A few coworkers and I had a discussion about how we (USA) wouldn't have attacked any other country in the way we're attacking Iraq/Afghanistan had they been found to be behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It was an interesting discussion, my view was that it would have been different, but not necessarily less of a force. For instance, I think had it been Russia, we would be near, in or having finished WW3 by this point. 

Someone brought up an interesting point, about the fact that domestic terrorism is almost shrugged off, and the racial group behind the terrorist act is rarely blamed. The example used was Timothy McVeigh. When he blew up the Alfred P. Murrah, white people were not seen as terrorists. I'm almost inclined to agree, that if the same attacks were done by someone that lived down the street it wouldn't have been nearly as big of a deal.

Just a little curious about what Reddit thinks about this...
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I believe that the 9/11 attacks would have been considered terrorism if it was done by a Muslim.
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A few coworkers and I had a discussion about how we (USA) wouldn't have attacked any other country in the way we're attacking Iraq/Afghanistan had they been found to be behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It was an interesting discussion, my view was that it would have been different, but not necessarily less of a force. For instance, I think had it been Russia, we would be near, in or having finished WW3 by this point. 

Someone brought up an interesting point, about the fact that domestic terrorism is almost shrugged off, and the racial group behind the terrorist act is rarely blamed. The example used was Timothy McVeigh. When he blew up the Alfred P. Murrah, white people were not seen as terrorists. I'm almost inclined to agree, that if the same attacks were done by someone that lived down the street it wouldn't have been nearly as big of a deal.

Just a little curious about what Reddit thinks about this...
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Is the reaction to a domestic terrorist act by the USA similar to how it is in foreign
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