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Originally Posted by Lancer
Are you saying that terrorist attacks are justifiable? I hope not! Or are you just making excuses for them?
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Neither, I'm stating what prompted them not justifying or excusing them.
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Originally Posted by Lancer
Let's go back a bit and ask what were the reasons for the attack on civilians in Bali or the original bombing of the World Trade centre in 1993. Both carried out by Islamic terrorists. Both before the invasion of Iraq or action in Afghanistan. Islamic terrorism didn't start with 9/11. It's been going on for decades.
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Very true, but the amount of terrorist attacks has risen hugely since the wars/invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, and there has always been western imperialism in the middle east, the Afghanistan and Iraq are nothing but a continuance of this. Again I'm not condoning or excusing terrorist actions but merely stating why they have occured, along with the natural tendency some humans have for destruction and killing which will always exist.
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BTW, it was the Arabs who first attacked the Israelis, let's not forget that. It has always been the Arabs who want to see Israel pushed into the sea. And I would disagree that Britain and the US support the violence in Palestine. They have both made several efforts to broker peace deals. Blame the intrasigence of the Israelis and Palestinians who are as bad as each other.
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I'll blame the intransigence of the Israeli and Palestinian leaders if you wish, but not the people themselves, on both sides they are the ones who suffer. Interesting you've gone to the most simple of all arguments, the one 5 year olds use to defend their actions: "they started it" and in this case it's perfectly debateable. But I won't argue the point with you, either way the violence going on from both sides is unjustifiable. The difference is that one side is being supported with trade, politically and even with arms, by Britain and the US.