Quote Originally Posted by Skyblade
Could you elaborate on this, and why you think that it is an atrocity please?



Wrong. I will say again, 9/11 started a war. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were an attempt to end the war. Even had they been unsuccessful, there is a difference. 9/11 can in no way be construed as an attempt to end a war or save lives, because there was no war until their attack.

You don't kill hundreds of people simply because you don't like the way they do business.
Uh... do your homework. Millions of (entirely innocent) Islamic peoples living in Jerusalum and the surrounding area were forcefully removed from their homes. Ugly acts of violence on both sides. Many died. Not something Israel brags about- oh, they LOVE to talk about how they "took back" their holy land after a thousand or so years of exile- but they try to avoid the details on how they did it.

And they COULD construe 9/11 as an act of war, if not to end the war, then at least to retaliate. As far as (fundamentalist) Islam is concerned: the war hasn't ended since the day they lost Jerusalum. And America is the obvious target- they view the Westerner/infidel/whatevers as a gang against them. Making the USA biggest bully of the bunch. The one you have to take down in order to make the others back off. Of course, they then got torn to shreds, but that's an entirely different story.