9 11 and all that

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::(

First this then andy murry beating you last night

Deleted User wrote: »

Probably the last known example of an attack similar to this was the Allies carpet-bombing Dresden during WW2;

Seriously, WTF? The siege of Sarajevo, off the top of my head was an attack on civilians in the 90's. The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, also featured multiple attacks on civilians. Saddam gassing the Kurds, and also gassing Iranians.

Thats just the stuff off the top of my head.... I am sure if I went looking, I could find more.

MagicSean wrote: »

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

Most are ignorant of what there military are doing. So they can hardly celebrate something they don't know about.

Still a pretty piss poor defense, of the murder of civilians at funerals, and you know the murder of rescue workers. I guess when there Pakistani rescue workers, it ok to kill them.....

Fuinseog wrote: »

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

Nope.

would Israel be able to oppress Palestinians without Americas help?

Yes. Probably not as efficiently.

Neither of these points lends any support to the attitude you displayed in the original post.

BTW what make s you think I am middle class?

Doesn't really matter. You can afford to live in a relatively comfortable life making derisive comments about complex geo-political issues with the all the subtlety of a brick. Whether you're actually middle-class or not doesn't matter. If you're actually posting from a bullet-scared hovel in the middle-east or something like that then I suppose I'll retract that aspect of my comments.

Fuinseog wrote: »

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and what if I am posting from crime ridden Dublin?

Crime ridden Dublin.lol

Fuinseog wrote: »

which is why they are vilified. americans carpet bombed apparently to liberate.

millions of people in europe...called it liberation...

apparently, unconcerned about your opinion....

in war, people kill....people die.....

the object is to win.......

there was an example of that recently in dublin.......somebody won....somebody died......

Thought you were all being thick, by iPhone is instant that today is Monday the 10th.

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'd imagine one of the main reasons why Irish people care less when civilians get killed after a US missile fired at Kabul misses it's target is because hundreds of the people who get killed don't generally have names like O'Connor, Ryan, Brady, O'Callaghan etc.

Amongst other reasons!

Fuinseog wrote: »

you are not long enough on boards to know the basic rule of 'attack the post and not the poster'.

Don't be silly, it's the kind of response you seek. You just want to air your dislike of America by posting provocative material.

If you want to read genuine discussion about the disparity between American/Western/Infidel/etc etc etc. outrage at 2000 of their civilians being killed versus 200,000 of someone elses then look for Noam Chompsky's work. We studied the guy in college, interesting stuff.

That said, when one country owns or drives most of the mainstream media that we see then obviously any coverage of something like 9/11 will be skewed towards them if for no reason than it's easier for Sky to put a camera in downtown New York instead of the Sudan.

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.

Shut up fool!

We gon' free the **** outta you!

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