Posted by Dinah on September 15, 2001, at 10:14:36
In reply to Re: First Things First , posted by sweetmarie on September 15, 2001, at 6:01:25
You are right that prejudice and hatred towards those that are of the Muslim faith is reprehensible and should not be tolerated. You are also right in that just the fact that Afghanistan is a fundamentalist Islamic nation does not mean it is to blame. The Taliban government of Afghanistan is at least partially to blame because of their complicity with bin Laden. My understanding from even before this incident is that they are the only government that has been willing to give sanctuary to bin Laden. In addition they have allowed him to operate and train terrorists within their borders. They have allowed the free flow of resources to him. Other governments have turned a blind eye to the funneling of money to bin Laden from their citizens but bin Laden operates from within Afghanistan. This was known before the current incident and after previous terrorist activities by bin Laden.
If someone were to hide a mass murderer in his house and allow him freedom to harm others from that house, I am pretty sure that person would be considered a conspirator in the eyes of the law.
Finally, I don't consider "retaliation" or "retribution" to be what I or most others are looking for. Bin Laden has killed before and will kill again. His hatred of America is firmly entrenched. I would like to see him stopped before his next act of terrorism.
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