"yes, we do horrible things but not precisely the horrible things you believe we do"?

[gracheeha]

Martin Varsavsky: Why Do So Many Muslims Believe 9/11 Was a Conspiracy?

...I would have to admit that we invaded Iraq despite knowing that neither the 9/11 terrorists nor the WMD where there. That in our countries we created the false impression that Saddam was behind 9/11 and that many believe this lie now. And this is one weak side of the debate.

If we can create conspiracies about WMD and "Muslim terrorism," as if all Muslims act together (Saddam=Osama=Ahmadinejad), attack and destroy the wrong country (Iraq), torture their citizens, post pictures of how we torture them in Abu Ghraib, take some to Guantanamo and approve their torture, share the blame in the killing of 25 times more innocent civilians than those who died in 9/11 and admit to using white phosphorous (chemical weapon) attacking Fallujah; if we can commit such atrocities, why is it so farfetched that most Muslims believe that 9/11 was perpetrated by US and Israel in order to invade Iraq and control the second largest oil reserve in the world?

Moreover, in this Wikipedia entry you will be surprised to find out that one third of Americans actually AGREE with the majority of Muslims...  Can our argument just be "yes, we do horrible things but not precisely the horrible things you believe we do"?

Comments

[cheeha.livejournal.com]

Это у вас его не обвиняли, а тут и до сих пор немало народу уверены в том, что это Саддам в обнимку с Обамой устроил 9-11. Официальные лица это прямо не говорили, но намекали, а уж фоксовские ребята и люди в интернете старались во всю.

[marik5.livejournal.com]

(Извини за стирание коммента). Плохо быть малограмотным - читать по-английски только то, во что носом ткнули. Конечно, пищи для конспирологии (в хорошем смысле) у нас и своей хватает, но сравнивать клиническую картину все же следовало бы.