The real truth.
I aint anti American or Anti Arab, but....
Terrorism is a terrible thing. And it will never be the answer to any problem. However, what most Americans fail to realize is the motivation behind those horrible acts of terror, and why the Arab World, especially the Palestinians were seen cheering. And that the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon could have been avoided.
In a nutshell: The Western World created the state of Israel after World War 2 - in the heart of the Arab World. The Palestinians were there first. It is their land. It's basically the same thing that happened to the Native Americans in the U.S.
The Israelis have taken over the territory and the Palestinians live in Reservations. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the Israelis keep building more and more settlements in the Palestinian reservations.
The Israelis are flat out wrong. There's no way around that.
To us Westerners they all may seem like a bunch of Middle Eastern nutjobs who just can't get along although they all look the same to us anyway. (I'm exaggerating, but I'm sure you know what I'm trying to say.)
But if you take the time to look into the history of the conflict, you'll realize WHY the Palestinians have such hatred for their Israeli oppressors and its strongest ally, the U.S.
To the Palestinians it's the same fight for survival that the Native Americans once fought against the U.S. - and lost. And Palestine is fighting the same fight for autonomy that the U.S. once fought against Britain, and won.
Are you trying to tell me no civilians died during those wars? How many innocent Native Americans were shot or hung by the U.S. government or lynch mobs back then?
To the Palestinians every Israeli and every U.S. Citizen is the enemy - an almost invincible enemy, and they really have no chance of winning, so any small victory (terrorism in our eyes) will be celebrated.
Just like the allies once celebrated the destruction of every city in Germany during World War 2, because Germany were the agressors. Israel and the U.S. are the aggressors/invaders/oppressors to the Palestinians.
And all of the Arab world sees it the same way. Are all these millions of people wrong? No - they're just on the other side of this conflict.
This act of terrorism could probably have been avoided if Israel would agree to stop building new settlements in the tiny Palestine reservations. There would finally be a chance for peace in the Middle East, and the Arab World would no longer have a reason to see Israel and the U.S. as aggressors, and have no reasons to retaliate (terrorize) the U.S.