George,
While I agree with the jist of your thoughts, unfortunately "reason" and
"demonizing" wil not stop terrorism. These people are sick and like many
criminals only understand one thing - violence and blood shed.
Unfortunately there will be much blood shed in eradicating terrorists
although much blood can be saved if countries harboring terrorists arrest
them and deny them "sanctuary." I doubt all countries will do so but I think
many will. I hope they sober up and see the consequences of their actions.
If not . . .
We can cut off their money as long as all banks and countries cooperate
including Switzerland, the Caymen Islands, the Jersey Islands in GB, and
everywhere else. Without money they can't survive and buy the weapons they
use for destruction. If we find money coming from the countries such as
Afganistan or Iraq we have to cut them off and isolate them. Unfortuantely
as we find in Iraq many innocent people will still die because these
countries would rather use the little money they have to support their
military rather than to purchase food and medicine.
FWIW, Afganistan, from what I understand, is the largest exporter of Opium
in the world and I'm sure many of the drug addicts in our country are
indirectly supporting terrorism.
Unfortunately in the long run people will die and I don't think it can be
prevented no matter how hard we try. Reason in all instances will not
prevail and only metal and explosives and blood will do.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <Geegc@aol.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 10:28 AM
Subject: O/T Terrorism
> "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to remain silent."
>
> We have seen a week's worth of words of war, as if bombing a few terrorist
> camps and killing a few hundred people will do anything but make us feel
> food. But killing bin Laden and his supporters will at best slow down the
> threat, and may make it grow in the future as they become martyrs to the
> cause. In a western liberal society, with freedom to travel, own guns,
buy
> fertilizer, and so on, anyone who is willing to die for a better place in
> heaven can kill dozens or more in his own suicide.
>
> What we need to do, as a people and a civilization, is challenge and stop
all
> those who demonize and deny the humanity of others, and those who give
> comfort and support to such people. For it is from such sources that
suicide
> bombers spring. Whether it is state supported mullahs in the Mideast who
> teach children that Israel and Jews have no right to exist and that the
> United States is the Great Satan, or racists here in the US who preach the
> superiority of white Christians and the illegitimacy and evil of the
> Government, or the Xenophobics in Africa who challenge the humanity of the
> Chinese among them, those who support western liberal ideals must be vocal
> and active in challenging hate mongers wherever they live.
>
> The way to do this is not just to kill more people as feel good
retribution
> and stop at that, but to challenge individually such behavior and to
support
> an effort for all western civilizations to create political and economic
> incentives for pluralism and freedom, and to put a stop to the hate that
> spews forth from so many mouths.
>
> This runs counter to our "live and let live" philosophy, but unless we
want
> to see unending generations of terrorists grow up to kill, we have to
support
> tolerance and those who preach it with words, acts and money at home and
> abroad in every way we can.
>
> Gary C
> the red one
> the black one
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