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Originally Posted by MarshCappa
Oil, religion, or whatever else caused 9/11, the fact is they committed an act that made an impact on many innocent people. I guess I'm not as smart as you to know the exact reasons why 9/11 happened.
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Based on everything I've learned, in a nutshell...
Al Qaeda seeks to overthrow the Saudi government and establish what they feel is an Islamic government that's more true to the Koran instead of a corrput Saudi monarchy.
We're simply standing in their way, and they feel our economy is our underbelly. Hence the attack on the WTC 9/11.
The "they hate us for our freedoms" line is a bunch of crap.
Well, no. The biggest gift we could give to terrorists is to cast aside our core values in response to their threat. This, more than anything, proves to the Islamic world that our system is just as flawed as the European and Socialist systems and dictatorships that bin Laden argues have failed muslims around the world.
-spence