Terrorism in the London

[Topaz]

The Civil War? Pearl Harbor? The American Revolution?

[CrAz3D]

The Civil War? Pearl Harbor? The American Revolution?

He asked when the LAST time we fought on American soil was...


I think the last time would have to be now, agains terrorism

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

We have not had soldiers take actions against any terrorists in the United States.  The last battle on American soil was in World War 2.

[CrAz3D]

Fighter jets were in the air...
civilians took out the one plane in PA

[iago]

The fight against terrorism isn't a "war".  Neither is the "war on drugs". 

40 people died in England.  That's not very many.  More people die from drinking and driving and starvation, easily, but I don't see any wars against those. 

[Adron]

Adron, bin Laden was behind the 93 attacks on the WTC, FYI. Facts not quote straight?

But the actual people doing the attacks were different ones. Chances are the people involved in an attack 8 years later were actually recruited after the attack in '93. To be able to keep attacking, there needs to be people around that are pissed off enough to give their lives to The Task. If people were happy where they were, they wouldn't go suicide bombing....

[iago]

Adron, bin Laden was behind the 93 attacks on the WTC, FYI. Facts not quote straight?

But the actual people doing the attacks were different ones. Chances are the people involved in an attack 8 years later were actually recruited after the attack in '93. To be able to keep attacking, there needs to be people around that are pissed off enough to give their lives to The Task. If people were happy where they were, they wouldn't go suicide bombing....

It seems to me that even if somebody was mildly upset, they stil woudn't go suicide bombing.   You need somebody who is down right pissed off and full of hatred to do that. 

[Warrior]

Actually I was watching this documentary that showed suicide bombers were incredibly relaxed and seemed happy with life with a wife and kid. They do it to protect in what THEY believe in.

We try to change how they think and they arn't going to back down, you can't force beliefs into anything so they are taking offense to that.

[CrAz3D]

Adron, bin Laden was behind the 93 attacks on the WTC, FYI. Facts not quote straight?

But the actual people doing the attacks were different ones. Chances are the people involved in an attack 8 years later were actually recruited after the attack in '93. To be able to keep attacking, there needs to be people around that are pissed off enough to give their lives to The Task. If people were happy where they were, they wouldn't go suicide bombing....

No shit that the bombers change from each attack...they are generally suicide bombers

[Adron]

But the actual people doing the attacks were different ones. Chances are the people involved in an attack 8 years later were actually recruited after the attack in '93. To be able to keep attacking, there needs to be people around that are pissed off enough to give their lives to The Task. If people were happy where they were, they wouldn't go suicide bombing....

No shit that the bombers change from each attack...they are generally suicide bombers

Yeah, exactly. So they need to have pissed off people available to recruit new bombers from. The same old suicide bombers can't keep attacking over and over

[Hazard]

Why are they pissed off? Brainwashing.

[Topaz]

Have you heard the phrase "One death is a tragedy, a thousand is a statistic"? I think that totally applies here.

[Adron]

Have you heard the phrase "One death is a tragedy, a thousand is a statistic"? I think that totally applies here.

It doesn't quite apply to terrorism. For terrorism it's more like: A death here is a disaster, a thousand deaths elsewhere is a statistic. Examplified by American reporters talking about the disastrous tsunami, and how it was almost as bad as the 9/11 attack.

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

But the actual people doing the attacks were different ones. Chances are the people involved in an attack 8 years later were actually recruited after the attack in '93. To be able to keep attacking, there needs to be people around that are pissed off enough to give their lives to The Task. If people were happy where they were, they wouldn't go suicide bombing....

No shit that the bombers change from each attack...they are generally suicide bombers

Yeah, exactly. So they need to have pissed off people available to recruit new bombers from. The same old suicide bombers can't keep attacking over and over

Not true.  There was an interview on NPR about 2 months ago (I think Fresh Air) with a guy who had cataloged every single terrorist act in the world since 2000 (sorry, I forget his name, I'll try to find it).  There were over 6000 terrorist attacks, and only about 350 were suicide attacks.  Also, the largest terrorist group is the Shamal(?) Tigers in the Tibet region.

[iago]

Why are they pissed off? Brainwashing.

Why do Americans fear them so much? Brainwashing.

Why do Americans think that their way of life is the only way to be happy? Brainwashing.