Officials know the reason that Al Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001: the towers were a symbol of capitalism. Capitalism is something that most of the extremist groups have in common because they loathe it.
"Haram" is translated to 'forbidden'. This means that the members of this disastrous group are not allowed to take part in any political or social activity that is associated within the western world.
What do these two groups have in common? Western influence is rejected in both of them. They are disgraced by the way we teach our children, work for a living, and basically how we lead our lives.
Americans are aware of how powerful our influence can be, of course. But most do not see that it's not all perfect in the eyes of the rest of the world. As insane as it sounds, some parts do not believe in some of the most basic rights that our country was established upon. America is not also always right, and I think we're aware of that. Yet, in some cases, our way of life is the only way to prevent events like kidnapping girls and converting them to a new religion and marrying them off from happening.
So we, as Americans, must try and put ourselves in the shoes of those who do not agree with our ways. Nothing will ever make what this extremist group did okay, but we must understand that not everyone is like us. The world is different and changing.
That is crazy. I always wondered, what would happen if these extreme groups over powered our army? What would we do??
ReplyDeleteThe worst part is that I do not know what would happen if that ever were to occur in America. I hope it never does because I do not see it ending in a peaceful way.
ReplyDeleteI made this point in one of my comments on Josh's post. In America we have the man power and control to put an end to these things before they become as bad as they are over in Africa and the middle east. I don't understand why we were able to build our country so well and others weren't but all we can hope for is that these veiws will change as time goes on.
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