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Originally Posted by zen_tom
You should react in the same way any human being would react when they learn about the distress of another, be they English, American, Palestinian, Israeli or Iraqi.
Now is not the time to be making political judgements.
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Political Judgements have nothing to do with the nature of my original post. The fact that we live in a world where politics and the hatred therein could hinder compassion and pity for another is more my approach. Whether you or I like it or not, the politics of this event will be in discussion for months.
The relationship between British citizens and American citizens was already at a strain beforehand, but now it is very possible that things could turn ugly between our two nations. One (not myself of course) could argue the point that America started a war and now other countries have to suffer the consequences. Thought it is just as possible that the English will see this as a sign that terrorism must be stopped and could weild us more support. Its anybodies ball game, again, a Brit's opinion would be the only way to tell.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
what i have been seeing is a very different type of response from 2001--here, many many folk are laying the whole thing on tony blair and bush, in the lap of their absurd "war on terror" and---in particular---the misbegotten colonial adventure in iraq.
i assume that american tv networks will be working hard to prevent that kind of response from taking too much shape publicly. it'd be hard to maintain what remains of the support for bushworld if folk were able to stray and think in more complex terms about what this action entails. i am sure that the bushsquad is going to milk this for all its worth.
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I don't think there is a better response for my arguement then this zen_tom.