Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion
by vikramkr on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @09:42AM
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America is the one taking charge in all the invasions and stuff in the relevant region, and the financial regulation relevant here was a 9/11 response. Its fair to call this a post 9/11 world
Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion
by sumedh on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @06:10AM
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Non American here, do you really believe whatever events happened to Israel or France compare to 9/11. The scale and destruction of 9/11 is on a whole different level.
Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion
by yorwba on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @06:37AM
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Do you really believe 9/11 compares to the Yom Kippur war of '73? Lots of people dying on a single day vs. even more people dying in a few weeks. (Although most of the casualties weren't on the Israeli side.)
Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion
by neiman on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:29AM
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After rethinking I withdraw my arguments in this discussion. You (and others) are right.
Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion
by sumedh on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @06:44AM
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What makes Yom Kippur war of '73 so special, if you are looking at just fatalities, why not talk about the Indian famines where millions died because of British policies.
Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion
by neiman on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @06:31AM
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9/11 was the biggest, you're right.
But I dunno how is it possible to compare this with the long list of terror attacks Israel had between 1989-2008 or the emotional effect on the EU policies of the club terror attacks in Paris.
This is bad and this is bad, and all of these had a major effect on how the world looks nowadays. I wouldn't put the focus only on 9/11.
Re:New facts about the leadup to the Beirut explosion
by sumedh on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @06:41AM
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Why are you just focussing on Israel and France, why not look at India who has been facing terror attacks even before Israel even existed.
Why not talk about the 1770 Indian famine where millions died because of British policies.
I hope you got the point.
Your point of view seems to be very American centered.