9 11 and all that

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 09:10AM #1

today the world remembers the victims but continues to ignore innocent civilians murdered by America. you reap what you sow and the terror America so willingly spread throughout the world came home to visit them. that was an unprecedented shock.immediately after it the Americans bombed Afghanistan and killed thousands of innocents but they must have been inferior beings cos nobody cares.

nbar12 · 11-09-2012 09:12AM

this day 11 years ago I got my dog, nice one

Hardonraging · 11-09-2012 09:16AM

Fuinseog wrote: »

today the world remembers the victims but continues to ignore innocent civilians murdered by America. you reap what you sow and the terror America so willingly spread throughout the world came home to visit them. that was an unprecedented shock.immediately after it the Americans bombed Afghanistan and killed thousands of innocents but they must have been inferior beings cos nobody cares.

This thread !!

donalg1 · 11-09-2012 09:17AM

Fuinseog wrote: »

today the world remembers the victims but continues to ignore innocent civilians murdered by America. you reap what you sow and the terror America so willingly spread throughout the world came home to visit them. that was an unprecedented shock.immediately after it the Americans bombed Afghanistan and killed thousands of innocents but they must have been inferior beings cos nobody cares.

But you remember and you care. I am sure there a couple of people in Afghanistan that care too but this being the west we dont really see much of their side of things on the six one news. But then they were trying to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban, who werent exactly a nice bunch of people. At the weekend they sent a 14yr old suicide bomber to blow himself up and when he did this he killed a number of young children so forgive me if I dont feel too much sympathy for the good auld Taliban.

TeddyTedson · 11-09-2012 09:22AM

In the mighty words of Borat, "We support your war of terror!".

the_syco · 11-09-2012 09:25AM

What happens on the 9th November?

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 09:26AM

there seems to be a differentiation between flying a plane full of innocents into a building and dropping bombs from ahigh on civilian targets.

summerskin · 11-09-2012 09:28AM

America. Fúck yeah.

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 09:29AM

the_syco wrote: »

What happens on the 9th November?

David hasselhoff made the Berlin wall fall, but I am sure you know its the american calender. a lot of folk do not realise when they are using americanisms.

FatherLen · 11-09-2012 09:41AM

donalg1 wrote: »

But you remember and you care. I am sure there a couple of people in Afghanistan that care too but this being the west we dont really see much of their side of things on the six one news. But then they were trying to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban, who werent exactly a nice bunch of people. At the weekend they sent a 14yr old suicide bomber to blow himself up and when he did this he killed a number of young children so forgive me if I dont feel too much sympathy for the good auld Taliban.

although i wholeheartedly agree with you on the taliban aspect, the americans bombed baghdad after an attack led by the saudis. they had no reason to bomb baghdad and killed thousands of innocent men, women and children. this attack was led by george bush who should be tried for war crimes.

11-09-2012 09:44AM

Fuinseog wrote: »

there seems to be a differentiation between flying a plane full of innocents into a building and dropping bombs from ahigh on civilian targets.

That's because there is a differentiation between the two. Thing is that there has always been war, there has always been collateral damage during these with civilians always being caught up. It's a sad fact, but it's something we've been numbed to. However the September 11th attacks were something new, because for the first time in 60-70 years, the war was brought to people's front doors.

And saying that thousands deserved to die, which you essentially said in your OP, is a terrible thing to say.

MagicSean · 11-09-2012 09:46AM

I personally see a big difference between an attack which is directed solely at civilians and an attack which is directed at a military target where civilians get hurt in the process.

wes · 11-09-2012 09:48AM

Deleted User wrote: »

because for the first time in 60-70 years, the war was brought to people's front doors.

War was brought to plenty of peoples "front doors" in the last 60-70 years. Maybe not people in the West, but plenty of people in the rest of the world had war brought to there "front door".

This is not to say that 9/11 wasn't awful, but large number of civilians being killed is hardly unique to 9/11, and certainly wasn't something unique in other parts of the world. The unique thing was that it was the US who was attacked, in a spectacular fashion.

Dravokivich · 11-09-2012 09:52AM

I had gone to a girls that afternoon with the intention of getting the shift. why oh why did we flick on the fúcking TV... :mad::(

11-09-2012 09:52AM

wes wrote: »

War was brought to plenty of peoples "front doors" in the last 60-70 years. Maybe not people in the West, but plenty of people in the rest of the world had war brought to there "front door".

This is not to say that 9/11 wasn't awful, but large number of civilians being killed is hardly unique to 9/11, and certainly wasn't something unique in other parts of the world. The unique thing was that it was the US who was attacked, in a spectacular fashion.

That's what I meant by people's front doors; rather than them bringing the war elsewhere, the war was brought to them. Probably the last known example of an attack similar to this was the Allies carpet-bombing Dresden during WW2; a civilian target being solely targeted. Notice how I said known? There's probably a lot of attacks we don't know about.

donalg1 · 11-09-2012 09:54AM

FatherLen wrote: »

although i agree wholeheartedly agree with you on the taliban aspect, the americans bombed baghdad after an attack led by the saudis. they had no reason to bomb baghdad and killed thousands of innocent men, women and children. this attack was led by george bush who should be tried for war crimes.

I wouldnt say they had no reason to bomb Iraq, sure they wanted the Iraqi oil.

ButtersSuki · 11-09-2012 09:55AM

Dravokivich wrote: »

I had gone to a girls that afternoon with the intention of getting the shift. why oh why did we flick on the fúcking TV... :mad::(

Could you not have "consoled" her?

Or told her the world was going to end so she might as well go on on a high?

;);)

wes · 11-09-2012 09:55AM

MagicSean wrote: »

I personally see a big difference between an attack which is directed solely at civilians and an attack which is directed at a military target where civilians get hurt in the process.

Sure, but the US doesn't do that. They target funeral and rescue workers in Pakistan for example:

U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 09:56AM

And saying that thousands deserved to die, which you essentially said in your OP, is a terrible thing to say.[/QUOTE]

that is your reading of the situation. 9 11 was a terrible tragedy and while it was terrible that innocent folks died americas actions were bound to have repurcusions at some stage.

I found it disturbing the way americans had street parties when Osama was murdered. the man was unarmed and posed no threat to the soldiers but they were no going to take him prisoner. kill him if you must but celebrating a killing is perverse just like the English soldiers who had a cake and party with the victims name on it, whenever they killed an iRA man.

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 09:59AM

I wonder do Americans commemerate My Lai?

ButtersSuki · 11-09-2012 09:59AM

Try this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Terror-Conflict-Hegemony-Force/dp/0745331378/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347353914&sr=8-1

Zillah · 11-09-2012 09:59AM

Fuinseog wrote: »

today the world remembers the victims but continues to ignore innocent civilians murdered by America. you reap what you sow and the terror America so willingly spread throughout the world came home to visit them. that was an unprecedented shock.immediately after it the Americans bombed Afghanistan and killed thousands of innocents but they must have been inferior beings cos nobody cares.

I, too, think average American office workers deserved to die for the decisions made by men in the pentagon. Let's judge all individuals in all nations based on what their governments did with, or without, their consent. Snide middle-class attacks on US imperialism are much more important than basic human empathy.

the_syco · 11-09-2012 10:00AM

Fuinseog wrote: »

you reap what you sow

Bomb America, and America won't stop bombing you until there's nothing left.

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 10:02AM

Zillah wrote: »

I, too, think average American office workers deserved to die for the decisions made by men in the pentagon. Let's judge all individuals in all nations based on what their governments did with, or without, their consent. Snide middle-class attacks on US imperialism are much more important than basic human empathy.

did Iraqis and Afghanis deserve to die for decisions made by others?

would Israel be able to oppress Palestinians without Americas help?

BTW what make s you think I am middle class?

11-09-2012 10:05AM

Zillah wrote: »

I, too, think average American office workers deserved to die for the decisions made by men in the pentagon. Let's judge all individuals in all nations based on what their governments did with, or without, their consent. Snide middle-class attacks on US imperialism are much more important than basic human empathy.

Thing is that it wasn't just Americans that died on those attacks - there were a number of Irish people too. Did they deserve to die, OP?

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 10:05AM

the_syco wrote: »

Bomb America, and America won't stop bombing you until there's nothing left.

true. they always need an enemy somewhere.
there is something disturbing about a people so in love with war and killing. they did not like it when it visited them.

ruthloss · 11-09-2012 10:06AM

Nobody deserves to die the way those poor people in the Twin Towers died.

I sympathise with the families of the victims., including the family of the lad from Sligo and also the family of the woman from Cork.

golden lane · 11-09-2012 10:07AM

killing people should never happen.....but it does, and it is done by people in every country...

the numbers game proves nothing.......

Fuinseog · 11-09-2012 10:07AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Thing is that it wasn't just Americans that died on those attacks - there were a number of Irish people too. Did they deserve to die, OP?

I wonder were there any Irish in Kabul or Baghdad? if not, thats okay. those folk dont count.

MagicSean · 11-09-2012 10:07AM

wes wrote: »

Sure, but the US doesn't do that. They target funeral and rescue workers in Pakistan for example:

U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners

Yeah but i don't see Americans celebrating in the streets about it.

leonidas83 · 11-09-2012 10:10AM

The US need to look no further than Isreal for the main reasons behind 9/11, their continuing support of Isreal no matter what they seem to do have turned an entire region of the world against them & many would say justifiably so. America is a great country but its foreign affairs leave alot to be desired & they have paid a heavy price for their close ties to Isreal

9 11 and all that

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