[sutekidane]

The fact that we have technology to come to forums like this and voice our frustrations and share our common human experiences should give us reason for optimism and hope for our common future.

9/11 represents a major world event, some people like to mourn, while other like to point out the over reaction that happened after 9/11. OBL actually desired to create rift between US and the Muslim world, as well as make America bankrupt and make it a perpetual and expensive national security state. So in many respects he has succeeded in his goals and in a way the US fell into the very trap he has created to bring the US to its doom. Some people like myself also want to point out the overall geopolitical landscape that spawned the people who were motivated to conduct such a crime.

While there is media pandering to some people's emotions and some politicians keep using it as an overused political tool, I take it as an opportunity and use it as a tool to understand the world around us a little better. Everything in this world I believe is in some way connected, nothing happens by accident or out of the blue, it is only our lack of knowledge and information that makes us surprised, angry or emotional. So I urge people to find right sources of information and inform yourselves.

This world of ours has a lot of bad, but a lot of good as well. Although we have the weapons to destroy our planet hundreds of times, we still have not done it. Everyone of us has a responsibility, I believe, to work for a better world, than the one we inhabit and there is a lot of work to be done.