Originally posted by Jayclark
And I fear it will be much worse then 9/11. The Government has pissed off terroist all around the world. They want to hit us again and they will.
If you are saying this current government is the only one to have "pissed pff" the terrorists, you are wrong, so very wrong.
The Arab world has been "pissed" at us since our support of the 1947 resolution that took land from them to form the state of Israel. That is the number one reason why we have the level of terrorism we are facing today. We, and the rest of the world ignored the Arabs, who came forth, with legitamate titles, legitamate deebs, and other paperwork thye have / had saying that the land that became Israel was already theirs... We did nothing, we did not even listen. We ignored these people and started a level of frustration that goes beyond anything we understand. We by our own laws, do not allow a land claim after 20 years, so if you get a deed on a piece of property submitted and it is not fought beyore 20 years, regardless if the previous owner is right, the land is yours. End of the road their. Well guess what, we ignored our own laws to honor a 2000 year old claim on land, without compensation to the people who lived there. THere was also a contingent to that whole theft of land, that their be a creation of a "seperate and independent Palestinian State" in the area of the West Bank. We all know that has not happened, and the frustration level grows.
How do we address this now? Do we pressure the Israelis to return the west bank? That is a start. But, a big step forward in this would be for the U.S. to step up and say, "We the United States acknowledge that the Palestinians were wronged. That the land taken to form Israel was not a legitimate act. Unfortunately, we can not undo it, but the Palestinians are right in their claim. The US will now do all in it's power to help ensure the creation of a seperate autonomous Palestinian State." THat statement alone, made by our government would do immeasureable amounts of good in the eyes of the Arabs. It would give them a shred of dignity that they have been missing for nearly 60 years. From Dubai to Morrocco, we would for once be seen as fair, and caring about their plight. Will it end terrorism, no, it will not, but it will cut the amount of terrorists funneling to the radical fundamentalists. The end of these radicals will only come by the removal of their main weapon against the west, the Israeli issue, which will show the Arab world that we do indeed listen.
The Arabs are also "pissed" with us over the fact that the United States represents technology, and modernisation. Something most of them are resisting, especially the fundamentalists, as it is happening too fast. They have, in the past 60 years gone from being an ignored people, a different people who the west did not associate with until we found they had something we wanted... oil. In the last 60 years, they have gone from being a group of tribes under a common banner to being full fledged nations participating in modern world affairs. In 60 years... they went from were we were in the 1400's to where we are today... imagine the turmoil and you can imagine the further problems.
Simply put, I do not support the terrorists, but I do understand where they are coming from. I also understand that no matter how much we throw at this militarily, we will not defeat it that way. So, that leads us to one road, understanding which will bring about the cooperation to end terrorism.
