06-05-2004, 05:54 PM
Quote:<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Intuition" data-cite="Intuition" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="1605" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Call Bin Laden a terrorist, In my opinion, his hate towards the west is justifiable. I do not comply with him, but I must admit that he is committing these acts for reasons understandable. However, he is not targeting the right people and is certainly not using the right tactics permissible in Islam. Islam is not a religion of civilian warfare - all attacks on any opponent should be in an organized, military form.
American money is being used to buy weapons to kill Muslims. This is a known fact. That will anger people (including me), and I think this (along with several other issues regarding the US poking it's nose into places it doesn't belong) is reason enough for Bin Laden to want to take action against the West and Israel.
<b><span>\"Terrorism is the war of the poor and powerless; war is the terrorism of the rich and powerful.\"
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(Sir Peter Ustinov)
See Rid,
The threads I create stir up conflict and great diolougue between Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Take Intuition here for example. He says that Bin Laden's hate for the west is justifiable. He also stated his reasons of why he thinks that way. Thank you Intuition for your honest answer. I pose this question, however. Did you know we give more aid to foreign nations than any other country on this planet?
<b>all attacks on any opponent should be in an organized, military form.</b>
If any country actually tried to fight like men and face our military in a said organized manner, no army would last more than two weeks against us. Bin Laden and the rest of the terrorists (in my eyes anyway) have to fight the way they are fighting to stand a chance.
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I take it "our military" is the US. If it is then you must be more ignorant of the situation than I thought.
Maybe you need to think independantly rather than being spoon fed and ask yourself why the US came to an agreement with the Iraqi army generals prior to the war for the US to enter baghdad without a fight?
Why did it take a few weeks to only capture the southern port town of Um Qasar?
Why were the people of Fallujah celebrating victory over the US army which found it difficult to deal with Fallujah?
MAjority of these fighers may I add were not from the regular army but civillians!
Then again, do you remember who the victorious party was in Somalia? Again, civillians!
So from this perspective, if a proper trained army was to face "our military" what would the consequences be I wonder???
We should think for ourselves rather than to let others do the thinking for us...
As James Pilger said: "At least the people in the middle east know when they are being lied to by their leaders. Unlike in the West..."