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Originally Posted by Skybird
Ask Mr. Bin Laden what he had on mind when "founding Al Quaeda". In the first, he was aiming not at the West, but his own corrupt Saudi government, and earlier, the Soviets in Afghanistan (where he was engaged). It's fair to say that Bin Laden was/is on a crusade himself.
One could relativize history endlessly if only going enough millenias back in time. Should I start throwing bricks at Italians because my ancestors defeated Varius's legions in the Teutoburger forest?  |
I don't think though that the recent history of the Middle East (recent being last 100 or so years) is irrelavent.
As for bin Laden's motives, well the so called corrupt leaders of Saudi Arabia are good buddies with the current President of the USA.:hmm: Aside form that relationship they are economic Oligrchs that sell to the West and make friends there too. Then theres the fact that in one interview of bin Laden long before 9/11 he said that he intended to "make the US a shadow of its former self".
Regardless even of bin Laden's personal motives, which Im not entirely certain of, you cannot deny that a great number of the people who are joining his and similar movements do it for a more genuine angst directed at the Western world. And I would say that regardless of appearances and itentions in Iraq, the West has stepped in it again.
Read the linked article I posted above. The British in an almost identical situation 80 years ago in Iraq.
