[Vision2020] 9/11

[Sunil Ramalingam]

I think this is a simplistic statement:

"This enemy, sworn to our destruction,
has been at war with us for decades."

It wraps up all movements and people in the region and pretends they're all the same.  I think Al Qaeda is a separate and distinct group that didn't start fighting us until after the first Gulf War, when we had troops in Saudi Arabia.  I think that was the catalyst for his movement, one that Paul Wolfowitz agreed with when he stated that one of the reasons for our current invasion and occupation of Iraq was the need to get our troops out of Saudi Arabia.

Their cause is not identical to that of the Palestinians, for example.  They may exploit the Palestinians' plight in order to get more support, but that's not their main issue.  

What in particular do you label 'bilge' in "Farenheit 911?'  Is it bilge to point out the dismal job of the mainstream media and their pathetic analysis of the Administrations's case for the Iraq war?  Is it bilge to argue (accurately) that Bush exploited 9/11 to build support for the war? 

Sunil

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:45:42 -0700
To: ophite at gmail.com
From: jeffh at moscow.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 9/11



An excerpt from the video:



"They grew ever more bold.  Their call was:
"On those who believe in God and hopes for reward to obey God's
command to kill Americans"


And kill us they did.  This time on American soil.  The
date was September 11 - 911.  This enemy, sworn to our destruction,
has been at war with us for decades.  This we now know. 
Jihadists are still intent on attacking civilization - freedom - the very
soul of America.



It is a war we never chose to fight.  And for too long, we have
looked the other way.  But the enemy is wrong.  This is a war
America will win.  We'll have a President who knows how."
For me the message could not be more clear. Just as we need visual
history of other wartime tragedies (Pearl Harbor, the 39th parallel,
Beruit, Czech invasion, Georgia Republic, Holocaust), so we have the need
to be sure this blatant attack on America is never forgotten.  It is
modern history and yet, already we have groups within our borders which
attempt to persuade us that 911 was a government conspiracy.  And
the notion that political parties should not utilize video to engage
Americans in a reminder of the event is naive at best.


And your hypocrisy is so blatant - your "world view" is so
skewed.  Where is your "outrage" at the bilge spewed by
Michael Moore. Why have you not condemned MoveOn.org for their
endorsement of his film during the 2004 presidential campaign.


As for Olbermann comments - pure pander.




At 09:14 PM 9/4/2008, you wrote:

Jeff --


Apparently, you don't understand that what happened to America
belongs

to America, and that it's a tragedy, not a political bludgeon to be

used by one party against the other.


-- ACS


On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com>
wrote:

> You obviously did not have someone close to you killed in that
event.  For

> me, every time I see it, it reminds me of how terrible an act it
was, how

> egregious it was to my friend and his family, how committed I am to
do

> everything possible to prevent it from happening again.

>

> At 08:50 PM 9/4/2008, you wrote:

>>

>> Apparently, nothing is sacred anymore. The Republicans just used
video

>> of the 9/11 attacks in the video leading up to John McCain's
speech.

>>

>> Disgusting.

>>

>> -- ACS

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