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Originally posted by FlamesAddiction+Jul 20 2005, 04:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FlamesAddiction @ Jul 20 2005, 04:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-arsenal@Jul 20 2005, 10:42 PM
Ok, replace the word "British" with "Belgain" or "Austrian" or "Polish". Is there any evidence, that during the Nazi occupation of Europe, that any of these people resorted to suicide bombing? None that I can find.
Sure, there was resistence, or insurgency and some could consider that "terrorist" activity, but AFAIK they did not resort to blowing themselves and a bunch of innocent people up.
Now, how different are the British people compared to the Belgains, Austrians, or Polish? Probably not very different. So, the assumption, that Brits would resort to suicide bombing when faced with an occupational force, is a rather far stretch if you ask me.
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Bad example because they were not invaded and occupied for complete generations. In the Middle East, where many suicide bombers come from, they have been occupied or colonized (either culturally, militarily, or both) off and on for several generations now.
A few years in the 1930s and 40s is nothing really. [/b][/quote]
So a few years of occupation by a military force, set on the elimination of all Jews, Gypsies, Blacks, Homosexuals and anyone else that isn't a pure-blood white christian, is better than generations of occupation by a country, where for the most part, they let them live as is?
Quite frankly, if I was living in those times, and I was Jewish, where my options are either hiding, or concentration camps, I would be more inclined to go a suicide bombing run. Hell, if I am going to die anyway (Which is what is stated in Bin Laden's decleration of War on America), might as take a few Nazi's with me right?
Now another example, lets take Saudi Arabia. That is where the majority of the 9/11 suicide bombers came from. The US has been there for quite a long time, generations lets say. Are they there to convert Saudi Arabia from Islam to Christianity? Nope. Are the American forces there to exterminate the Arab people? Nope. Are they there to "Americanize" them? Could be open to debate, but I highly doubt it. The ones that want to be "Americanized" probably would have been, even with out a US presence there. The ones that don't, will see it as the "American people trying to take over Saudi Arabia". But do the Americans force them to buy McDonalds? Force them to buy Nike? Nope, that is up to the Saudis'.