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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Arnott" data-source="post: 26896" data-attributes="member: 304">Re: America F**k YEAH!!!Hello JayTo the first part, remember that bin Laden has over 50 brothers and sisters. None who have tried to take on the west, many (or most) who live in the west. To my limited knowledge he had broken ties with all of them, to pursue this ideology. So to blame the culture is akin to condemning the unibombers siblings. To say there is not cultural differences would be naive of me. To say thats what shaped him is I think disingenuous. To the second part, I agree that the last thing we want to do is to try and Americanize the rest of the world. I am for helping people shed oppression, but not to nation build, or say do as we do. Our meddling always leads to blow back, and usually resentment, and not unusually things being worse off than before. EG, Iran. Regards, Jack</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Arnott, post: 26896, member: 304"] Re: America F**k YEAH!!! Hello Jay To the first part, remember that bin Laden has over 50 brothers and sisters. None who have tried to take on the west, many (or most) who live in the west. To my limited knowledge he had broken ties with all of them, to pursue this ideology. So to blame the culture is akin to condemning the unibombers siblings. To say there is not cultural differences would be naive of me. To say thats what shaped him is I think disingenuous. To the second part, I agree that the last thing we want to do is to try and Americanize the rest of the world. I am for helping people shed oppression, but not to nation build, or say do as we do. Our meddling always leads to blow back, and usually resentment, and not unusually things being worse off than before. EG, Iran. Regards, Jack [/QUOTE]

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