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Old 01-08-2010, 03:42 PM   #150
classicman
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl View Post
The one positive result of the bombing of the World Trade Centre - to me - was that Americans finally started to see that terrorism was not just forceful public opinion.
Exactly when did we Americans think that?
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Lack of American support had a real impact on the Troubles.
It will likely be less going forward.
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What would American public opinion have been if a 9/11 bomber starved himself to death? Ho hum, one less mouth to feed - as opposed to a political prisoner demanding to be treated as such and not as a criminal.
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