BBC Suggests to Children 9/11 Attack Result of US Foreign Policy

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By Ken Shepherd (Bio | Archive)
September 11, 2007 - 17:50 ET

Paul Mirengoff has an excellent item up at Powerline about a BBC Web site geared to kids that oh so helpfully explains the "why" of 9/11. No surprise here, the Beeb hints its American foreign policy that is to blame:

The BBC explains 9/11 in terms so simple a child can understand. It seems that "the way America has got involved in conflicts in regions like the Middle East has made some people very angry including a group called al-Qaeda." Moreover, "when the attacks happened in 2001, there were a number of US troops in a country called Saudi Arabia, and the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, said he wanted them to leave." Thus, "al-Qaeda members believe attacking US targets is something they should do."

Hat tip: Joe Malchow


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I got on the web site and

September 11, 2007 - 18:09 ET by USA4freedom

I got on the web site and said:

You stated:

“When the attacks happened in 2001, there were a number of
US troops in a country called Saudi Arabia, and the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama
Bin Laden, said he wanted them to leave.”

 

So how many British troops were in Saudi Arabia on July 6th
2005?

These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
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Good point USA. I too was

September 11, 2007 - 22:13 ET by RESTLESS 1

Good point USA. I too was wondering if the British involvement in the middle east was the reason for bombings in London. Funny the BBC didn't seem to mention this.

Yyyyeah ...

September 11, 2007 - 19:28 ET by drillanwr

I'm a fan of history, but not an expert ... But someone refresh my memory please ... What is Great Britain's history in the region of the Middle East, and Muslim countries in general? ... Weren't some of those countries under Brit. rule, and some would say oppression, at one time or `nuther? 

So, OUR foreign policy got us 9-11?

Try again, BBC ...

Screw the BBC

September 11, 2007 - 20:01 ET by Dave R

One could argue that the German attack on Poland late in 1939, which got WWII started in earnest, was a direct result of the British appeasement of Adolf Hitler.

Britain shied, and people died. Millions upon millions of innocent people.

Hey, eyecare, got anything to say about this?

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