Osama bin Laden is merely the beginning!

Post #12,213 by brettj 10/8/01 10:22:44 AM Reply	Osama bin Laden is merely the beginning! You are absolutely correct that there are many other terrorist leaders that will need to be removed from power. The Coalition is merely putting a face on the first phase of this battle. Since bin Laden takes pride in praising these murderous attacks it only seems just that he and his extremists get our highest attention. After he either gives up or leaves this earth, then we will focus on other terrorist networks. It is a world wide effort to clean up these demons and give peace a chance. They want a Holy War of terror, the rest of the world wants world peace. Who do you think is going to win, the 10% or the 90%? P.S. Did you hear that the Palestinians are denouncing bin Laden and that their police broke up some demonstrations? I heard it on CNN about 15 minutes ago but I'm not sure I heard it right. I can hardly believe it.
Post #12,222 by dmarker2 10/8/01 11:15:02 AM Reply	Re: It is what we heard here - Palestinians know ... that US is just too bloody big and powerful to piss off - they screwed up during the Gulf war by allowing overzelous underbrained citizens to yell & celibrate when Iraq went into Kuwait but Palestinians have come to realise along with the rest of us that if the us sneezes the world catches a cold. It is interesting that this got announced - I wonder if this was part of the behind the scenes dealing. I really think that the US has the power & now the maturity & sense of purpose to shock all the sensible players into sorting out their messes. So far it is being handled very well - fingers crossed - Lets hope we hear a few more denunciations PS the news here said that the Palestinians resented OBL justifying his terror campaing by using their problems with Israel. The comments were blunt & most unlike the Palestinians as I know them :-) Cheers Doug M
Post #12,338 by brettj 10/8/01 7:10:44 PM Reply	There was a follow-up. OBL never cared about Palestine ... ... before but now it is part of his propoganda, all of the sudden. I read this to suggest that he is getting desperate to find friends, even if he never used the Palestinians as part of his politiacal agenda before. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess. I'm just surprised that so many nations seem to understand what he is up to in this attempt to start a Holy War against America. America wants to fight terrorism and injustice and Osama and his gang of brain-washed extremists want a World War. Which side is full of hatred? Is hatred a sign of God or the Devil? I appreciate your compliments of our governments response so far. We've made some mistakes in the past (as ALL governments have) but I hold out hope that all nations will work together to make our planet a global village where we can all get along. (without having to kill each other to get our point across.)

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