If you, apropo of nothing, bomb one of our aircraft carriers, you have declared war on us.

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7. That logic can go both ways

We have a terrible history of aggressive actions against foreign nations. I guess we should not then complain when some foreigners ram some aircraft into our buildings. Like you said, more or less: if you're not prepared, then don't bomb their cities, overthrow their governments, and support fascist dictators.

Here's the English transcript from Al Jazeera of Osama's October 29, 2004 speech: http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2004/11/200849163336457223.html

This means the oppressing and embargoing to death of millions as Bush Sr did in Iraq in the greatest mass slaughter of children mankind has ever known, and it means the throwing of millions of pounds of bombs and explosives at millions of children - also in Iraq - as Bush Jr did, in order to remove an old agent and replace him with a new puppet to assist in the pilfering of Iraq's oil and other outrages.

So with these images and their like as their background, the events of September 11th came as a reply to those great wrongs, should a man be blamed for defending his sanctuary?

Is defending oneself and punishing the aggressor in kind, objectionable terrorism? If it is such, then it is unavoidable for us.

This is the message which I sought to communicate to you in word and deed, repeatedly, for years before September 11th.

Or is it not terrorism when we do it?