Reply #103: It seems a nation of terrorists only listens to terrorism

[sweetheart]

What exactly does stop the american land grab in the middle east, the
spread of torture and militarism from the CIA and whatnot? Attacking
the WTC, a command and control HQ for american finance is actually a
rather obvious target, and considering the really horrible terrorism that
america did in beruit, overthrowing the iranian government, arming
saddam to wage an ugly war against iran and so much other terrorism,
it would be very very obvious for an opponent to attack the principal
HQ's of such a terrorist.

If we put aside that for a moment, you have a contradiction in your last
line that IS the very crux of the issue today.
"civilized people correct past wrongs. But save me this karmic justice
bullshit that radical Muslim terrorists somehow deserve to be
listened to."

One cannot but agree with your first 5 words here... just the second
sentence is a value judgement you've made using your sources, that
keeps you from pursuing the former.... its an infinite conundrum, as
you cannot end terrorism with the barrell of a gun, and you can't end
it by not listening and negotiating with your opponent. So you embody
the microcosm of this war of terrorism... are you willing to put down
your presumption, and to listen and discuss rather than murder and
kill. It seems on a relative scale, that any islamic fundamentalist
could easily make the same statement you made in reverse:
"civilized people correct past wrongs. But save me this karmic justice
bullshit that radical American terrorists somehow deserve to be
listened to."

Both sides have crawled out on to a ledge and both need to get humble
and come back from their extreme positions if we're to end this.