Comments on: Deepak Chopra On H&C Defending Himself (VIDEO) http://www.msunderestimated.com/2008/12/deepak-chopra-on-hc-defending-himself-video/ Reality Bytes Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack Rogers http://www.msunderestimated.com/2008/12/deepak-chopra-on-hc-defending-himself-video/comment-page-1/#comment-118982 Jack Rogers Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:25:40 +0000 http://msunderestimated.com/?p=1955#comment-118982 It is just as simple-minded to claim that America is directly responsible for the attacks in Mumbai as it is to ignore how our government's self-serving, and quite often violent, policies in the Middle East fuel anger in a region which is already suffering from an extreme amount of religious tension. Isn't it about time we as Americans take a more nuanced approach to understanding this conflict that we are, like it or not, irrevocably bound to? We owe it to our fellow Americans, who died at the hands of terrorists on September 11th, to do our best to try to understand how we became entangled in this conflict; to accept responsibility for the elements of terror which our government is responsible for, and to focus our energy on extricating ourselves from this quagmire before more innocent American lives are lost to this conflict.<br><br>This is a complicated situation and to thrust blame solely upon fundamentalist Islam is simply irresponsible and is an exercise in delusion - to thrust the blame solely upon America is just plain wrong. It is just as simple-minded to claim that America is directly responsible for the attacks in Mumbai as it is to ignore how our government's self-serving, and quite often violent, policies in the Middle East fuel anger in a region which is already suffering from an extreme amount of religious tension. Isn't it about time we as Americans take a more nuanced approach to understanding this conflict that we are, like it or not, irrevocably bound to? We owe it to our fellow Americans, who died at the hands of terrorists on September 11th, to do our best to try to understand how we became entangled in this conflict; to accept responsibility for the elements of terror which our government is responsible for, and to focus our energy on extricating ourselves from this quagmire before more innocent American lives are lost to this conflict.

This is a complicated situation and to thrust blame solely upon fundamentalist Islam is simply irresponsible and is an exercise in delusion – to thrust the blame solely upon America is just plain wrong.

]]> By: Jack Rogers http://www.msunderestimated.com/2008/12/deepak-chopra-on-hc-defending-himself-video/comment-page-1/#comment-118144 Jack Rogers Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:25:40 +0000 http://msunderestimated.com/?p=1955#comment-118144 It is just as simple-minded to claim that America is directly responsible for the attacks in Mumbai as it is to ignore how our government's self-serving, and quite often violent, policies in the Middle East fuel anger in a region which is already suffering from an extreme amount of religious tension. Isn't it about time we as Americans take a more nuanced approach to understanding this conflict that we are, like it or not, irrevocably bound to? We owe it to our fellow Americans, who died at the hands of terrorists on September 11th, to do our best to try to understand how we became entangled in this conflict; to accept responsibility for the elements of terror which our government is responsible for, and to focus our energy on extricating ourselves from this quagmire before more innocent American lives are lost to this conflict.<br><br>This is a complicated situation and to thrust blame solely upon fundamentalist Islam is simply irresponsible and is an exercise in delusion - to thrust the blame solely upon America is just plain wrong. It is just as simple-minded to claim that America is directly responsible for the attacks in Mumbai as it is to ignore how our government's self-serving, and quite often violent, policies in the Middle East fuel anger in a region which is already suffering from an extreme amount of religious tension. Isn't it about time we as Americans take a more nuanced approach to understanding this conflict that we are, like it or not, irrevocably bound to? We owe it to our fellow Americans, who died at the hands of terrorists on September 11th, to do our best to try to understand how we became entangled in this conflict; to accept responsibility for the elements of terror which our government is responsible for, and to focus our energy on extricating ourselves from this quagmire before more innocent American lives are lost to this conflict.

This is a complicated situation and to thrust blame solely upon fundamentalist Islam is simply irresponsible and is an exercise in delusion – to thrust the blame solely upon America is just plain wrong.

]]> By: Jack Rogers http://www.msunderestimated.com/2008/12/deepak-chopra-on-hc-defending-himself-video/comment-page-1/#comment-116328 Jack Rogers Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:25:40 +0000 http://msunderestimated.com/?p=1955#comment-116328 It is just as simple-minded to claim that America is directly responsible for the attacks in Mumbai as it is to ignore how our government's self-serving, and quite often violent, policies in the Middle East fuel anger in a region which is already suffering from an extreme amount of religious tension. Isn't it about time we as Americans take a more nuanced approach to understanding this conflict that we are, like it or not, irrevocably bound to? We owe it to our fellow Americans, who died at the hands of terrorists on September 11th, to do our best to try to understand how we became entangled in this conflict; to accept responsibility for the elements of terror which our government is responsible for, and to focus our energy on extricating ourselves from this quagmire before more innocent American lives are lost to this conflict.<br><br>This is a complicated situation and to thrust blame solely upon fundamentalist Islam is simply irresponsible and is an exercise in delusion - to thrust the blame solely upon America is just plain wrong. It is just as simple-minded to claim that America is directly responsible for the attacks in Mumbai as it is to ignore how our government's self-serving, and quite often violent, policies in the Middle East fuel anger in a region which is already suffering from an extreme amount of religious tension. Isn't it about time we as Americans take a more nuanced approach to understanding this conflict that we are, like it or not, irrevocably bound to? We owe it to our fellow Americans, who died at the hands of terrorists on September 11th, to do our best to try to understand how we became entangled in this conflict; to accept responsibility for the elements of terror which our government is responsible for, and to focus our energy on extricating ourselves from this quagmire before more innocent American lives are lost to this conflict.

This is a complicated situation and to thrust blame solely upon fundamentalist Islam is simply irresponsible and is an exercise in delusion – to thrust the blame solely upon America is just plain wrong.

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