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Originally Posted by Azure
You see Agamemnon , this is exactly what I was talking about. People always going back 20 years where they find something the US did which in hindsight was stupid, and then they use that point to justify their arguement for what is happening today.
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I guess we just differ on this. I think to find out _why_ things are happening today, you have to look at yesterday. Conflicts have roots in history. 20 years is not nearly as long a period of time as you're making it out to be. 20 years is not ancient history
As far as I'm concerned, if someone, say, killed someone else 20 years ago, would they be innocent of the crime now? Should they be let off the hook because the event happened 20 years ago? I think this would be the same argument as people who bring up the past when complaining about the US. You have to adress their concerns, or not be surprised when they're ****ed decades later.
As I said earlier, when you're (the US) the one made out to be the bad guy I'm not surprised you'd have the attitude of 'lets just forget about it, it was 20 years ago'. Makes sense that you wouldn't want to adress the type of hypocracy you're (the US) being accused of.
Whether the US actually has something to feel guilty about or not is up to them. All I know is there are millions around the globe who still feel the events of 20 years ago had a lot to do with where they are now.