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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 82916" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p>>1. When did the threat to us start?</p><p>>Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United State is</p><p>>concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following</p><p>>attacks on us:</p><p>>* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979;</p><p>>* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983;</p><p>>* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983;</p><p>>* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988;</p><p>>* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993;</p><p>>* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996;</p><p>>* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998;</p><p>>* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998;</p><p>>* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000;</p><p>>* New York World Trade Center 2001; * Pentagon 2001. (Note that during </p><p>>the</p><p>>period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide).</p><p>>2. Why were we attacked?</p><p>>Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened</p><p>>during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton </p><p>>and</p><p>>Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as there were </p><p>>no</p><p>>provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate predecessors,</p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Interesting piece. And a good reminder for us. Carter may end up being considered one of the more compassionate presidents we have ever had yet also suffered his problems with terrorism. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 82916, member: 1912"] >1. When did the threat to us start? >Many will say September 11, 2001. The answer as far as the United State is >concerned is 1979, 22 years prior to September 2001, with the following >attacks on us: >* Iran Embassy Hostages, 1979; >* Beirut, Lebanon Embassy 1983; >* Beirut, Lebanon Marine Barracks 1983; >* Lockerbie, Scotland Pan-Am flight to New York 1988; >* First New York World Trade Center attack 1993; >* Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex 1996; >* Nairobi, Kenya US Embassy 1998; >* Dares Salaam, Tanzania US Embassy 1998; >* Aden, Yemen USS Cole 2000; >* New York World Trade Center 2001; * Pentagon 2001. (Note that during >the >period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide). >2. Why were we attacked? >Envy of our position, our success, and our freedoms. The attacks happened >during the administrations of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton >and >Bush 2. We cannot fault either the Republicans or Democrats as there were >no >provocations by any of the presidents or their immediate predecessors, [COLOR=navy]Interesting piece. And a good reminder for us. Carter may end up being considered one of the more compassionate presidents we have ever had yet also suffered his problems with terrorism. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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