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An open letter to Terrorists

Well, you hit the World Trade Center, but you missed America. You hit the Pentagon, but you missed America. You used helpless American bodies, to take out other American bodies, but like a poor marksman, you STILL missed America.

Why? Because of something you guys will never understand. America isn't about a building or two, not about financial centers, not about military centers, America isn't about a place, America isn't even about a bunch of bodies.

America is about an IDEA. An idea, that you can go someplace where you can earn as much as you can figure out how to, live for the most part, like you envisioned living, and pursue Happiness. (No guarantees that you'll reach it, but you can sure try!)

Go ahead and whine your terrorist whine, and chant your terrorist litany: "If you cannot see my point, then feel my pain." This concept is alien to Americans. We live in a country where we don't have to see your point. But you're free to have one. We don't have to listen to your speech. But you're free to say one. Don't know where you got the strange idea that everyone has to agree with you.

There's a spirit that tends to take over people who come to this country, looking for opportunity, looking for liberty, looking for freedom. Even if they misuse it. You guys seem to be incapable of understanding that we don't live in America, America lives in US! American Spirit is what it's called. And killing a few thousand of us, or a few million
of us, won't change it. Most of the time, it's a pretty happy-go-lucky kind of Spirit. Until we're crossed in a cowardly manner, then it becomes an entirely different kind of Spirit. Wait until you see what we do with that Spirit, this time. Sleep tight, if you can. We're coming.

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paulwp
585 posts
 
Jcbtubes, the Muslim faith is based on peace. God bless every peace loving Muslim, such as Muhammed Ali (nee Cassius Clay) speaking today in NYC. History is replete with examples of evil doers invoking one of the names of God to justify their inhuman acts. Don't judge Islam by the acts of maniacs who invoke that faith any more than you would judge Christianity by the acts of the Ku Klux Klan, Falwell or any of a number of recent Republican ideologs. There is a simple commandment: don't use the name of the Lord for your own purpose, to curry favor or win votes, or justify killing people (God is not offended by dirty words).

Doug: what a great idea. Jerusalem as the seat of the United Nations.
gregm
3,405 posts
 
Lots of emotion expressed. And justly so. I, for one, can identify with Doug's words. Maybe because I know where he's coming from.

What if the West sent "terrorist vulnerable" muslim countries the fleet carrying $10 bill. of food & medical supplies and $10 bill. in active military equip. What do you think say, Afghans (they, too, are humans), whould choose? Where would gung-ho extremists get popular support from then (assuming they actually do get support now)?
paulwp
585 posts
 
Greg, the Afghan people would take the food and medicine. The Taliban would choose the guns.
jcbtubes
400 posts
 
Paulwp- I agree with you Paul, as I state in my diatribe. What I'm suggesting is that it is time for the vast majority of moderate Muslims, especially their clerics, to disavow the violent acts of their fanatical brothers and become active in controlling these counter-productive elements within their faith. As Westerners, we will never be allowed close to these fanatics. Only their own country men will have contact. These fanatics must find pressure from those around them of their own faith if there is to be hope that these types of terrorist attacks ever will cease. Both Saudi and Sudan pressured bin Laden out of their countries because of his extremist beliefs were beyond their tolerance! These governments may not participate overtly in his terrorists acts, but they certainly don't lift a finger to stop him either.

Regrettably, I see the only other possible approach will be to provide fear on such a scale that even the terrorists will fear the reprisal of their fellow country men. I hope that I'm wrong.
pcc
150 posts
 
I've been in the military for 14 yrs. I would hate to goto war. But at this time we have no choice. If we sit back, they have won. They will come again and next time may even be worse. We must destroy terrorism or eventually it will destroy us. This will take along time, but I believe if we can get the support of the UN, fully and they actually do there part, we will eventually terminate the people who believe in terrorism. By sitting back they only get stronger and eventually find other was to disrupt us. They won't stop until we stop them. First and most important we need to clean out the ones that are already here. No, not the ones that lead normal life; the ones I'm talking about are the ones that been put here as sleepers and if you watch the news you will see we are turning over many stones. If all of the UN cleans there back yard first, then we will be able to goto the terrorist backyard with little threat to us. I realize this sounds ugly, but if we don't do this, I fear we will live in fear and continually be open to attacks in our homeland. The terrorist feel that Americans are evil and we must all be destroyed and we will be if we don't ACT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! They will keep coming, really. There was no reasoning behind the latest bombing and had we not close the airlines when we did, I know there would have been more. I can't tell you how I know, my job does not allow it. But attacks were coming. So stop panicking we are doing the right thing. They leave us no choice.
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