Vietnam and the Twin Towers

Why do you fight and argue with each other? Isn't it because you are full of selfish desires that fight to control your body? You want something you don't have, and you will do anything to get it. You will even kill! But you still cannot get what you want, and you won't get it by fighting and arguing. (James 4:1-2, CEV)

Reflections on that passage from 14-year-old quasi-literate street boys in the Caribbean:

"That's why Vietnam started the war with America when they knocked down the Twin Towers. Because they were jealous since America has all of the money."

(To us) "Were you in America when they knocked down the towers?"

"Yes."(We were in Abilene, Texas.)

"Were you in the towers?"

"No."

"Whew. That was close. We're glad you made it out."