 - 08:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: obit: Osama Bin Laden ???
Subject: RE: BS: obit: Osama Bin Laden ???
skarpi, I can't simply let your post stand, even knowing you are a popular figure here, and I am likely to be castigated for commenting.

First, let me say I do not celebrate the death of bin Laden. I do not celebrate the death of any person. I accept your antipathy and complete but somewhat (though not entirely) irrational antipathy and mistrust toward the United States as your right, and of course understand that you do not advocate violence toward us. I also accept that every person's point of view is valid from their perspective.   

What you wrote was.... I don`t believe that
Bin laden was the head of the attack on twin tower ....


Osama bin Laden very publicly claimed credit for the attack on the Twin Towers. He was a very smart man, and very certain of his righteousness and his mission. He went to great pains, and made considerable personal sacrifice, to organize and provide the seed financing for a terrorist group known as Al Qaeda, and in his righteous certainty, sowed more seeds of hate and terrorism around the world.

The implication of your statement, intended or not, is that the United States staged the attacks on September 11, 2001 for the sake of oil.    I find that both absurd and offensive.