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Yes, it was bad, but 3000 people dying did not cause this economic depression we are in. The hell it didn't. It had a huge impact on our economy.

Every day, 3000 babies die, yet we increase our population by 3000 each day. The fact that on 9/11, 6000 died, and our population held constant for one day, did not have "any" effect on our economy,it is too small, and too little, to have any effect on our huge economy. People who blame the poor economy for the past 2 years on one single day where the population in the United States did not increase, are using it as an excuse. There are 280 million people in this county, we have 3000 abortions each day, we have 5000 births each day, we immigrate 57,000 new legal immigrants each week, and another illegal 50,000 come in each day.

3000 extra people dying on 9-11 did not hurt our economy any more than Pearl Harbor did in 1941, nor did D-Day in June of 1944 throw us into an economic depression, nor Gettysburg, nor the massacre of Custer in 1876, etc , etc.

Frankly, I would like to see those responsible for the 14 Saudis and the 3 others from the United Arab Emerites who DID blew up the WTC(not the Iraqis) and kill americans to be found and punsished.

In the final analysis, the war in Iraq was actually a detraction to the finding of those who did cause the WTC and pentagon killings.

Every one of those people meant more to someone than the whole world. It's really quite offensive for you to be adding and subtracting them, and talking about money in the same breath, as if one person was as good as the next, and it really doesn't amount to much.

Every day, 3000 babies die, yet we increase our population by 3000 each day. The fact that on 9/11, 6000 died, and our population held constant for one day, did not have "any" effect on our economy,it is too small, and too little, to have any effect on our huge economy.

You seem to think "economy" is a synonym for "population". I may not be an economist but even I know that's a load of crap. The fact that the WTC was destroyed, that airplane flights became instantaneously more expensive and time-consuming, that tourism decreased, that tax money formerly used for more productive things was instantly diverted to security and military... none of these things figure on your economic radar screen. It's all just population numbers and to you, nothing else affects the economy. Don't you know how downright idiotic that sounds?

People who blame the poor economy for the past 2 years on one single day where the population in the United States did not increase, are using it as an excuse.

Nobody "blames" the poor economy completely on 9/11. You're right that 9/11 did not completely cause the current economy. After all, the economy had started slumping at the end of Clinton's term. You're right that there are, and have been, other factors.

But 9/11 didn't help. Did it?

There are 280 million people in this county, we have 3000 abortions each day, we have 5000 births each day, we immigrate 57,000 new legal immigrants each week, and another illegal 50,000 come in each day.

Fascinating. Irrelevant.

3000 extra people dying on 9-11 did not hurt our economy any more than..

Get it through your skull: it's not merely the dead people which harmed the economy per se. Sheesh.

Frankly, I would like to see those responsible for the 14 Saudis and the 3 others from the United Arab Emerites who DID blew up the WTC(not the Iraqis) and kill americans to be found and punsished.

Me too.

In the final analysis, the war in Iraq was actually a detraction to the finding of those who did cause the WTC and pentagon killings.

How so?

FYI: Germany formally declared war on the United States immediately after Pearl Harbor.

But that can't be. Americans did not participate in attacks against Germany just as Iraqis participated in 9/11.

This war is about preventing future attacks more than punishing past ones. It's thinking like yours that had us ignoring the magnitude of the terrorism threat over the past two decades or more.

Your lack of reasoning and your attempt to turn the 9/11 terrorist attacks into a soapbox against abortion astounds me.