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If one reviews the many aspects that motivate the terrorist's. Hatred of America is on the top of the list. If terrorist think we hate Bush and our country, it makes their cause all the more righteous and "right". Since that is all they are hearing on the media and from our celebrities, that is all they know.

If they don't want more blood shed they are going about it all the wrong way. To encourage peace, as a wise person on here mentioned, they need to show us hugging our babies, the importance of family and not material wealth, and show tolerance of Islam. Showing us as a war mongering dictatorship around the world is flat out inspiring more terrorists. That is why they are running into our buildings!!!!! We are "infidels" or sinners in decadence that discriminate and want to wipe out Islam. The Bali bombers said they did it because they read somewhere that Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan were being dicriminated against (remember that was about a year prior to the war).

I don't care what your party lines or beliefs are. For me it is just a case of provoking more madmen to bomb us. Here is an analogy I used for a predominately Democrat male audience:

You were with your football team in a pumping bar that was starting to get aggressive. A few guys in the bar were just looking for a fight. One of the disgruntled members of your football team gets up on stage and said "this football team I am with sucks. They hate your guts, want to take all your money and kill you. Greedy people. I will still enjoy all their money and benefits myself, but slag my team off. That is my right because, it is my right to have freedom of speech." Suddenly the guys in the bar looking for that fight and the opportunity to start one, you know the guys I am talking about, turn on the football team and all hells break loose. The now "celebrity" football star wins the hearts of the thugs and gets some of the members of his team killed.

But then he turns to his football team and says "Why are you mad at me? It is my right to have freedom of speech!" Yes it is his right to have freedom of speech, but some things should not be said for the safety of others. Many are too naive, and not traveled enough outside their "environmental bubble", to understand the rules of the street when you are in hostile territory... you shut your mouth, divert your eyes down and try to disappear in the crowd. Not provoke the maniacs. Not to provoke the maniacs to want to kill your team mates.

Our borders do not protect us anymore as 9/11 demonstrated and we have many interests in hostile lands. We are in hositle country even in the US now and these self interested fools, need to realize the full implications of their words. Be street smart Michael Moore. Your encouraging the sheep in our society with your ficticious documentries to get riled up enough to slow us down with protestors etc, from doing what needs to done. Your inspiring more terrorist's with your lie's.

The ONLY view the international community has of America is from the media. Jerry Springer is prime time in Europe, Dixie Chic's and Madonna in England mouthing off and Jassica Lange in Spain. That does not take into consideration the damage day to day media do around the world. We wonder why they hate us???????????????????