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You don't want a perpetual war, but you don't know how to tell if the war is over. Don't feel alone.

But you don't solve anything this way. Remember the song "One Tin Soldier"? The people of the Valley were peaceful. The people of the Mountain made war to get what the Valley people had. In the end, the Mountain people got nothing, because the Valley people's treasure was Love. BUT THE VALLEY PEOPLE WERE ALL KILLED.

If it were up to us, we wouldn't fight ANY war. But it takes two or more to make peace, only one to break it. If you can talk the terrorists into leaving us in peace, we won't have to fight a never-ending war. But that's where we are, now.

Facing reality, we must fight as best we can, or join the people of the Valley.

mkr

Posted by M. K. Roth @ 09/20/2001 03:38 PM EST

Duncil,

I don't think it really matters what the race of the person who has done this is. As the message goes "We are against terrorism not Islam (African-American, Native Americans, Jews, Christians, etc...)But don't get me wrong, it would do some good in preventing some of our own behaving like terrorists towards Muslim-Americans. Also, it would add to the list of "World's most wanted Terrorists" and we won't only stick with finding just one man in a cave.

I am not sure I understand your question about empathizing with their sense of frustration and anger? Are you posing this question to point out that some do not empathize with the frustration and anger of Islamic militants? Or to point out that anger could possibly justify the events of September 11th?

Posted by Berna @ 09/20/2001 10:47 AM EST

How would we feel were we to discover that African-Americans or Native Americans bombed the WTC? Upon reflection, would we not be able to empathize with their collective sense of frustration, disenfranchisement, anger?

Posted by Duncil @ 09/20/2001 09:23 AM EST