1)Bush has admitted that Saddam and Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 in a recent press conference
2)the FBI has admitted that it has no hard evidence connecting Osama to the 9/11 attacks
3)the Binladen 'confession 'tapes are conclusive in that it is not Bin Laden in those pics
4)intelligence has admitted that it has found no link between Osama and Saddam.
So my kid asks me"who did attack then if we know all these things are true and verifiable?"
What do I tell him?
2006-11-27 12:32:46 · 9 answers · asked by Paul I 4 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Tell him, "I don't know, but I'll find out. When I do, I will explain as best I can. There are many things that many people are confused about right now, son."
As a parent, he is looking to you for answers about the world he is growing up in. It's scary. Teen suicide rates are up and it's not because kids see things as peachy keen. I'm not saying that to scare you but to point out that it's not so much the content of your answer (because youu may not be able to get him all the information he wants) but the form. Search for answers together. Do as much research as you can and use this as an opportunity to grow closer.
Trust me, my parents gave me pat answers that I knew were misleading and ignorant, and our relationship suffers because of it.
Parenting is the best and hardest job, isn't it?
Good luck.
2006-11-27 12:46:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, Bush has never tied Iraq to 9/11. He has called Saddam a terrorist (which he was) and decided to go after terrorists in the War on Terror. Because he often talked about Saddam, terrorism, 9/11, and Bin Laden, it's easy to think Bush claimed Iraq had something to do with it. However, he never did.
I would question #2 and #3. The 9/11 commission point the finger to Bin Laden. You are the first person I've ever heard think that it wasn't Bin Laden.
There are links b/w Saddam and Bin Laden. Did they dine with each other? No. Did Bin Laden's lackey's talk with Hussein's lackey's? Yes.
Bin Laden attacked us. Al Queda attacked us. To think otherwise is to fall into the same conspiracy mindset that people have when they think that Bush flew the airplanes into the Pentagon and WTC.
2006-11-27 21:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by theodore r 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First off, Osama did set the stage for the outrage perpetrated on the WTC and the Pentagon. Even in a murder trial circumstantial evidence is all that is necessary. The sheik Mohammad something or other that was captured in Pakistan (you remember the guy who looked like Ron Jeremy) spilled the beans on that one. Iraq is a sham if you attempt to tie it to 9/11, no question there. But, 9/11 is totally separate from what we did in Iraq.
2006-11-27 20:52:52 · answer #3 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
May be best to let him examine different theories and let him come to a conclusion that he's comfortable with.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap_6syecBlMtERyjUzGUbpLsy6IX?qid=20061122220433AA8H4iB
There have been a lot of initial denials concerning events that good investigative reporters later found out the real truth, for example Watergate, the Lewinsky affair, Agent Orange, Iran-Contra etc.
2006-11-27 22:36:08 · answer #4 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell him emotional decisions are usually wrong, and after 9/11 no one was thinking, we were all just emoting. Tell him that every dead Iraqi has a family that now hates somebody. Tell him every war is a result of a previous war, and more war just means more war.
2006-11-27 20:44:41 · answer #5 · answered by slippped 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good questions and the answers lie within our government and they r tight lipped about a lot of things and loosed lip of what they want leaked out. It's all about controversy, that's what u tell him. Bureaucratic red tape it's called.
2006-11-27 20:43:43 · answer #6 · answered by papabeartex 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good gosh, I have a 13 year old and I don't think I would know how to answer that one! I'll look forward to other people's responses.
2006-11-27 20:40:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That the politicians in this country aren't perfect, and that he is 16, he can do his own research on Google and draw his own conclusions.
2006-11-27 20:41:21 · answer #8 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
TELL HIM ABOUT THE USS COLE
TELL HIM ABOUT 9-11
TELL HIM ABOUT THE SUICIDE BOMBER THAT KILLED ALMOST 300 MARINES IN LEBANON
TELL HIM ABOUT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK IN 1993
TELL HIM THESE PEOPLE HATE AMMERICANS AND WANT TO KILL US AT ANY COST
TELL HIM THE TRUTH
2006-11-29 17:49:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋