"Why are people so supportive of him in many countries . . . that are riddled with poverty? He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. We haven't done that. ... How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?...We've got to ask, why is this man [Osama bin Laden] so popular around the world?"
I never knew she had said this. Funny how any gaffe from a Republican is hung around their necks for the rest of time.
But being a Dem (and/or a Clinton) means never having to say you're sorry.
I suspect this short comment will go unnoticed among the river of bile directed at Senator Murray. I don’t know about these peaceniks; but Murray’s comments were entirely logical & insightful in trying to examine the reasons why so many people around the globe sympathize with our enemies. Hamas, Hezbollah, Chavez in Venezuela, the list goes on and on of countries & groups that not only subsidize terrorism but also support humanitarian causes, especially with long-oppressed minorities. If we wish to truly defeat these radical groups we must create alternatives for the miserable masses in those regions. If you are truly interested in learning what we can do to defeat Islamofascism and terrorism in all forms I recommend Gen Wesley Clark’s book Winning Modern Wars, in which he makes it clear that we have to not only fight terroism with a big stick, but also go after the ROOT CAUSES, with understanding, money, and a lot of hard work. Only this approach will “win hearts and minds” enough for us to prevail.
Specialist Carl Larson
US Army
C 54TH ENGR BN
Bamberg, Germany