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Originally Posted by Jerrek
Yep--are you saying you wouldn't care?
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No of course not. The point I am making (and I admit it is a generalisation) is that a large section of the US are very "insular" which is a polite way of saying ignorant.
I would bet that a very very large amount of them never new who Al-Qaeda were or that their foreign embassys had been attacked by this group.
I would expect that many don't know much about Israel/Palestine. Or about the USAs foreign policy.
You say it is because they don't care, well they should care. They are residents in the only superpower in the world the actions of their country has a massive impact on the world. But too many watch channels like fox and believe the propaganda.
I was wathing the news last night and a reporter was asking people in New York if they think America should now pull of of Iraq. One guy said "I think we finish the job but we were right to after Iraq after what they did to us on Sept 11" !!!! and thats in New York, god knows what Middle America believes is going on.