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To: kabar
The US has been hit harder than Europe in terms of the number of fatalities. The two attacks against the WTC and the one against the Pentagon plus the crash of the plane in PA, killed 3000 people.

Consider the relative effects of attacks. On 9/11, they took down two of our towers, we responded by taking down two of their countries (Iraq and Afghanistan)

What consequences has the UK imposed upon the Muslim world over 7/7?

It's a mugger psychology. They will attack a target that they are confident will not hit them back, but instead will cower and appease them

30 posted on 07/07/2007 8:03:23 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Open Season rocks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymLJz3N8ayI)
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To: SauronOfMordor
Consider the relative effects of attacks. On 9/11, they took down two of our towers, we responded by taking down two of their countries (Iraq and Afghanistan)

It just wasn't us. The UK played an important role in Iraq and NATO invoked article 5 of the Charter and joined us in Afghanistan. If fact, today the operations in Afganistan have become a NATO-run operation. And we have lost an additional 3000 personnel in Iraq and spent hundreds of billions of dollars responding to the actions of 19 men who turned commerical airliners into weapons. Before crowing about our accomplishments in Iraq and Afghanistan, let's see how it plays out long term. It could be a Pyrrhic victory.

What consequences has the UK imposed upon the Muslim world over 7/7? It's a mugger psychology. They will attack a target that they are confident will not hit them back, but instead will cower and appease them. .

The UK is our second largest coaltion partner in Iraq and they are also with us in Aghanistan. They are killing the enemy along with us. What else would you want them to do in terms of the "Muslim world?"

37 posted on 07/07/2007 8:13:38 AM PDT by kabar
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