Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:27 pm
I'll toss my hat into the ring.
9/11 had an effect on the entire world. The only genocide perpetrated by a country that effected the world was the holocaust. None of the others, sadly, had any impact on countries other than their own (save Siera Leone and their diamond trade).
When the terrorists took down the twin towers, it changed the world, not just one country. The US declared war on terrorists and any country harboring them; the economy took a dive, and, not to sound too arrogant, but the world economy is the US economy. Homeland Security and protective measures in airports in the US were adopted overseas. Bombings occured in Great Britain and were threatened in other countries due to an overall plan by Al-Queda.
9/11 was felt by everyone in the world. The holocaust, Chile, and so on? The world took a "who gives a shit? It's not MY country!" defense.
If the US had said "We're going to invade Iraq to remove Sadaam as a dictator, 99.99% of the WORLD would be OK with that. But once that wall drops, it changes completely. The US can't upll out now otherwise we'll have another afghanistan.
9/11 had an effect on the entire world. The only genocide perpetrated by a country that effected the world was the holocaust. None of the others, sadly, had any impact on countries other than their own (save Siera Leone and their diamond trade).
When the terrorists took down the twin towers, it changed the world, not just one country. The US declared war on terrorists and any country harboring them; the economy took a dive, and, not to sound too arrogant, but the world economy is the US economy. Homeland Security and protective measures in airports in the US were adopted overseas. Bombings occured in Great Britain and were threatened in other countries due to an overall plan by Al-Queda.
9/11 was felt by everyone in the world. The holocaust, Chile, and so on? The world took a "who gives a shit? It's not MY country!" defense.
If the US had said "We're going to invade Iraq to remove Sadaam as a dictator, 99.99% of the WORLD would be OK with that. But once that wall drops, it changes completely. The US can't upll out now otherwise we'll have another afghanistan.
Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:40 pm
Jugs For President.
Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:10 pm
@ Jugs
No campaigning in a political thread please. It taints the integrity of the thread.
Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:43 am
If the US had said "We're going to invade Iraq to remove Sadaam as a dictator, 99.99% of the WORLD would be OK with that.
We probably don't live in the same world then.
9/11 was felt by everyone in the world. The holocaust, Chile, and so on? The world took a "who gives a shit? It's not MY country!" defense.
Sadly, I don't think that people living in the US could ever be objective about this. Saying that this tragedy has affected the world more than WWII and all genocides that occured during the 20th century really seems like an heresy to me.
Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:11 pm
Well, you can certainly say the 9/11 attacks were felt around the world economically a lot more than the genocides in Sudan. Not that this should even be a debate though, all those examples given are awful displays of evil. It obviously depends on where you live in terms of the impact it had on you. But 9/11 probably effected the world a lot more simply because of economics and America's new emphasis on stopping global terrorism.