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Why and Who Did it? (Pourquoi et pour qui il l'a fait?)
If American consumers buy many goods and commodities in Wal-Mart or so on, Chinese exporters are happy to earn a large sum of dollars. Then Chinese companies will buy machine, technologies, and so on from Japan (if not stealing). So, Japanese companies get happy, too.
But, who would hire American consumers? FRB?
SECTION I: Reasons for WTC to have been Targeted
Some Americans just wondered why the Islamic terrorists had targeted the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.
Why did the terrorists attack the World Trade Center?
Answer
The attack on the world trade center (as well as the other attacks on that day) were symbolic acts on symbolic targets, intended (so it seems) more as an attack on the American self-image than to kill large numbers of Americans. had they been interested in body counts, they could have easily quadrupled the number of deaths in the WTC by attacking later in the day, and could have chosen far more populated targets than the pentagon and white house. plus, note the symbolism of scheduling the attacks on 9/11 - 911, the number to dial in an emergency. As a symbolic act it was incredibly effective, prompting a radical and aggressive shift in American foreign policy which has damaged our international reputation, involved us in two largely fruitless wars, and has nearly driven the entire US into bankruptcy.
because the terrorists blamed USA for some reason
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_the_terrorists_attack_the_World_Trade_Center#ixzz1XQ0kTlh2Yet, more effective, instructive, and useful answer is this: It is because it is a war in capitalism. It is not a war for religion. It is a war on big and huge money, rather. So, the symbol, namely WTC, American elite workers in the financial sector love so much must be demolished.
If it had been a pure act of religion or a part of any serious religious war, they would not have even thought about the existence of the World Trade Center. It is not religious but capitalistic.
AlQaeda used four passenger jet planes. But how did they assign each to each target? Had it been for a religious purpose, two of them should have been directed to the Capitol. The most religious building in Washington DC is the Capitol where the Bible is used as a legal instrument to admit Congressmen, Senators, and so on in a virtually religious ceremony. And one other for Pentagon, as it was. And the rest for New York as a disturbing operation. But, they sent two of the four to the single non-religious target, WTC. It was not at least religious. It was rather capitalistic. Or some big or huge money must have been included in major factors that caused the 9/11 Terror rather than any spiritual and religious issues.
Accordingly, President Mr. W. Bush sent richly armed troops to Iraq and Afghanistan but not humble Christian missionaries in a large scale.
Indeed, some U.S. citizens flatly said after 9/11, "They attacked America, since they envied rich and prosperous America!" Truly, envy is a major driving factor in capitalism. In fact, ordinary Americans do not think, "They attacked America, since they envied very pious Christian America!"
To make a long discussion short, as long as the U.S. is a champion in capitalism, it cannot completely solve a terror problem targeted to the U.S. by envying terrorists who belong to a sphere of violent capitalism rather than peaceful Islam.
To make a long conclusion very short, the solution is for America to become more Christian than capitalistic. If the Taliban, for example, think that Americans are all as poor as they are because of Christianity, they will not join any terrorists planning to attack America to make Americans further poorer.
(To be continued...)
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Appendix. The London Naval Treaty
Through the Great Depression, naval disarmament negotiations were pursued by major players at the time.
The London Naval Treaty was an agreement between the United Kingdom, the Empire of Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed on April 22, 1930, which regulated submarine warfare and limited naval shipbuilding....
The Treaty also established a distinction between cruisers armed with guns no greater than 6.1 inches (155mm) calibre ("light cruisers" in unofficial parlance), from those with guns up to 8 inches (203 mm) calibre ("heavy cruisers"). The number of heavy cruisers was limited - the US were permitted 18 with a total tonnage of 180,000, the British 15 totalling 147,000 and the Japanese 12 totalling 108,000 tons. For the light cruisers no numbers were specified but tonnage limits were 143,500 tons for the US, 192,200 tons for the British and 100,450 tons for the Japanese. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty
The most important result of this negotiation for the Empire of Japan is that the U.S., the U.K., and other participants agreed that the empire could have naval power equal to 69.75% of that of the U.S. and the U.K. As the U.S. and the U.K. had to deploy their fleets not only in the Pacific Ocean but also in the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Ocean, and other seas near their colonies, the Imperial Navy of Japan could keep superiority in the Pacific Ocean.
However, it did not mean that GDP of the Empire of Japan at the time corresponded to 69.75% of the American GDP.
But, it tells how difficult for a non-European/American nation to have coped with Western powers at the time (namely before WWII), since major European nations and the U.S. colonized almost all of the world except the Empire of Japan and some lucky countries.
Anyway, the Empire of Japan accepted and observed the Naval Treaty. For example, the Imperial Navy altered its battle cruiser Hiei to training battle ship by changing its equipment.
After Pearl Habor, Hiei returned to the line of battle, though it was lost after the Battle of the Solomons in 1942 where it was hit by, but withstood a bombardment of, 80 shells.
Anyway you cannot negotiate a disarmament treaty with terrorists which the Empire of Japan was not.
Mat 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.