When I heard of the attack on the World Trade Center, I was on mIRC talking to friends in Germany. I didn’t have TV service at the time so I had to go over to the neighbor and watch the footage there. One of the very first links that was passed around after 9/11 was this one:
First of all, for those people that don’t get the picture, it’s a screenshot from one of the most popular multiplayer games ever - Counter Strike. The game consists of a rather simple scenario - Terrorists are locked in somewhere and the opposing team has to go in and complete the objective - which in every case consists of killing the terrorists and keeping them from installing and detonating a bomb. Every time the terrorists win, the screen shows the map that was played on, in addition to the text that you see in the 9/11 picture. Of course there was never a game that looked like that - this was a montage that couldn’t have fit any better.
I’m not sure where the original link came from, but it was definitely not from anyone I knew in the US. Considering how fresh the “wound” was I think it would have been difficult to find anyone at the time that would have agreed with the statement of the picture. I’ve always had a rather critical view of the world, not just the United States, and even for me that picture seemed a bit harsh.
Fast forward to now, the year 2008. Seven years have gone by where we’ve had to listen to the shallow retoric of the Republicans trying to make one argument after another for war. 4,000 men have been lost, oil prices are through the roof, Airlines are going broke, our economy is completely in the dumps - could Bin Laden have asked for anything more? I won’t get all conspiratorial on you by claiming that this was the intention all along, but that point definitely has to be raised. What’s even more interesting to observe, is the fact that Bush actually says that terrorists will win if democrats are in power. I have some news for your Mr. President: The Terrorists have won - I’m just still trying to figure out who the terrorists are.
It’s almost like a the Bear knocked himself in the face with a sledge hammer while trying to kill the bee around his nose.
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