Take your time - but please, grieve unconditionally with those who have suffered.
I grieved with them not only on my social networks but I have friends in France and I called them on their mobiles from AT&T phone while it was unfolding. I especially offer my condolence to the Muslim gate keeper who braved and sacrificed his life to block the suicide bomber else the damage would have been even more. If you had gone through my comments carefully, you would have found that already.
There's an old adage, rule of etiquette (can't really remember which) that says something like, 'if you add a 'but' at the end of an apology, it isn't an apology'.
Hold on....What do you mean by an apology, as far as grievance is concerned, I did. But WTF ...why do I owe an apology to them... But now you owe an explanation to me for using this word otherwise I have reasons to think of liberal fascist
I'll paraphrase that to say, 'if you add a 'but' at the end of a condemnation, it isn't really a condemnation'.
I condemn this coward act by ISIS.
I condemn the policies ensued by west of creating unrest in the middle east that caused the creation of ISIS and also the Paris Attack. SIS is their brainchild and there is no denying of it and it became evident as soon as Putin declared Russian participation and airstrikes. It is no conspiracy theory whatsoever and a plenty of evidence is now available online. If you need my help, just let me know.
I completely agree that the Saudis (more than any other country), UAE, Qatar, US,Turkey and Israel have directly and indirectly contributed to the rise of ISIS, but that does not mean they plotted the Paris attacks. In fact, look at the list of countries that played a significant role in ISIS's rise, and the main players are so called 'Islamic nations'.
Please add G20 nations in the list. It is no conspiracy theory as President of Russia Mr. Putin has clearly mentioned in his official statement and he stands behind it. He is far more credible than those who lied about WMDs in Iraq.
The Saudis and GCC States were the ones screaming at the US to 'do more', to provide anti-aircraft and anti-armor missiles to rebel groups - the US resisted those demands, and the GCC States poured money into destabilizing Syria and Iraq regardless.
The Islamic world can't shirk responsibility here - doesn't matter how you look at it.
First of all, the Islamic world does not comprise of only GCC and population wise they form a small fraction. Act of GCC cannot be generalised to the rest of Islamic world like Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh etc and such generalisation of extremism is known as bigotry. And I have no problem in condemning the act of these countries but I do not consider it as responsibility of Islamic world. West bears 90% of the responsibility. It starts with invasion of Iraq. If Saddam was at the helm of affairs in Iraq, we would see no ISIS and thus such attacks. Where are the WMDs? A simple smirk won't work, we need an answer. Because lies and falsehood are at the centre of all the crisis and liars have no credibility.
But now it is time for you to display some honesty and integrity if you are a real person.
Did you ever ask westerners for condemning their support and involvement in middle eastern crisis.
Did you unconditionally condemn the Israeli state oppression against Palestinians and their continued genocide?
Did you such unconditional grievances to Palestinian people?
