Posted on 08/15/2010 11:43:45 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
Senator lectures U.S. military, blames what happen on 'poverty, ignorance, despair' quoted from Hyde Park Herald 9/19,2001
....We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others. Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity. It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, and may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics.
Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.
.....“We will have to make sure, despite our rage, that any U.S. military action takes into account the lives of innocent civilians abroad. We will have to be unwavering in opposing bigotry or discrimination directed against neighbors and friends of Middle Eastern descent. Finally, we will have to devote far more attention to the monumental task of raising the hopes and prospects of embittered children across the globe-children not just in the Middle East, but also in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and within our own shores.”
Poverty? Osama bin Laden is rich!! I guess we need to redistribute our wealth to the Taliban! What a freaking IDIOT!!
That’s why John Kerry thought that we should fight a “more sensitive war on terror.” Our sensitivity would win over their hearts. LOL
The poverty line is a steaming pile of horse manure.
It is about ideology, not poverty.
It has nothing to do with poverty. During the great depression we had many people with severe poverty but with abundant character, who shared their breadcrumbs with their neighbors for the most part, and returned to the pews of Christian churches to thank God and have some hope for the future although things were bleak. Christianity does not preach to kill the infidels. Christianity is the one religion that is compatible with all other beliefs since it believes in free will and EVERYONE is a child of God and of equal worth to Him.
Islam is not about hope, it is about killing the unbelievers. It is about submitting. It is about totalitarianism. There is no free will....you get killed if you exercise it. It is evil and needs to be abolished or at least contained.
Muslim terrorists are more educated and wealthier than their counterparts. I notice this with all terrorists in general.
>> “We will have to make sure, despite our rage,”
“Rage”? He said this one week after 9-11?
An extremely derogatory characterization of our suffering.
This obama guy needs to reconcile the last 1400 years....
The left and the muslims wanted to hang it on Bush and his policies, then Americas foreign policy...
but again
tell me about the last 1400 years.....
Most people do not recognize that what happens in a mosque is sedition. Pure and simple. Islam is not just a “religion”, it is a cult, it is it’s own government, its judicial...is in its sharia, and its military (jihadis) all rolled into one with one intent ...and that is to rule wherever they take root. It is a invasive, systemic infection looking to take over the host once it has quantum.
This is not just a “religion”, but something that cloaks itself in those terms so it should not be given the same treatment contemplated under the first amendment. It’s rules are to consume whatever government is wherever it goes. To supplant and replace.
The sooner America learns this , the better.
Obama? Obama and Company? Should be tried for treason in this issue for promoting the establishment of a foreign government on our soils.
Its a government. Mandated to supplant and replace existing governments....
Senator lectures U.S. military, blames what happen on 'poverty, ignorance, despair'Wrong, right, wrong. Thanks Bigtigermike.
911 happened because AlQuaida lacked being dead...We need to fix that.
This is scary and not sure if it can be reversed.
MUSLIM DEMOGRAPHICS.
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