Horrifying Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.

This is not game news, but is more important. I am putting this up here because many people are trying to figure out what is going on and this way we can share what we know. Here's what I know so far: - At about 8:45 a plane crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers. 14 minutes later, andther plane crashed into the second tower. - Another plane crashed into the Pentagon soon after that. - A bomb went off at the State Department. - Both World Trade Center Towers have now completely collapsed, presumably killing everyone who was unable to evacuate in time, and also the firemen and police who were at the towers trying to help people evacuate. - Another plane has gone down somewhere in Western Pennsylvania. Possibly just a coincidence or possibly an attempt to hyjack it to another target. Words cannot express the horror.
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Added info from Canada about the attack
# Sep 12 2001 at 11:32 AM Rating: Excellent
This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
America: The Good Neighbor

Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to A
remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a
Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his
trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the
most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the
earth.

Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted
out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of
dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries
is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the
United States.

When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans
who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled
on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that
hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were
flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.

The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars
into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are
writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.

I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the
erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any
other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo
Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly
them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American
Planes?

Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman
on the moon?

You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios.
You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.
You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -
not once, but several times - and safely home again.

You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the
store window for everybody to look at.

Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here
on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian
laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking Down
through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody
loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.

I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of
other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone
else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was
outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned
tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this
thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to
thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present
troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."

Stand proud, America!





RE: Added info from Canada about the attack
# Sep 12 2001 at 11:31 PM Rating: Decent
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Pull your head out of it, buddy!

I hesitate to say anything critical about anyone after such a tragic event, and I really am shocked and totally sympathetic to those affected by the tragedy, but that arrogant rant is a (small) chunk of why the USA is so unpopular in so many parts of the world. It says nothing about the causes of this tragedy, all it does is bring tears to the eyes of good ole US homeboys and gals, and tears to the eyes of the rest of the world, that you can be so infatuated with yourselves.

There are so many errors of fact in your posting that it's a joke.

People, please don't flame me by thinking I'm somehow pro what happened, I assure you I think it's horrific. However, a response along the lines of "goddamn we're the best, we're the greatest, nobody loves us but we're still the best anyway" just aint constructive. It's the sort of attitude that reinforces the martyrs and continues the cycle of hatred.
RE: Added info from Canada about the attack
# Sep 12 2001 at 2:32 PM Rating: Default
Canada along with Britain are the only ones on our side here. Thank you all who support our country and god bless all who are assisting in this terrible tragedy.
RE: Added info from Canada about the attack
# Sep 12 2001 at 2:02 PM Rating: Default
Thank you you brought a ray of sunshine to an otherwise dark day.

America is my home and I will protect it!
RE: Added info from Canada about the attack
# Sep 12 2001 at 1:56 PM Rating: Decent


RE: Added info from Canada about the attack
# Sep 12 2001 at 12:46 PM Rating: Decent
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Thank you.
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