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Originally Posted by towny
I think it's you that has the narrow view. You despise the USA so much that you find it possible to say 'they had it coming'.
Does the rape victim 'have it coming' because she wears a short skirt for a night out?
Nobody, but nobody, whatever they have done, deserves to have this happen to them, just because someone else doesn't like the politics of their government.
How can you argue against the invasion of Iraq? Surely, by your measure, Saddam 'had it coming' too?
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This is a foolish analogy. The rape victim isn`t going around trying to make everyone else fall in step with their line of thinking, stomping all over anyone who disagrees with them.
But the USA does take that attitude. You're either with them or against them as their president pointed out. So the situation is simple, dance to our drum or you are the enemy. It's no wonder they are hated so much. They are as dictatorial as Saddam ever was.
I never stated that they necessarily "deserved" 9/11, but that doesn`t negate the possibility of them having brought it upon themselves.
I've also never stated that action shouldn`t have been taken against Iraq. My issue is with the manner in which that was taken, with the USA and the UK conveniently ignoring international law when it suits them. They do not have the right to commit a pre-emptive strike without a clear and present danger. North Korea is constantly threated by the USA, by the actions of Bush it has been demostrated that they have every right to pop a nuke off to the California.
The USA is hated by many people for the way it treats the rest of the world, and until it realises that it can't go around dictating how the governments of other countries are run under the threat of force it will continue to risk these attacks. But as a country it is far too dumb and arrogant to bother questioning why people despise them in the first instance.