One thing I've noticed about the terrorists is, that as much as they hate us, they seem to use our technology. For example:
The hijackers used a flight school in GA to learn how to fly, why not go to Turkey or Iran?

The Sleeper cells seem to use yahoo email

For their hatred of the West they sure seem to use a lot of our technology

Hi,

They will use anything and everything at their disposal ........... and who told you they are particularly Anti West ?

They are a problem everywhere and they have a problem with everyone whoever dosen't belive in their cause .......... West just recently got Involved now ......... before this west just used to consider them regional problem


Peace
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True, terrorism is often the ultimate expression of both Xenophobia and Religious Bigotry. Making any sense out of what motivates them is pretty impossible.

Lets not forget that one of the most favored targets of terrorism is India: Definitely not a Western nation. They also attack China and Russia, as we have certainly seen. There doesn't seem to be any non-Muslim country that is not targetted, and quite a few Muslim nations are targetted as well. The peaceful members of Islam have the misfortune of having to be associated with those madmen in most people's perceptions.

Swordfish is right they justy caught us off guard.(on 911) they took advantage of our weaknesses while we were unprtected.

Originally Posted by fronzz

Swordfish is right they justy caught us off guard.(on 911) they took advantage of our weaknesses while we were unprtected.

Your counter intelligence people didn't make could use of their superior technology at the time.

Originally Posted by aussiejohn

Your counter intelligence people didn't make could use of their superior technology at the time.

That is a really really really low thing to say if I'm reading you right. Using 9/11 to take a shot at the United States is the fastest way to land you in a hospital with most Americans.

Terrorists love irony, what better than to use the mechanations of your enemy against him? That's their play anyway.

Come off it wd. I think you are getting a little "too deep" like some of your other American buddies on this forum.

I'm such a bundle of emotions I don't know how to respond.

maybe you just need to recognise that you need to be very very careful when talking about 9/11. To Americans that isn't something from the textbook like Pearl Harbor, it's the murder of our brothers we watched live.

Originally Posted by Whispering Death

I'm such a bundle of emotions I don't know how to respond.

maybe you just need to recognise that you need to be very very careful when talking about 9/11. To Americans that isn't something from the textbook like Pearl Harbor, it's the murder of our brothers we watched live.

OK, I'll be careful.

What I meant was US counter intelligence didn't do a very good (with the superior technology at their disposal) in working together in picking up tell tale signs that an attack might be on. This came out in the recent US investigation findings.

And don't forget, although not in the thousands like the Americans, quite a number of Australians died in the World Trade centre buildings too.

They are smart, using some naive foreign countries as bases before launching an attack. This is indeed a global problem. And we will live with it untill the wrong place is bombed and the ppl in those naive foreign countries stands up and tell their leftwing gov to do something about the problem. Terrorists you can find all over Europe and in great numbers. They dont need the western logistics and support to launch an attack, they dont need our advanced technology to destroy our democratic values.

They only need to ride on our naive attitude untill they have overrunned us completely. A few countrys in this world will have a fairly chance to survive as nations. What I find "funny" with this whole terrorist thingy and whats make me question the whole thing is the lack of attacks on western grounds. What are they waiting for? For every day that goes by their chances to overrun this part of the world are shrinking. Are there terrorists or is this whole thing exacty as the leftwing say it is?.

9/11- A modern version of the Reichstag fire 27 feb 1933? To declare a state of emergency? Abolishing civil rights? As with Paul Von Hindenburg to sign the Reichstag Fire Decree. Our modern versions the Patriot Acts 1-2 and soon 3? Is this whole terrorist threat a courtship for the side-scenes? I begin to question the terrorist threat in the west. If they want to attack us they should have done that more often IMO. They are allredy amongs us. And not a thing in 4 years, only new facts about security deficiency. Two things 9/11 and the Madrid bombing.

Okey I know alot of so called attempted attacks have been stoped in Europe but on the same time I find the information around the attempts a little bit to thin to swallow. I dont know, maybe I am on my way to get a bit paranoid. But it sure as hell it dosent feels like the terrorist threat is elevating an inch I tell you.

I only see alot of new laws, alot of new microship, DNA samples and cameras and survilance equipment "smuggled" in through the backdoor all in the name of terrorism. I am no terrorist. I dont want to live as a suspected criminal my whole life just because someone has found a perfect reason to screen perfect "normal law" following citizens. I dont know but I dont see any terrorists running around in my garden I tell you guys. Not enough of them to subject oneself to a reality show.

Just a thought....

Doc.S