[San Jacinto]

A majority of Europeans think that US foreign policy is partially to blame for the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

Well, of course our foreign policy is to blame. If we went to Bin Laden and the Arab governments and worked out a plan to bomb Israel, turn over "palestine" to Arafat, give national praise to Allah, and a bunch of crap like that, then we would be at peace for at least 15 or twenty years, I bet.

Then when they demand we do away with elections and install some mullahs as our rulers, they could again blame our policies if we refused.

[princess leah]

Sounds like Americans should forget taking their vacations and their dollars to Europe...

[mbynack]

I agree with the the Europeans. Our foreign policy was responsible for the attacks.

If we had gone after Al Queda the first time they tried to blow up the world trade center and wiped them off the face of the earth we wouldn't have been attacked the second time.

I'm sure that's what 55% of the Europeans were thinking.

[Cacophonous]

I would argue that if we shut out foreign aid to everyone--whether they be Christian, Jewish, Islam, Buddhist, Shinto, Wiccan, or whatever--they would have had neither the motivation nor the capability to bomb us.

That money is better spent here.