And how many opportunities did they have to do so? Most likely not very many. On the other hand, how many terrorist states made attacks on the United States and its persons before 1990? Countless, not to mention on our ally Israel. Palestinians have been blowing up Jews since the 1920's, if not before that.
I don't believe, and if I am wrong, I welcome a correction, but I don't believe a single U.S. citizen lost his life in a terrorist incident perpetrated by arabs prior to Desert Storm in the United States (I'm not forgetting Pan Am flt. 103).
Yet hundreds of Americans lost their lives and found themselves terrorized long before Desert Storm due to terror. Do you not remember Lebanon, Carter's iranian hostage crisis, or the hijackings of the late 60's, 70's and 80's? Americans were victims and often targets of attack after attack after attack. Yes, they brought it to our soil on 9/11 but terror has been going on for the better part of a century and terror against Americans has been going on for decades.
You're going to get quite a reputation for spouting nonsense on a number of subjects here.
Surely it could not compare to the reputation earned by an individual who voted straight Democrat for every president since 1984, regularly practices defense of Bill Clinton, trashes Bush Sr. and Reagan, and claims the 9/11 attacks were a result of the US successes in the Gulf War. That person would be you, Walt, and yes - you have a reputation.
Yet hundreds of Americans lost their lives and found themselves terrorized long before Desert Storm due to terror. Do you not remember Lebanon, Carter's iranian hostage crisis, or the hijackings of the late 60's, 70's and 80's?
And yet they weren't killed by the thousands --in--the--United--States--. I was careful to make that distinction, which you have no excuse for ignoring.
Let me clarify:
My point regarding Bush I's blame centers directly on whether or not Saddam Hussein is involved in supporting Al Qaeda.
We can reasonably infer that if he is supporting Al Qaeda, he is doing it from humiliation because of Desert Storm. On the other hand, if Hussein is NOT helping Al Qaeda, it is nuts for us to be planning to invade. My -perception- is that most people in this country feel that A) he is helping, and/or B) taking him off the playing field will at least snuff out a refuge for Al Qaeda operatives.
With all that posited -- George Bush I has no right to show his face on commercials memorializing the dead of 9/11.
Walt