Re: [RC] bin Ladens son wants to put on an Endurance Ride across Africa - Barbara McCrary
Omar doesn't criticize his father and says Osama bin Laden is just trying to
defend the Islamic world.
"My father thinks he will be good for defending the Arab people and stop
anyone from hurting the Arab or Muslim people any place in the world," he said,
noting that the West didn't have a problem with his father when he was fighting
the Russians in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Above is a quote from the article. Did America have
a problem with the Islamic world before the World Trade Center was bombed?
I always thought that most Americans are "live and let live" about other
people's religions and cultures. Maybe I'm naive about that.
It's very difficult to trust when we have been attacked
on our own soil, but then again, I think we have done a pretty lousy thing by
attacking Iraq. At least it's not a very productive and conclusive war for
us...just very costly and damaging. If we suspected bin Laden was the
instigator of the WTC attacks, and he is thought to be in Pakistan or
Afghanistan, then what are we doing in Iraq? And why do we think we can
convert other countries to our ideal of democracy? It just
doesn't work for everyone.
I find it all very troubling. I'm not sure I can
imagine how an endurance ride will be of much help.
