September 11, 2001: Never Forget 2, the Political Thread
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On a national level, the American Muslim community has integrated rather well.
That was fascinating. They captured an entire spectrum of opinions in less than 30 minutes. I was amazed at listening to Chinese citizens talk about how there could never be a terrorist attack on their soil because China is "harmonious" with every other country and has no enemies. That sounds like the same kind of attitude many Americans had about 15 years ago.
I think it was more "No one who would actually want to hurt us could get here" and less "We have no serious enemies". Say what you will of our foreign policy but America itself is rather isolated geographically from the people it fights. This wasn't true of the Russians, but it IS true of just about anyone else.
Either way, I distinctly remember Americans expressing both sentiments in the '90s. I hope China doesn't have to be proven wrong like we were.
Who would attack China though? I doubt the Tibetians are going to violate just about all of their teachings to bomb a building... maybe the Mongolians? Taiwanese? Perhaps North Korea finally loses it and threatens China?
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