5 years after 9/11...ARE WE SAFE?

[GlennSter]

still thinking about what happenned to humanity since the 9/11 attacks...

nakakatakot lalo na ngayon kasi lagi ko napapanood yung mga documentaries about it.

so what do you think, guys?

[empy]

for us americans, we are still at war. many people here don't want to think about it, or are in denial, but that doesn't change that fact. i guarantee that the other side doesn't think that way.

for the rest of the world, america's allies (specifically britain) have already been dragged into it, and other countries will feel the fallout from it as well.

so no, i don't feel that we are safe.

[j_avonni]

Before and after 9/11, we weren't safe. The threat is always there.

[ronald_m]

Anytime,anywhere terrorism can happen. Waste those Motherfuc$ers.

[lolo pepe]

as long as there are still religious fanatics and mental retards out there who justify their acts in the name of the Supreme Being, with no regards for human lives whatsoever, we will never be safe.

by the way, they are promised to be with 70 virgins when they go to heaven after blowing themselves up...

how can you beat this kind of incentive anyway???

[niky]

Before and after 9/11, we weren't safe. The threat is always there.

This is true. And thanks to media exposure and tactical coordination and information dissemination made available by the internet and other untraceable sources, they're getting more powerful than ever before.

The problem isn't only Islamic fundamentalism, per se, but a core group of fanatics who want to take control of things in the Middle East, who are using Islam as a weapon. The combination of political tensions, social inequity (the riches from the oil are concentrated in the hands of the governments and royalty) and poverty create a breeding ground for terrorism.

It is only by social development and uplifting the people that this can be changed, but with leaders more interested in making themselves wealthy and in spending oil riches on weapons (Iran), there will always be breeding grounds for terrorism.

A good example or mirror of this is the Philippines. The NPA, MNLF and MILF exist because of the social inequity and corruption in our government. If our government would only provide more opportunities in livelihood, business and rural development for people, there wouldn't be so much support for these wretched guerilla groups.

[swimstroke]

Hehe, ang Pinas siguro medyo safe. Sa tingin ko kasi wala naman silang mapapala dito, kaya training ground nalang. Ang mas delikado siguro ay yung mga developed countries, lalo na yung mga madikit sa US. Ang hirap mabuhay ng ganyan, palaging may multo, feeling mo may mangyayari sayo every second na nasa public place ka.

[buraot]

nakoow, kahit saan, may terorista...

[uls]

di tayo main target ng terrorists. that's the good news.

Pero ginagawa tayo pang practice. that's the bad news.

Ung LRT bombing, Ayala Center bombing, EDSA bus bombing, Superferry bombing, Davao airport bombing, etc... practicum lang ng mga terrorists before they move on to more important targets in that can really affect the West.

Walang halaga sa kanila ang buhay ng tao.

[Monseratto]

As long as the US shows its insensitivity towards Arabs and utter bias for the Zionist cause, they will always be under threat. The biggest example of this American policy during the latest Israeli-Hezbollah conflict. The Arab world is the key, whether the US doesn't like it or not.