Comment Define "freedom" (Score 1) 704
Please, define "freedom". If you mean by "freedom" such economical and political system that USA has, then I agree with you. It's not what the terrorists want. However, by "freedom" I meant more something like "autonomy", freedom from oppression as a nation, freedom from political, military and economical pressure from outside states.
The society they want certainly isn't one in which I would choose to live, but somehow I still feel that I would rather be oppressed by my countrymen than the richest, most powerful (and unfortunately currently also the most dangerous and least intelligible) country in the world.
Here you may have a point, but your other comments confuse history with modern politics, and see issues very one-eyedly. US of A has killed in its wars more innocent civilians than any terrorist group or all of them combined will ever be able to kill.
The society they want certainly isn't one in which I would choose to live, but somehow I still feel that I would rather be oppressed by my countrymen than the richest, most powerful (and unfortunately currently also the most dangerous and least intelligible) country in the world.
Here you may have a point, but your other comments confuse history with modern politics, and see issues very one-eyedly. US of A has killed in its wars more innocent civilians than any terrorist group or all of them combined will ever be able to kill.
