Hello Listers,
This letter was read by a local D.J. yesterday and I thought I'd share it
with you all.
September 11, 2001
> > An Open Letter to Terrorists
> > I don't know your name, or names - we may never know
> > who you are - so I
> > can't address you personally. Today, you killed
> > several thousands of our
> > friends...perhaps not people who we knew personally,
> > but people like us.
> > People who worked hard to make a living, who loved
> > someone, who were loved
> > by someone, who worried about making a better life for
> > their children and
> > grandchildren, who believed in God and the American
> > Dream, who criticized
> > this country for its insufficiencies and cared enough
> > to try and change
> > things and ensure a better future, not just for us,
> > but for the world.
> > People who leave behind scores of loved ones, friends,
> > pets, neighbors,
> > coworkers, and members of their faiths. Perhaps even
> > people who derived
> > from your own country and who sought refuge here.
> > Your act was a slaughter of the innocents.
> >
> > You are like an insidious cancer that strikes without
> > warning, ravages
> > bodies, tears families apart, and in the end can never
> > destroy the soul.
> > You are the ultimate coward.
> >
> > You may topple our buildings, collapse our
> > communication systems, disrupt
> > our government, crash our markets, and leave behind
> > the carnage of bodies,
> > but you will never destroy the soul of America. We
> > made this country from
> > the bits and pieces of the rest of the world; we took
> > the best, the worst of
> > every culture and nationality, race and creed, and
> > made an alloy that may be
> > dented, but not even a trial by fire can melt.
> >
> > I don't know what god you believe in, or what hateful
> > rhetoric you espouse,
> > or what your misguided political beliefs might be that
> > allows you to do what
> > you did today without a fear of eternal damnation. I
> > only know that you may
> > win a battle or two, but you will never win this war.
> > We have the entire history of the world on our side,
> > and no dictator,
> > despot, or madman has survived as long as America has
> > thrived and prospered.
> > If you accomplished anything at all today, it was to
> > give America a wake-up
> > call, and we will now rise up stronger than before.
> > You are defeated before you've even begun, there in
> > your private hell and
> > later in your eternal one. Someday your people may
> > even need our help, and
> > because we are America, we would respond.
> >
> > May God bless the friends we lost, their families,
> > friends, neighbors and
> > coworkers. We will help them rebuild from the ashes.
> > May God continue to
> > bless America, help her to protect us all, and may she
> > continue to shine as
> > a beacon of democracy and hope to the rest of the
> > world.
Copyright Jim Willis 2001
In deepest sympathy to those who have lost a loved one.
Permission to share.
Stay Safe,
Ohan Korlikian
Deputy Sheriff
64 Series IV Alpine GT B9405413 LRX
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