07-21-2004, 04:17 PM
Saying "we're acting exactly how they want us to act" is silly. You think Osama wants Americans to hate Arabs? That's not his goal. What would be the point of that? His goal is to get us out of the middle east, to get us out of Afghanistan, out of Iraq and to stop us from helping Israel.
The fact that he's using arabs to try and accomplish this is just because that's the tools he has available. The American public's reaction is really just Osama's plan backfiring. He doesn't understand American attitudes. Spain, now, that worked how he wanted. He hit them, they gave up. But Americans on average are hard headed and hitting us just makes us angrier.
This lady's reaction simply pinpoints Osama's failure. Having Americans be suspicious of middle easterns is nearly the opposite of what he wants, it's just a consequence he can't seem to avoid because he can't find enough non-arabs who agree with him enough to do his work. He hoped he could hit us and make us give up, instead it made us angrier and now it's way too late to try the other plan, which would be to build up American sympathy for the plight of the middle eastern man.
He's stuck with his shitty plan of hitting us and has accidentally generated hatred where he what he really wanted was apathy and retreat.
Saying we should check everyone is really what needs to be done, but I'm sure the logistics of that would end up being some kind of nightmare. You'd probably have to redesign half the airports just to accomodate that many extra screening stations. Eventually, yes, this is what should be done. Today? We'll have to come up with something to fill the gap between what we need to do and what we can do.
Yes, you don't have to be arab to blow up a plane. If those 14 guys had been overweight white male Americans in their 40's wearing business suits, would anyone have even thought anything was suspicious? Probably not. Thing is, Osama's pool of volunteers is about 99% arab. As much as he would LOVE to get 14 white, fat, balding men in their 40's to recruit to his cause, the fact that he hasn't already is a pretty good sign that he can't.
You still, ideally, want to check everyone, because sometimes crazy fat white men have personal issues they'd like to express with explosives too, but if you're looking for Osama's friends, well, most of them really are arab.
The fact that he's using arabs to try and accomplish this is just because that's the tools he has available. The American public's reaction is really just Osama's plan backfiring. He doesn't understand American attitudes. Spain, now, that worked how he wanted. He hit them, they gave up. But Americans on average are hard headed and hitting us just makes us angrier.
This lady's reaction simply pinpoints Osama's failure. Having Americans be suspicious of middle easterns is nearly the opposite of what he wants, it's just a consequence he can't seem to avoid because he can't find enough non-arabs who agree with him enough to do his work. He hoped he could hit us and make us give up, instead it made us angrier and now it's way too late to try the other plan, which would be to build up American sympathy for the plight of the middle eastern man.
He's stuck with his shitty plan of hitting us and has accidentally generated hatred where he what he really wanted was apathy and retreat.
Saying we should check everyone is really what needs to be done, but I'm sure the logistics of that would end up being some kind of nightmare. You'd probably have to redesign half the airports just to accomodate that many extra screening stations. Eventually, yes, this is what should be done. Today? We'll have to come up with something to fill the gap between what we need to do and what we can do.
Yes, you don't have to be arab to blow up a plane. If those 14 guys had been overweight white male Americans in their 40's wearing business suits, would anyone have even thought anything was suspicious? Probably not. Thing is, Osama's pool of volunteers is about 99% arab. As much as he would LOVE to get 14 white, fat, balding men in their 40's to recruit to his cause, the fact that he hasn't already is a pretty good sign that he can't.
You still, ideally, want to check everyone, because sometimes crazy fat white men have personal issues they'd like to express with explosives too, but if you're looking for Osama's friends, well, most of them really are arab.