After a would-be suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a subway tunnel near Times Square in New York City, it became immediately evident that he was one of those self-radicalized Muslims who was highly influenced by ISIS videos. Certainly it isn’t surprising that Muslims are angry at the United States for its terrible foreign policy and that some of those angry people will lash out with violence. But what does that say about us?
We Don’t Really Care About Killing Muslims
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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A weird one. Funny.
> But what does that say about us?
That “we” don’t learn any faster than “they” do. 9/11 was blowback – but it didn’t stop us from killing more of them. Nor does killing them over there inspire them to peaceful coexistence with us.
Without blowback how could the War Department billions be justified.
(Rhetorical question. The answer is false flag operations.)