23rd March 2003, 4:30 PM
What did we do to incite Bin Laden? Plenty, actually... remember the first Gulf War? 12 years ago? Yeah, that one. It was a HUGE influence on him. Why? Because people like him were infurirated when the US sent troops into the Gulf, and even madder when the Arab nations let them stay... I remember hearing that Saudi Arabia was the biggest problem. They didn't want the "infidels" even in the same country as Mecca... and it REALLY got them mad.
Oh, and the US's abandonment of Afghanistan in the '80s sure didn't help either... we helped them just long enough to defeat the Soviets and then left them alone... and we all know how THAT turned out...
Terrorism will always happen? Yeah, that's true... but it would be a LOT less common if we'd actually do things to try to make the people who become terrorists LESS angry instead of more angry...
Also, it is true that since the war started support is up. England did go from 36% to 50something % since the war started... and I'd expect that. And as for other nations support, while a lot of those nations have governments supporting war, many populations aren't... like Spain and Austrailia...
Oh, and the US's abandonment of Afghanistan in the '80s sure didn't help either... we helped them just long enough to defeat the Soviets and then left them alone... and we all know how THAT turned out...
Terrorism will always happen? Yeah, that's true... but it would be a LOT less common if we'd actually do things to try to make the people who become terrorists LESS angry instead of more angry...
Also, it is true that since the war started support is up. England did go from 36% to 50something % since the war started... and I'd expect that. And as for other nations support, while a lot of those nations have governments supporting war, many populations aren't... like Spain and Austrailia...