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When you read that, you know that each and every day, Ousama Bin Laden wins a thousand small victories as soulless "security" agents make americans (and travele

by Jacqued 13y ago

When you read that, you know that each and every day, Ousama Bin Laden wins a thousand small victories as soulless "security" agents make americans (and travelers) lose freedom over an unjustified paranoia. All that because of a single attack which produced an unsignificant number of casualties more than 10 years ago. I don't think they could have envisioned that in their wildest dreams. And the best part is that the right wing extremists and security junkies are the terrorists' greatest allies, and still keep their legacy alive.

joshdance 13y ago
I agree that terrorists win when we lose freedoms, but saying the number of casualties was "unsignificant" is maybe a bit too much. 2,977 people is a lot of people. Each is significant.
- owenmarshall 13y ago
  Just for perspective, for every one person that died as a result of the September 11 attacks, around 167 Iraqi's died as a result of our invasion. And that might even be a charitable estimate.
  - MartinCron 13y ago
    That doesn't make our loss of nearly 3000 "unsignifigant" it just means that our response was deplorable.
    - Kequc 13y ago
      I disagree, at a certain point it does. Imagine the roles were reversed and some jerks from the US went and killed 3000 middle easterners. As a response they invade america and over the course of 10 years kill nearly 20,000% as many people as died in that original attack. Still call the death toll from the original jerks to the middle easterners significant?
      - MartinCron 13y ago
        You think I haven't gone through the basic thought experiment of imagining the roles reversed? That's why I was against going to war in the first place, even though I felt like the only person in the country who felt that way. Regardless, each and every innocent life lost is still significant.
        Kequc 13y ago
        To be fair though, that can be 'said' easily. But dramatic human suffering is occurring all over the world right now and most people don't pay a whole lot of attention. So it isn't really all that significant in reality.

by Jacqued 13y ago

joshdance 13y ago

I agree that terrorists win when we lose freedoms, but saying the number of casualties was "unsignificant" is maybe a bit too much. 2,977 people is a lot of people. Each is significant.

owenmarshall 13y ago
Just for perspective, for every one person that died as a result of the September 11 attacks, around 167 Iraqi's died as a result of our invasion. And that might even be a charitable estimate.
- MartinCron 13y ago
  That doesn't make our loss of nearly 3000 "unsignifigant" it just means that our response was deplorable.
  - Kequc 13y ago
    I disagree, at a certain point it does. Imagine the roles were reversed and some jerks from the US went and killed 3000 middle easterners. As a response they invade america and over the course of 10 years kill nearly 20,000% as many people as died in that original attack. Still call the death toll from the original jerks to the middle easterners significant?
    - MartinCron 13y ago
      You think I haven't gone through the basic thought experiment of imagining the roles reversed? That's why I was against going to war in the first place, even though I felt like the only person in the country who felt that way. Regardless, each and every innocent life lost is still significant.
      - Kequc 13y ago
        To be fair though, that can be 'said' easily. But dramatic human suffering is occurring all over the world right now and most people don't pay a whole lot of attention. So it isn't really all that significant in reality.