A simple question
I’m not sure how many of you follow online news. My guess would be most people, but we all look at different places for our news. I found this link via a website called reddit. If you are not familiar with it, it’s worth a quick look. Anyway, about a week ago a legendary reporter in the US press core by the name of Helen Thomas asked a very simple question. It was directed to the Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. “You do not give the motivation of why they want to do us harm.” Here is the link to the video http://is.gd/6l8Ly
The response sounded very rehearsed. It was explained in a way that the people they are fighting are not human. Now I understand the phycology used in the armed services to dehumanize those they are fighting. If that is not done most people would either have a hard time killing or would outright refuse to kill. As it is this is no longer working sadly for the US armed forces, more to the point the army. In a newly released story by the US government the number one cause of death this year already is suicide.
I am sorry for that side rant. Though this now hits at the heart of the matter. Why do they hate us? I use the term us in talking about what is commonly known as the “Western” countries. Like you I have heard “reasons” why they hate us. The most pathetic being “they hate our freedom.” Granted when push comes to shove we will kill them without much of a second thought. So I ask you why? Is it religious reasons, or is it in fact about the bases we have in the middle east? Could it be in part still over the Balfour Declaration? The fact that this has not been explained crystal clear by those we have entrusted our lives with is alarming.
Tags: balfour, balfour declaration, helen thomas, us foreign policy, us goverment, us in afghanisatn, us in iraq
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