@CaptainHarley After 9/11, condolences and expressions of sympathy for the USA and our loss poured in from all over the world, including a large number of Muslim states. There were s few street demonstrations in extremist held areas such as the Gaza Strip supporting the carnage, but there were far more denouncing it. Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Kuwait, the Arab Emirates, India, and even Syria and Libya firmly denounced the act. There were demonstrations in the Arab streets waving American flags in support.
Believe it or not, Iran offered not only their sympathy but the support of their Intelligence Agency in tracking down bin Laden and al Qaeda. Iran is a Shiia nation, and bin Laden represents an extreme of Sunni Wahhabism that is repugnant to and dangerous to Iran.
Of course our cowboy president didn’t even reply to Iran. Why risk that they might actually get bin Laden for us when you want to gin up wars not only with Afghanistan and Iraq, but with Iran itself. There was sooooo much money to be transferred to Bush’s buddies in the Military Industrial Complex and Cheney’s Halliburton friends that he couldn’t possibly risk actually getting al Qaeda and ending the whole thing then and there.
Bush squandered all that good will by the way he handled the response.