RE: [Iraq] The real reason for the war

From: matus@matus1976.com
Date: Thu Jun 05 2003 - 14:57:27 MDT

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    John K Clark said:
    >
    > I'm not blasé, I know it's a terrible problem but I also know that making
    > nice to Islam will not reduce their anger one iota because the
    > root cause of
    > that anger was not any specific action committed by the west.
    > They are angry
    > at us for what we are not what we did. They would be less angry if the
    > foundation of the west was some dogma, even some dogma they didn't like,
    > instead it is based on free markets and pragmatic problem solving and that
    > frightens and angers them. They would be less angry if our system didn't
    > work very well but we're rich free and powerful and they are poor
    > oppressed
    > and weak. 800 years ago Islam was the most advanced civilization on Earth
    > but its been straight downhill since, today they are not even second or
    > third but dead last; we have the word of The Profit so it can't be our
    > fault, it must be due to those evil westerners, our only mistake was
    > embracing too many 16'th century ideas, we should go back to 13'th century
    > ideas.
    >

    To emphasize your point

    Oslo: Why Us?

    "Norwiegians are trying to figure out what they did to earn the enmity of al
    Qaida. In an audio tape aired on Al-Jazeera last week, the terror network's
    No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, called on followers to "hit the embassies of
    America, England, Australia, and Norway, their interests, their companies,
    and their employees; set the ground ablaze under their feet." While the
    first three countries took active roles in the conflict in Iraq, Norway did
    not. Known for its global peace-making efforts, the country is home to the
    Nobel Peace Prize. "Why Norway?" wailed a headling in the Oslo daily
    Verdens Gang. "We are very surprised," said a Foreign Ministry spoksman.
    "I have no idea why we were named" "

    From a news publication

    Regards,

    Michael Dickey



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