If America has another 9/11 style attack, how will the world react?

[Cascadian]

The terrorist attacks of 9/11/01 brought America and world together. Every country, even our those considered foes came to rally around the U.S. in sympathy and goodwill. Now that Bush and his band of thugs have squandered that goodwill by going on this quest for "Pax Americana". Now America is seen in the same league as Nazi Germany.

If another terrorist attack happens here, I will bet you that the world is not going to be so sympathetic as they were in 2001. I think the rest of the world's attitude is going to be "told you so." or "serves you right!". I also wonder what these freeper types who bought the line that America is safer now that we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq?


John

[politicat]

1. I like to think that they'll treat us better than we've treated them.

But human nature being what it is.... probably not. I am hoping that we'll get polite silences that ooze "I told you so" rather than getting it directly. For me, the former are far worse than the latter.

Pcat

[Piperay]

2. I doubt we will get

any sympathy or help the next time.

[regnaD kciN]

3. I think the reaction of most would be fear...

After all, they've seen how we used 9/11 as a smokescreen for all sorts of actions in violation of international law that had nothing to do with going after the terrorists. What might we do after a second attack?

I think, especially, the fear might be that it comes to light that one of the terrorists involved in a second attack might have at one time lived in or even merely passed through their country. Might we attack or :nuke: them as well?

:scared:

[Doctor_J]

23. a big war

I think such an event would trigger armageddon-ish reaction, for the reasons that JDWalley mentions. Full-scale war would break out in Palestine, Pakistan, NK/SK, and the ME. the Kremlin would lose all of its inhibitions about bringing the rogue republics in line. Nukes will be unleashed.

T'would be bad

[Jim Warren]

4. piss poor

We've squandered what good will we had. Now, we get the "serves them roght".

[arcos]

5. There is a widespread perception that the US is now a fascist nation...

I agree with you, the world won't be as sympathetic to the US as in 9/11... a lot of people will think that is exactly what the US deserves after going fascist.

[booksenkatz]

6. With much dancing and singing

...the only thing to decide will be which Who will get to carve the roast beast. And will you blame them? The world wasn't too nuts about us before, but now we are thoroughly despised. (A big fat thanks to the grinning, kill-happy, Miserable Failure for that!)

[msanger]

7. I think this is an excellent question

and should be spread arount the internet. I'll post it on KOS myself. It brings home exactly what the bush approach to 911 has cost us - not only making us less safe, but making us less supported.

[ithacan]

8. after 9/11 there was ENORMOUS outpouring of support, sympathy,

and positive feelings. I mean Le Monde in Paris trumpeted "We are all Americans." American flags flew in Toronto.

But Bush squandered all of that good will. Not only squandered, but rejected it in the rudest possible way, telling the rest of the world to go f*** itself.

So if something happens again, the reaction will be:

Bush brought it upon himself, his actions have been an open invitation for something like this.

And we won't see even half of the sympathy of post-9/11.

Another Bush fuck up big time.

[Killarney]

9. They'll think we brought it on ourselves.

Unfortunately.
:(

We will not get the outpouring of support we got on 9/11.

[izzie]

10. better than we have acted.

Or so I hope. Now maybe people can see why the English were mad that we would give guns to the IRA?

[BiggJawn]

11. Shrug and go back to their newspapers.

After 11 September, we had the sympathy of the world, and this mis-administartion had to piss it all away thinking sympathy equaled support for unilateral aggression...

[TahitiNut]

12. There'd be NO candlelight vigils.

The Busholinis have succeeded in making us appear 'deserving' of whatever retaliation occurs. While such atrocities appall any sane and civilized human being, we'll no longer be treated as innocent children.

[mopaul]

13. 1st, there'd be no sympathy

the whole world would see how we deserved to be attacked by the people we routinely oppress. i believe even 9-11 was because of decades of this same type of de-humanizing of muslims the world over.

another attack would be blamed squarely on bush, and the only way the world could ever forgive us would be to remove all traces of bushco filth from history.

[Lars39]

14. Other countries will be supremely p!ssed if any more of their citizens

are killed on US soil. So many people forget or didn't even know that there were other nationalities that died Sept. 11. :(

[revcarol]

15. I still have the pics of all the flowers and candles at our embassies

and people at the candlelight vigils.

We could have made much more progress against terrorist groups if Bush had kept his hands off of Iraq.

Another terrorist incident here? The world will care about the people hurt or killed, but not about our nation. We are no longer The Shining City Upon the Hill.Our government is morally bankrupt, the world's people know this, and even if Kerry is elected President and we get a Democratic Congress and Senate,It will be more than a generation before we get respect back, IF THEN. There has been too much complicity by Democrats in raping the world in the name of free trade, and every incident adds even more to the pile of dog shit.

And look at our government's response to the terror bombing in Spain right after the election, the spin from the administration was that the terror influenced the election, so that's why Aznar was voted out. We should have been talking about how brave the people were to come out to vote, how they had come out from under a fascist dictatorship and were DETERMINED to keep their democracy, even taking their lives into their hands to vote!!

I am more hopeless now than I have been in my lifetime.

[Nihil]

16. A few thoughts from abroad

I think there will still be a lot of sympathy for the innocents who end
up maimed, dead, orphaned or widowed. It takes a particularly vicious
and inhuman mind to enjoy the suffering of children. The world at large
will not revel in such an event at all.

After that, there will be a certain amount of cool-minded charity
along the lines of "Ho hum, another famine in <African country> again?
Try getting rid of your corrupt government before asking for any more aid."

The danger then will be how your administration reacts.

As some have suggested, there will be a lot of fear (not more knee-jerk
invasions and bombings?) and a lot of questions (just how did this all
happen *again*?). If you still have a Bush in charge and he is still
supported by the brain-dead legions of FR-clones then there is a real
risk that the reaction will be extreme xenophobia - paranoia at a
national level - followed by extreme repression and violence.

Given the influence that the US has across the world, this will not
be something that any sane person would look forward to.

Nihil

[Cascadian]

18. If it does come to that...

I think you'll find that a lot of clear thinking and enlightened Americans are going to try to leave the country, Because if America becomes more beligerant, then the whole concept of America as we know it will truly be dead. Why would anybody want to live in a morgue?




John

[troublemaker]

17. laughter

[ikojo]

19. There have been so many lies coming out of DC since

Jan 21, 2001 that if there is another terrorist attack on US soil, I suspect that much of the world will assume it was an inside job to deflect attention from shrub's failings on the US econcomy and the war on terra.

[ibegurpard]

20. Curt public expressions of sympathy

privately they'll be saying we deserved it.

[Larkspur]

21. The Palestinians won't be alone dancing in the streets

if a major terrorist hit strikes us again.

[Kanary]

22. If the NEOCONS are in power, the world will collectively turn its back

And, who could blame 'em.

Kanary

[devilgrrl]

24. After 9/11 the world sympathized but thought * LIHOP.

This time around they'll be indifferent and think * LIHOP.