[aculeus]

I see it differently. Rightly or wrongly, the WTC was seen as a Jewish target, not just by Moslems but by much of Europe and indeed the rest of the world. Given it was commonly believed that the twin towers were stuffed full of Jews, it really isn't surprising that not too many individuals were sympathetic to their plight on 9/11. It also would explain the knee-jerk reaction of blaming America herself for this heinous act, for throughout history Jews have been held responsible for anti-Semitism.

You don't see it differently. You see it oddly.

[livius]

Good post. I was not very aware of the Irish opinion on this, although I knew the Irish were fanatical devotees of Bill C, for reasons completely unknown to any rational human being. I didn't realize they hated us so much.

I think the point that Scouser (feel free to correct me, Scouser) was making is that blaming the victim is the way to go nowadays.

Most of the people killed in the WTC attacks were Catholic, including virtually all of the rescue forces. However, many Europeans and Arabs are so ignorant of the United States and so obsessed by anti-Semitism (which makes Jews a lot more important than they are) that they immediately had to look for a Jewish connection in this.

There wasn't one. Islam hates the US - and Christians - as much as it hates Jews. They also hate formerly-Christian Western Europe, too, but they've obviously decided that emigrating and outbreeding the non-breeding Europeans is much easier and safer than launching full attacks. Those may well come, however, unless Europe (including Ireland) accepts Islam, which would not surprise me in the least.