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UM.... whats the point of this post????
Originally posted by stumason
UM.... whats the point of this post????
Whats the point? What was the point of Afghanistan and Iraq?
get oil, hey what can i tell ya, if we don't have oil, our country won't work. US is acting on it's own interest, like any other country out there.
Originally posted by Rasputin13
Osama bin Laden is such an honorable man, we really should take his word for it. And of course all of those terrorist training camps in Afghanistan were not terrorist camps at all. They were being used to train Avon salesmen.
We invaded Afghanistan for all of the wealth and riches there! There's oil coming out of every hole in the ground. LOL
Um, how about the biggest heroine/ opium trade spot in the world for the last couple centuries?!
Originally posted by Rasputin13
People like you will never be satisfied with any justification that's used to go to war.
Nevertheless, bin Laden has publicly praised the 9/11 attacks in several instances and has taken credit for being their "inspiration." It is clear in many of his public statements that he views himself as an active participant in the attacks, whether or not he deserves the credit the West gives him as their "mastermind." A good example is this passage from his October 2001 interview with Al-Jazeera:
As for the World Trade Center, the ones who were attacked and who died in it were a financial power. It wasn't a children's school! And it wasn't a residence. And the general consensus is that most of the people who were in there were men that backed the biggest financial force in the world that spreads worldwide mischief [ta`ithu fil ardi fasaadaa]. And those individuals should stand for Allah, and to re-think and re-do their calculations. We treat others like they treat us. Those who kill our women and our innocent, we kill their women and innocent, until they stop from doing so.[6] (www.religioscope.com...)
In October of 2004, a videotape was released of Bin Laden directly admitting that he had ordered the September 11 attacks:
...as I looked at those demolished towers in Lebanon, it entered my mind that we should punish the oppressor in kind and that we should destroy towers in America in order that they taste some of what we tasted and so that they be deterred from killing our women and children.
[7] (english.aljazeera.net...)
Originally posted by Rasputin13
The very man who financed and orchestrated an attack on our nation that killed over 3,000 people and caused us billions and billions in damages. Or is this not a good enough reason for you?
Last I checked, which I just did, it wasn't over 3,000 people.... almost 3,000 people is more like it. 4 away to be precise. I would have also accepted 3,000 people but over is a mistatement.
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by Rasputin13
People like you will never be satisfied with any justification that's used to go to war.
Originally posted by Seekerof
Bottom line, you either believe he was behind it or not.
Originally posted by NuTroll
Originally posted by Rasputin13
Osama bin Laden is such an honorable man, we really should take his word for it. And of course all of those terrorist training camps in Afghanistan were not terrorist camps at all. They were being used to train Avon salesmen.
We invaded Afghanistan for all of the wealth and riches there! There's oil coming out of every hole in the ground. LOL
Um, how about the biggest heroine/ opium trade spot in the world for the last couple centuries?!
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
~snip
Though, I believe most the heroin from Afghanistan makes it way to France for processing before being shipped anywhere.
Maybe that's changed since the US invaded, I don't know.
It certainly would explain the France/America acrimony during and after 9/11. America can't just come right out and say it, even if they know it, because France is on the Security Council, ...~snip