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Originally posted by Syyth007
I noticed in the one article, that there was intelligence that "religious institutions" were going to be targeted.. Now, this just comes off as a little strange, as in most "Islamic" based terrorism usually strike high-trafficked, or identifiable targets- the World Trade Center, Times Square, Subways, etc.. I would not be surprised if federal/governmental buildings would be targeted.. but churches, synagogues, and mosques? That would be a strange target, imo, because I believe it would cause more anger and condemnation, then fear and terror.
I believe it would just increase their resolve to "not give in to the terrorists", which is what a government would want.. but how would the "terrorist" benefit? They actually believe people will pay more attention to the cause of the Palestinian people if they blew up a church/synagogue/mosque in the Midwest? Or is that what our government wants our citizens to believe? That terrorists are willing to blow up religious institutions to get their point across?
Now, I won't deny that there has been attacks on religious institutions around the world, for all kinds of varying reasons, but Al Qaeda blowing up houses of worship in the West just doesn't sit, believably, with me. It sounds like fear-mongering propaganda (Them japs are soulless! They'll rape yer women, and stab your babies in the face! All of them!).
Humans of all cultures, when it comes down to it, all have very similar motivations for the things they do. All these Muslim Extremists just hate our freedom, and want to kill every westernized person if they don't all convert to Islam, start wearing burkas, growing beards, and converting all the world's governments to Islamic theocracy! Do you truly believe this? That their motivation is to simply destroy and take over the western world? The world is always a more complicated place, and there is NEVER just black and white, good or evil, right and wrong. Everything is always more complicated, with deep shades of grey. People who fall for this "Muslims are evil" crap should really take a step back, and look at both sides of the situation from a completely unbiased viewpoint, and I'm sure they'll see things differently. America=good, Muslims= bad, is really just as wrong as America=bad, Muslims=good.
Sometimes, in a rush to simplify things, we completely pass by the truth.
Originally posted by Soshh
I know this is a conspiracy forum and all that, but I’m curious as to what would make people believe that an attack was genuine and not a “false-flag”.
Is the US really so popular around the world that they are forced to attack themselves? I'm not denying the possibility by any means, but find it extremely odd how someone can point to all of the atrocities committed by the US and then not believe that a tiny amount of people would hate the US enough to want to conduct a terror attack.
Obama should be holding a press conference in about 10 minutes or so.
I’m curious as to what would make people believe that an attack was genuine and not a “false-flag”.