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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:22 AM Original message |
Why do the Jihadests hate us? Do they hate anyone else? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. We organized and trained the Jihadists to fight the Russians and Serbs, and grab Soviet oil |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. In other words.. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thank G.H.W. for the original "Safari Club" deal by which the Saudis paid for CIA covert ops that |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Uh, bin Laden was never "our man." |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. MAK was allowed to train and fund inside the US. It was a joint operation with GID and ISI |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It's a good theory. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. As I said, the history is provisional, many of those personally involved will never tell it |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've got zero interest in basing our foreign policy according to |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Me, I'd like to not create terrorists by propping up terrible regimes. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Now we're talking |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. In #2 you cited a government, on #1 you cited an entire country. |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Good point |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. Your answer is to cave to terrorists? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Is this free republic? |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. They also hate other Muslims, Hindus, etc |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because our insatiable demand for oil requires us to occupy their homeland |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. They hate Buddhists and Hindus and Jews as well. nt |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. And women. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. True. nt |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. and homosexuals |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. They Hate Us For Our Freedom |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The US ranks fairly high by world standards - on par with many other Western nations |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The Last Time The List Of "Countries With The Most Freedom" Was Published........... |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I don't take issue with your rejection of the 'hate us for our freedoms' thing |
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