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SubjectRe: Humiliation
FromRuss
Date2002-05-18 04:42 (2002-05-18 04:42)
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In article <3CE58585.C3726AC2@erols.com>, Flame of the West <jsolinasNoSpam@erols.com>writes:

Flame of the West
Mike Scott Rohan wrote:

I'd add only that even the best-disposed Europeans might occasionally get a little impatient with America suddenly discovering the realities of terrorism, which we

We?

have had to live with all our adult lives -- from a variety of sources, and endangering our friends and families and ourselves directly.

Thanx for the reply. As for the above, I can only say that one can't really know what it's like having your country attacked like that, until it happens. I have long believed that Americans were too nonchalant about the dangers of terrorism, but I was not prepared for the emotions triggered in me by Sept. 11. It was indeed a wake-up call for us, and I hope we can keep our attention focused (I'm sure you've noticed that we have rather a short attention span).

The funny thing about it is that contrary to Mike's implication, we did have significant experiance with terrorism before 9/11. There was the prior bombing of the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City both of which dwarfed at least mainland European terrorist acts.

I'm not even including attacks against military and government targets such as the Khobar Towers, the Marine Barracks in Beirut, the USS Cole, and the two embassies in Africa.

Russ