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WTC 9/11 and Bush factor

Lotus Prince
 

Bush was correct, it was a test on resolve not on wisdom, and America passed the test. Now it is known to all that President Bush is one of the most unpopular US President in short history of America. But immediately after 9/11 attacks, he became the most popular President for his aggressive approach to seek the revenge. This explains vividly how human behaviour towards the same issue could change in a matter of years. This is why democracy is powerful and politicians are so cunning.

Attack The Innocent

It was a barbaric act to attack innocent men and women in America and it is unforgivable. Whoever responsible should be brought to justice. But then again by going to war with Iraq, America blundered the golden opportunity to win the heart of the world. There was no connection between Iraq and 9/11 and the whole world knew that.

Towers ablaze

Since going after Al Qaeda was difficult and takes time, it was decided to go after Iraq, which was a soft target, assuming that this would please the American people who were looking for revenge. They fell further into to Al Qaeda tra

P, By This Blunder.

A similar situation happened in Sri Lanka in 1983, When the LTTE ambushed and killed 13 soldiers in the North, where the response was Government supported public backlash against innocent Tamils living in other parts of the country.

Overnight Saviours

As a result LTTE became saviours overnight. It was a calculated gamble taken by LTTE which paid high dividends. Before this the LTTE was nothing but a small terrorist group trained by India.

The case against America in the eyes of Islamic extremist is a complex one. Firstly, they feel that U.S. is supporting both Israel and Saudi Arabia to oppress them. Secondly they feel that America is attacking Islam.

Thirdly they feel threatened by American military supremacy. And to a lesser extend they get intimidated by the American value system and their lifestyles thinking it is directed against Islam (this is full of crap and Americans lifestyle is based on their culture). If not for America, Islamic militancy would lose its ability to recruit more people for their organisations.

It is the people's perception towards America which is being distorted and modified to use as a tool to brainwash the young and poor Islamic youth. In reality America never attacked Islam, they do not even understand Islam, but they support some regimes, hatred by militants.

They believe that American support for Israel is unconditional, which is not the case. In the eyes of America, their relationship with Israel has strategic importance as it links to their foreign policy and national security. And also US support to Saudi Arabia is based on US national interests, not solely to support the ruling regime of Saudi Arabia, although it is being perceived differently by people. The regime in Saudi Arabia is not popular, especially among militants and US knows that.

Radical Motives

Since the regime is supporting Islam, radicals have found that they cannot motivate youths to rebel thus they have selected US as a bait for militants.

Islamic militants are using religion and US aggression as a front to fight against injustice perceived by them, just like the case of any other freedom struggle. Once these reasons would become outdated or no longer appealing, they would find a new one, and that is their nature.

But there is a fundamental problem in the Middle East Africa that is lack of transparency in distribution of national wealth. As a result the masses have been disillusioned with the ruling regimes and they are finding ways to fight against this oppression. It is about time that America rethinks its foreign policy.

Before becoming global policemen, they have to revive their economy. It has been proven again and again that a sophisticated military establishment would not give them any edge over economy.

It was possible in colonial times but not in the era of the global village.

This change of foreign policy would be a priority for Mr. Obama as it will help America to change the world's perception towards them and at the same time stop colossal amount of money and life being wasted on war fronts.

So we could expect America to do the correct thing, after they have done everything else. If not there would be a yellow man in the White House very soon!

Lesson To Learn

After all they have become brothers (blacks and whites) and there is a lesson to be learned from this, for all nations. So 'African Americans' could now become 'American Americans', after 400 years.

They too would become part of a same nation. Poor Red Indians while gazing at the horizon will have their last laugh.