Originally Posted by DieselAddict

Sometimes it's useful to think about why we got attacked. Sure, those terrorists were evil, brainwashed, religious lunatics. But there's more to it than that. What if we had been guzzling less oil and not having to import ME oil? What if we had been more even-handed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? What if we hadn't abandoned Afghanistan after the Soviets pulled out? What if we had pulled out of Saudi Arabia after kicking Saddam out of Kuwait or not even bother to kick him out if we didn't have to import ME oil anyway? There's a very good chance 9/11 would never have happened. Face it, 9/11 is the result of our foreign policy. You don't see Islamic terrorists attacking Canada or Iceland.