Quote: magicjay38 said: Maybe you haven't been keeping up with current events. The 2 largest terrorist attacks within the continental USA were the 9/11 events and the Oklahoma City bombing. The former was committed by men of Arabic extraction and the latter by a white guy. Sounds like even odds to me!
But when you consider the first WTC attack in 1993, which was also committed men of Arabic extraction, you end up with two out of three terrorist attacks being committed by men of Arabic extraction.
I said the 2 largest, not the 3. In terms of the loss of life and property damage, the '92 WTC attack is not in the same league as the other 2.
Quote: the G-man said: And if you broaden your criteria to attacks on American targets outside the continental US, you have to consider, for example, the Achille Lauro, the marine barracks in Lebanon, the Libyan disco attack, the Iranian hostage crisis, the USS Cole, etc. All perpetrated by men of Arabic extraction.
A few problems with this statement. The Achille Lauro was a ship of Italian registry, not USA. The Lebanon Marine Barracks? Some might call that a legitimate military target during war time. At any rate it drove out the occupying forces. Iranian hostage crises? Iranians are not Arabs. They're Persians. Most people can tell the difference by looking. They also speak Farsi, not Arabic. Finally the USS Cole was a warship. Sounds like a legitimate target to me.
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