Originally posted by Bobboau
you know it just occured to me, France has hostages in Iraq, Nepal just had a dozen people killed, and russia has been hit hard the last few day, gee it sure is to bad they all suported the evil American agression agains Islam... oh, wait a sec, Nepal declined to help us, Russia sold nightvision goggles and all sorts of crap to Sadam and don't even get me started about France, has anyone started to think that _maybe_ the USA isn't the thing they hate?
I have no idea about Nepal, but French hostages are being held because of the head-scarf ban in French schools, which was very, very unpopular with the Muslim population in France (and abroad as well it seem).
Russia is under attack by Chechens, which is quite obviously becasuse of the occupation - same reason Palestinians attack Israelis. As well, Chechen rebels are not at all from the same mold as al Queda & Co. Its more of a nationalist thing, instead of an ideaological one, more akin to the traditional liberation movements.
This may sound cold, but is 5 dead and 5 wounded really news? Its just a sensational event, a car bomb. Does anyone really notice when 5 Iraqi, or 5 Afghanis, or 5 Chechens drop dead? Do you want me to post every time an IDF or US attack kill 5 civies? Or how about diesese, or hunger, or road accidents?