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Originally posted by silentsoul
Ok, how about the fact that is was the two towers that was hit in the first place. All in all, they were just buildings in the middle of a lot of other buildings.
True, what happened then was horrible, but how horrible would it have been if those two planes ended up bringing down the statue of liberty.
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[/B][/QUOTE] Osama wants to spread fear,
Oh, and then there's the attack on the pentagon. What the hell was that all about? The pentagon has no real meaning whatso ever except in the eyes of the US public who see it as a big part of the military. Nothing, lost in the attack, even if the pentagon would have burned to the ground, would've taken more than a day to replace except for the finacial loss. [/B][/QUOTE]
I would like to lend my opinion to the thread.
Silent Soul, I think what was intended was this. Strike America at the heart of what makes it tick every day. The financial district in New York. With confusion and chaos created by not only destroying a nation landmark, but by the senseless massacre of innocent civilians. There were multiple planes that all had separate targets and collectively they were intended to make us as a nation fearful inour own backyard. If our stock market and large banks could not operate for days or even weeks, what kind of pandemonium would that cause? If our military's HQ (Pentagon) was in shambles, how would we react? If the White House was destroyed (Lixy is right about the PA plane), what would we do? Collectively these things were intended to instill fear in the people of the United States and all over the world. We are a Superpower of a nation. Whether or not anyone agrees with how our country is run, that's a fact. On top of all these motives for doing this (by Osama bin Laden) there is a fundemental reason why they would do this.
Christianity.
They feel that they are being oppressed by the Christians in this world and our President is a God Loving ad Fearing man as are quite a number of his cabinet. This is a direct attack on what they feel has been oppressing them for centuries. Now that we have a President that prays before meetings, looks to God for guidance in his admministration and so on, the heat has been turned up. I for one am glad that we have a President that looks for spiritual guidance in matters concerning our nation.
To even say that "they" did this is preposterous! I realize that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that just strikes a nerve with me.
Thanks for the opportunity to vent.