Originally posted by popcornbird
I think she means that other poorer countries donated what was an awful lot of money for them, while the US, being such a rich country, donated a very small amount of money compared to their wealth.
Thank you! I'm glad someone finally understood (or accepted) what I meant.

I think I'm going to drop this whole donation thing now. It's taken out of context and twisted so I really don't see the point.

Originally posted by RICHARD
he can critcize the united states all he wants, he does have some right to speak on anything he likes but it comes down to a basic sense of jealousy for the world's superpower, us.
Are you talking about me? If you are; I'm a she.

And trust me, I am not jealous of the USA. I lived close to Los Angeles for almost two years, and the things I saw and experienced are not worthy of envy. Homeless people on the streets sleeping under cardboard boxes or begging, always having to lock the doors when driving through gand neighborhoods and fearing getting shot... I really could go on forever but it's too depressing. I do not envy the USA. Instead of being in a patriotic fever and thinking that everyone who dislikes your country only does so out of envy, you should just open your eyes and ears.

And Richard, how come I can't critize your country without getting a lot of anger in return, but you can sit there and every other country in the world "little pissants"?! Seriously...

I am guessing that all your comments about "kicking ass" and so on does come from that song by Toby Keith? I remember when I read about that song online. When I read the lyrics I just wanted to puke. That sickened me just as much as knowing the rubble from September 11 were to be used for a warship.

Originally posted by mugsy
there has been a lot of speculation that Saddam was part of the supply of money and goods for the 9/11 murderers and that he funneled through sources in Saudi Ararbia with Al Quaida connections.
I too would love to see some proof, for once.

Also, instead of thinking Saddam Hussein was funding Bin Laden, take a look at reality (and yes, it's been proved): During the Afghan war, CIA funded and trained several "freedom fighters", including Bin Laden. USA's government gave over 6 billion dollars (and this was back in the 1980's) to pay for their training, weapons and so on. To quote an article I once read about this: "Who is the greater terrorist? The person who pulls the trigger? Or the superpower that recruits him, pays him, trains him, arms him to the teeth and builds him the finest state-of-the-art training camp with room for 'terrorists from all over the world?'"