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Fear & Loathing in America

Discuss the article "Fear & Loathing in America" that is written by Thompson. I picked an important question from this short story which is what is the relationship between Osama Bin Laden and September-11 attacks. So, I chose to read about this point. I picked the article titled "Bin Laden, in a statement to U.S. people, says he ordered Sept. 11 attacks" that is written by Maggie Michael. And  It was taken up the Bin Laden's video that published on Al-Jazeera television, what you said on this video, Bin laden's message for the USA governments, his message for Americans and why did 11-9 attack. 

In our Islamic culture, Allah asks us don't kill or terrorize anybody and orders us don't kill children, women, and the older people. Allah asks us to spread peace, we order our rights by peace methods, and we only attack the enemy If they attacked us. We can notice that from Allah saying " 

Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you, and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not" (Quran, n.d).

When the fighting is helpful? Before answering this question, I will back to the article and focus on some saying's Bin Laden and saying's Bush.
"Bin Laden said he did so because of injustices against the Lebanese and Palestinians by Israel and the United States" (Michael, 2004, para.2), " President Bush of misleading Americans by saying the attack was carried out because al-Qaeda "hates freedom Bin Laden said his followers have left alone countries that do not threaten Muslims"  (Michael, 2004, para.11) and "While I was looking at these destroyed towers in Lebanon, it sparked in my mind that the tyrant should be punished with the same and that we should destroy towers in America so that it tastes what we taste and would be deterred from killing our children and women," he said"  (Michael, 2004, para.14).


After I read what Bin Laden said, I asked myself this statute related to time which the fighting is helpful. Did Bin Laden and other presidents stood and talk to solve the problem? What are the real things each party needs?  The peoples who pay the price of conflict why the governments try to spread peace between us and solve these conflicts. We still live on this statute, and we couldn't find the solution to stop the bleeding. 
When the world accepts each other and lives on peace. 

I think these are important questions to answer it and if found the answers maybe find the real solutions. 

 

References

Michael.M. (2004, October 29). Bin Laden, in a statement to U.S. people, says he ordered Sept. 11 attacks. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20120903021049/http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20041029-1423-binladentape.html 

Quran. (n.d). Retrieved from  http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/translations/english/34.html

 


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