Posted on 08/29/2006 1:44:17 PM PDT by neverdem
Two bombs in two crowded trains. Neither bomb, though, exploded. It would have been one of the most lethal terrorist attacks since Sept. 11, 2001. And it was planned not for Britain, not for Indonesia, not for the U.S., but for Germany, of all places. Suddenly the threat to the people there seems very real.
German authorities say two people placed suitcase bombs on regional trains that departed from Cologne's main station on July 31. One suspect, a Lebanese student enrolled in a prep program at Kiel University in northern Germany, has been arrested. Police are searching for the other suspect, who apparently has fled the country.
And Germans are left to wonder why they are the latest target. Why the country's strong opposition to the invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein didn't inoculate it from terrorism. In short, their question is, "Why us?"
One possibility: Although Germans (and their government) vociferously opposed the war in Iraq, the nation is engaged in the war against terror. German forces are taking over more responsibilities in the protection of Afghanistan from the resurgent Taliban. Germany cooperated with the investigation of Sept. 11, which was engineered in part by terrorists living in Hamburg.
But the more likely and more sobering reason for the attempted train bombings is this: Islamic terrorists don't really differentiate between "good" and "bad" Western governments and nations. There is no appeasing nihilists.
Since the belated disclosure last Friday of the terror attempt, politicians from all parties have been trying to come up with new ideas on how to fight, to prevent, terror in Germany. Because Germans now have little choice but to confront what's evidently a sophisticated threat.
That means Germany is having the kind of debate the U.S. has had, wrestling with how to balance personal...
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Why the hell do you think?
Because the terrorists CAN. That's why.
"One possibility: Although Germans (and their government) vociferously opposed the war in Iraq, the nation is engaged in the war against terror. German forces are taking over more responsibilities in the protection of Afghanistan from the resurgent Taliban."
Here is another possibility: they hate you because you're not Muslim and thus they want to kill you.
Just a guess.
Ja, appeasement ist alvays da best course ov action, just ask Spain.
Here's your answer Germany:
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last. Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965)
Because you are infidel swine worthy of only rape, slavery, murder and occupation (says so right in the koran).
"Why us"....pick up a Koran...you can read about it..as Germans, a part of you may even recollect some of the cultural sentiments..
Germany isn't getting too worked up about some failed terrorism attempt. You might be getting a wrong picture from this article. And I should know because I am riding that particular train every day.
And "Why do they hate us?" seems like a pretty american question to me. There's a million of reasons to hate us. And I don't acknowledge one of them.
Next time you may not be so lucky.
Swell. I suppose it will take real blood and real mangled bodies on a train platform to get them "worked up".
Then they'll probably blame President Bush.
Yeah. Or I may trip and break my neck while cleaning the outside of my window.
Wake up you snoozing idiots of Western Europe. the Mooselimbs are after you too. You have what they don't have and that is freedom. They want to impose their hate on you as well as the U.S. and Israel. They are the Religion of Hate. Hell awaits them. An everburning hell from which there is no relief.
I think maybe you're missing the point.
I just wanted to let you know that there won't be a Muslim Kristallnacht anytime soon. But I WOULD be for the Bundeswehr on a plane to Iran, not because they are Muslims, but because they are Terrorist-supporting, Nuke-building madmen.
You sound like my husband. (Part German) LOL.
You could have said,"I don't acknowledge one of them. I know nothing. Nothing."
I had to do it. I just could not help myself. :)
Because they're fat, lazy, fornicating, pork-sausage eating infidels?
Your husband sounds like a reasonable man ^^
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