"The 9-11 attacks were carried out because of a lack of "empathy" for others' suffering on the part of al-Qaida, whose terrorist ideology "grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair," Sen. Barack Obama explained in largely unreported comments eight days after the mega-terror attacks that rocked the nation. "
Al-Qaeda's terrorist ideology grew out of the philosophy of several educated, hopeful, driven and certianly not poor men. Obama needs to read a little more history about the islamic salafist and jihadist movements. The most commonly agreed upon "father" of modern islamic militancy is a very educated man named Sayyid Qutb. He was an Egyptian, at one time the Minister of Education, and spent time in the United States gathering research on educational systems. He was executed in the 60s for writing 'subversive' materials against the Egyptian government. Look up and perhaps read "Signposts", Qutb's small dissertation, if you will. There are heavy communist influences, along with the philosophies of men like Ibn al Wahhab, a Muslim who lead a fierce, fierce movement against his fellow muslims, calling for a return to the original teachings and practices of Mohammad. The recurring theme of these men, and others, was that Islam had strayed away from the true practices and intentions of Muhammad. Modernity is seen as the enemy. You'd hurt your eyes searching for themes on poverty, ignorance, helplessness, or despair. Other than the fact that the west was fast becoming a modern power and seemingly leaving the Arab culture in its own dust, there's no whining about being poor or helpless.
Al-Qaeda grew from bin Laden's acceptance of the philosophies of these Muslim 'greats'. The terrorists of 9/11, remember, were not poor, not uneducated, certainly not helpless, nor full of despair. If you believe Barack Obama then you may feel sympathetic toward the poor, miserable creatures who are so downtrodden! Give me a break!
Barack: go back to school. We do not have 57 states and Al Qaeda is apparently not what you think it is.
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Actually, Obama is correct. The USA was attacked on 9/11 because of our foreign policy in the Middle East, namely US support for Israel. If the USA really wants to end terrorism against it, it will give up its imperialism and let Israel go as a military asset. Once that happens, Israel will have to accept the two-state settlement has voted on in the UN every year and withdraw from all of the West Bank as well as the Golan in Syria. Once that happens, most of the anger against us from that region will go.
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