Thom Hartmann: Why American flags are burning in London

[thomhartmann]

Run time: 07:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdh_XZSjK-o   Posted on YouTube: September 13, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 209   Posted on DU: September 13, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 952

 
Could it be that we've become the America that Osama Bin Laden hoped for? Osama Bin Laden didn't just want kill or scare as many people as possible on 9/11 - but be also wanted to fundamentally change the United States. He bet that if he attacked us in such a brazen, gruesome fashion - then we would all lose our minds - that we would be blinded by fear and scream for revenge - and shelve the Constitution and our ideals to pursue a bloody crusade against Islam. That we would turn into the very enemy that Bin Laden had described all along - a nation at war with Islam both at home and abroad. And - in that transformation he would make himself more legitimate and enlist more people into his jihad. And in the end - Bush chose to do exactly what Bin Laden hoped he would do. It's been a tough decade for us - but its not too late to take a new path. Sunday's anniversary - the tenth one - needs to be about more than just remembering the victims - it will also needs to be about correcting the course. After ten years - it’s time to ditch Bush’s 9/11 roadmap of destruction, and begin a genuine recovery.

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[FiveGoodMen]

1. "Could it be that we've become the America that Osama Bin Laden hoped for?"

I think we've become the America that the Bush administration hoped for.

[formercia]

2. The boys wanted their Holy Crusade

We all know how that turned out.

[90-percent]

3. bumper sticker compression

we've become the America Bin Laden hoped for

needs to be squeezed even more. too many words for the average bumper sticker and/or conservative.

-90% Jimmy