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Originally Posted by handyman
This is drawing away from the topic at question which is anti-american views.
No one is doubting that acts of terroism involving bombs in public places will cause loss of life indiscriminatly and those involved should be hung. Maybe these views warrant a thread on thier own to be discussed.
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On the contrary I think it's exactly on-topic HM. I think the view that the USA 'had it coming' with regards to the events of 9/11 is pretty blatant anti-Americanism, and part of the 'agenda' of some people in this thread has been to hide that by attempting to justify (or at least explain away) the actions of the terrorists.
In trying to pin down some of the logical consequences of such a line of argument we have strayed into terrorism more generally, and other specific examples of it - the IRA, for instance - but always with one eye on the important question: What is really behind the anti-war, anti-America and anti-Bush sentiments being expressed?