discussion TB: Björk says Americans can't be "completely surprised" by 9/11

[Space Cowboy]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/bjork-says-americans-cant-be-completely-surprised-by-911
 

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"Iceland was a colony for six hundred years. And, sometimes, colonialists become blind. They don't measure the impact of their actions. For example, I found it very weird to be here, in New York, on September 11 2001 and to see this whole nation being shocked, surprised. Of course it was a terrible event, and 3000 people were killed. But seeing the policy of war carried out by the US, you can't be completely surprised with the result.
You can't have huge armed forces, like you have in Danemark or France, intervening on foreign soil, killing people, and think it won't have an impact. I'm not saying I have a solution because it seems it's in human nature to declare war, unfortunately. But peace is also part of human nature. I don't want to be the naïve one by saying each country should shut down their army, but I'm proud to be part of a country that doesn't have one."

Did she spill?

[itshyolee]

She has a point.

[awesomepossum]

Iceland doesn't have an army?!

[Trash]

 

 

[Miracle]

Such a queen

[mathekr]

Móðir was right

[Pendulum]

2 minutes ago, awesomepossum said:

Iceland doesn't have an army?!

Why would they need one?  They're isolated up there and nobody ever bothers them 

[Erotic]

Iceland does have an army though, they have an Army of Me

[Sugar-Rush]

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 I don't want to be the naïve one by saying each country should shut down their army, but I'm proud to be part of a country that doesn't have one."

So what's stopping Iceland from being invaded?

[Kern]

3 minutes ago, Sugar-Rush said:

So what's stopping Iceland from being invaded?

Why would anyone invade Iceland? 

[CherieMoon]

I love her 

[AshleyLovescats887]

7 minutes ago, Sugar-Rush said:

So what's stopping Iceland from being invaded?

Why would anyone want Iceland?

[Capris Groove]

She was bang on.

 

The CIA and FBI basically had a dick waving contest about who could solve things first so agencies didn't want to share information with one-another beacause they wanted the credit for themselves. The CIA refused to share intelligence with the FBI counter terrorism unit and therefore let the 9/11 hijackers into the country even though they were known to be Al Qaeda. The inactions of the CIA were the main reasons that 9/11 was allowed to happen.

 

I remember being speechless when I heard about the 9/11 hijackers who were taking flying lessons in Florida the year before. They flat out told the instructors they weren't interested in learning how to land. The flying school contacted the FBI, sent the warnings up the chain, but nothing was done about it.

[RideOrDie]

8 minutes ago, Sugar-Rush said:

So what's stopping Iceland from being invaded?

Iceland is one of the founding members of NATO. They would provide security and military aid if ever needed. So no one's gonna bother Iceland lol

[Princess Aurora]

Did she lie?

[Pheromosa]

No Army?

ATRL should invade Iceland, who is with me? 

[Sugden]

Its commom sense you go around destroying countries for fun one day its gonna backfire

[Cheers]

Let me go invade Iceland 🦄 

[Digitalism]

20 minutes ago, Kern said:

Why would anyone invade Iceland? 

 

19 minutes ago, AshleyLovescats887 said:

Why would anyone want Iceland?

Some of you really don't understand how things work uh ?

[Kern]

5 minutes ago, Digitalism said:

 

Some of you really don't understand how things work uh ?

Noo king, not everyone is as clever as you. I don't know anything 

 

[Virgos Groove]

She spilled.

 

That "terrorists attacked us because they hate our FREEDOM!!1!" narrative that was spread by neocons after 9/11 is ridiculous. 9/11 was a consequence of US foreign policy, from funding the mujahideen in Afghanistan to expanding their presence in the Middle East after the Gulf War. The journalists who interviewed Bin Laden in the late-90s said it themselves: "He didn't mention Hollywood or alcohol or Madonna; it was purely about US presence in the Middle East" (paraphrasing). Hell, he said it himself in the letters that went viral last year.

 

Before anyone starts quoting me: no, I'm not defending Bin Laden. He's a far-right Islamic fundamentalist. But he did not attack American because he wanted you to take off your shoes at the airport. 

[awesomepossum]

1 hour ago, Pendulum said:

Why would they need one?  They're isolated up there and nobody ever bothers them 

 

1 hour ago, RideOrDie said:

Iceland is one of the founding members of NATO. They would provide security and military aid if ever needed. So no one's gonna bother Iceland lol

It's one thing to have no army, it's another thing to have no army because you're part of an alliance with the largest military in the world + her allies. They're basically relying on someone else's army instead of having their own.

[Attitude]

America's always in everybody's business. They are bound to have many enemies. 

[Mean Trees]

OOP. Don't forget the US funded Al Qaeda especially when it was a part of the Mujahideen. 

[Onyxmage]

I was with her until the end. Shes proud to be born on a rock? BYE.