Quote Originally Posted by Rhabbi View Post
Would it have Tom? If they actually believed that, why didn't they believe the rest of what the Koran teaches? They did not crash those jets into the WTC because of a belief in an afterlife, they did it because they oppose the freedoms we have in the United States. Yet they spent a few months here enjoying the benifits of those freedoms, which they could not get where they were from.

It was not religon that cause 9/11, it was economics and suppression. They resented what we have, and tried to take it away from us. The saddest part is that they have succedded to an extent. We are a country now that is willing to exchange freedom for a sense of security. Makes me want to move to out, but there is no where else to go.
erm...That's a theory. Considering that Osama Bin Laden held a speech where he addressed just this and denied it. I think it's safe to say that it was an erroneous conclusion of the Bush administration and they where wrong to voice the theory.

According to Osama they attacked USA because they wanted USA and the CIA to stop meddling in the middle-east. This is what he said. It wasn't because they hated US freedom. Osama said that if they hated freedom they would have attacked Sweden. Which to me makes sense. When it comes to laws USA has a lot less freedom than we do. So much for that theory. Why would Al-Qaeda have a problem with US freedom? I don't get it? Have you given this any thought at all?

But that wasn't the issue. The issue was whether or not the suicide bombers thought that the sacrifice was worth it. I would assume that sacrificing yourself for anything becomes a lot less attractive if there's no after-life.