>After 9-11-2001, it's not wise to make threats, even if you don't have any intention of actually carrying out your threats. Especially if you're already on the US black list.
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>It's like a police officer holding up a criminal who happens to have a toy gun, except the police officer doesn't know that its a toy.
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>I think it's it easy for other countries to be critical of the US action in Iraq because they are not the primary target of the "terrorists". When the "terrorist" talk about how they hate the Western culture, they're really taling about the USA.
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Having grown up in Germany i know that German, England, and France have had their (big) share on terrorist attacks back in the 70's and early 80's.