Majority of Canadians polled say US partially to blame for 9-11

[Tingkai]

From the Globe and Mail:
"A vast majority of Canadians believes the United States bears at least some responsibility for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because of U.S. policies in the Middle East and around the globe, according to a Globe and Mail/CTV poll."

"In the Ipsos-Reid survey -- which polled 1,000 Canadians last week -- 69 per cent of respondents said the U.S. shares some of the responsibility for the attacks, while 15 per cent said all of the responsibility sits on American shoulders."

"I think this is Canadians saying, 'You are bound to get stung when you stick your hand in the hornets' nest looking for honey,' " [John Wright, vice-president of Ipsos-Reid] said. "But I don't think this is evidence of people saying they deserved what they got at all."

[Asher]

duh

[Drake Tungsten]

duh

My sentiments exactly.

[Chris 62]

What percentage can name the "policy" exactly, that made them responcible?

Answer is none, Bin Laden's radical Islam blames the west for everything, and he interprets the Koran as saying "do not accept an unbeliever, destroy him".

99% of New Yorkers think that anyone who believes the US was responcible for the worst terror attack on it's self in history are idiots.

[Felch]

I think Asher gave the only logical response.

Question: Does my use of logical mean that I will start talking like Fez? As in, logical is correct and ILLOGICAL IS BAD!

[Asher]

Originally posted by Chris 62
What percentage can name the "policy" exactly, that made them responcible?

Many people could list them...

[Chris 62]

And be 100% wrong Glonky, this wasn't about ANYTHING the US did, it's about a jihad by a little man that is using religion as a plank for murder.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Chris 62
And be 100% wrong Glonky, this wasn't about ANYTHING the US did, it's about a jihad by a little man that is using religion as a plank for murder.

Yes, but surely he had a reason for hating, say, the US instead of, say, China?

[Jon Miller]

because we are number one right now

if China was, they would hate China most

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

just because there is a reason (or even if we could do soemthing abour that reason), does not mean that we are to blame

at least by the dictionary I use

Jon Miller

[Asher]

The US has had some international policies that screw with other people, that's one of the reasons why the US is partially to blame for 9-11...deal with it

[Asher]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
just because there is a reason (or even if we could do soemthing abour that reason), does not mean that we are to blame

at least by the dictionary I use

Jon Miller

key word is partially jonnyboy

[Jon Miller]

not even partially

there is a cause and effect thing going here, but that does not mean that any blame falls on us

Jon Miller

[Asher]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
not even partially

there is a cause and effect thing going here, but that does not mean that any blame falls on us

Jon Miller

yes jon, the US is perfectly innocent

[Chris 62]

Originally posted by Asher

Yes, but surely he had a reason for hating, say, the US instead of, say, China?

Actually, China is on his "hit" list.

They reprinted an interview (given in 99) in the sunday paper, he mentions not just the west (or USA), but ALL non-Muslim states as the enemy, that will be brought down.

Thinking that some policy made this guy the way he is, is not correct.

He is a believer in world Jihad, in his mind, there are three kinds of people:

Muslims
Those to be converted
Those to be killed

No other category (these are his STATED ideas, long before 9/11)