4000 Jews stayed home on 9/11

[Ned]

Originally posted by dunk
I can't beleive that Israel is behind the attacks. What I can beleive is that they withheld information from the US that may have helped prevent the tragedy. Not that I think that's what happened, I have no proof and no one here on this board has any real proof of hardly anything. All we have to go on is what the media tells us. Can they tell us everything? No. Will they tell us everything? No. At some point, we have to decide whether we trust what our government is telling us. Do I? I'm not sure. Is Iraq a threat? I have no idea. And neither do any of you. Truly, the only people who know are Saddam Hussein and his close advisors.

Do I think that Muslim extremists want to see the world subjugated under some kind of Taliban-like regime? No. They've only ever lashed out at nations involved in their affairs which would be Europe and the US. They use their religion as a recruiting tool. "Fight the infidel and join with us. Praise be to Allah." The fact that the population is poor and uneducated makes it easy to lure people away by blaming a scapegoat, the US. I'm not talking about people who wave signs or protest US involvement, I'm talking about the people who would get on a passenger plane and ram into a very large building full of people.

What I see happening is Wahhabism is at war worldwide with traditional Sunni and Shi'ite Islam. In addition, Islam seems to have a concept of "Muslim" land, the holiest of which is Saudi Arabia. OBL wants us out of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq. Most muslims want Israel out of Palestine.

[Pekka]

I would have to agree with Ned 100%.

[dunk]

Originally posted by Ned

What I see happening is Wahhabism is at war worldwide with traditional Sunni and Shi'ite Islam. In addition, Islam seems to have a concept of "Muslim" land, the holiest of which is Saudi Arabia. OBL wants us out of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq. Most muslims want Israel out of Palestine.

I agree too.

I may be just talking out of my a$$, but I think a great deal of Muslims (not just OBL) want us out of Saudi Arabia as well. The government probably tells the people that the US is there for all of their benefit which they probably see squat. And that makes it easy for OBL and similar people to rally support against the US.

What is Wahhabism? I've never heard that term before.

[Arrian]

It's a sect of Islam which is primarily based in Saudi Arabia. It started there, so far as I know, and the leadership is all Wahhabi. Osama bin Laden is Wahhabi as well.

-Arrian

[chequita guevara]

I have proof that 57 members of Congress are agents of al-Qaeda!

[Arrian]

Definitely a catchy lead-in, Che. I admit curiousity as to where you're going with that.

-Arrian

[Andrew1999]

Well, we know the Senate Judiciary committee members are all terrorists, because Ashcroft told them so to their faces.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Arrian
Definitely a catchy lead-in, Che. I admit curiousity as to where you're going with that.

Ever see The Manchurian Candidate?