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09/13/2001 Archived Entry: "13-September-2001 -- They can't see why they are hated"

They can't see why they are hated (Guardian) -- "But for every "terror network" that is rooted out, another will emerge - until the injustices and inequalities that produce them are addressed." (Comments: This article will probably piss off a lot of Americans.)

Replies: 4 comments

Well-travelled Americans are quite aware of this animosity towards them. In fact, it's a common practice among young American travellers to embroider a Canadian flag to their gear, especially when travelling to Europeen countries.

Posted by Francis @ 09/14/2001 01:48 PM EST

corporate media has done a great job of keeping world opinion away from our tv sets and framing the argument so that we are always the good guys. when you give military training to osama bin laden (the cia did) and throw money at afghanistan ($43 million this year) and sell military hardware (think isreal), well, it shouldn't come as a surprise that it comes back to bite us. we reap what we sow.

Posted by we'll duh @ 09/14/2001 09:12 AM EST

Do many americans realise what is done in their name?

Posted by Alastair @ 09/14/2001 05:15 AM EST

It certainly will piss of many Americans. The headline on it is rather unfortunate, and it's probably too early to make this kind of point, but there's a kernel of truth in it. The West generally must try and understand why these lunatics feel driven to commit mass suicidal murder. Not to empathise with them or to blame ourselves, but to understand what we can do to stop it happening again.

Here in the UK, we'll be observing a 3 minute silence today at 11:00. We'll be thinking of you all in the States.

Posted by Alan @ 09/14/2001 04:52 AM EST

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