On Tue, 11 September 2001, andrew fildes wrote:
>
> >After today's events, I will NEVER again complain and grumble about
> >airport security, and I hope we nuke the hell out of Afganastan, where I'm
> >sure this whole operation was concocted, and incinerate every last one of
> >those towel-headed religious fanatics.
> >
> >A really pissed off Walt Wayman
> >
>
> That's a neat thought Walt - they're having such a lousy time already that
> a bit more won't matter and it may make you feel better. I just spent the
> day trying to explain to my students, even the 'towel-headed' ones, in as
> detached a manner as possible. Many were badly shaken, despite the
> distance, because they were reminded just how vulnerable we all are to
> extremism.
> Don't forget that the people who did this firmly believe that it was
> justified, that Americans are their oppressors and that it is they that are
> exacting revenge. Some are celebrating because for them, it is a military
> victory. (NO - I don't share this view but I attempt to understand).
> We withdrew Afghan, Palestinian and American students from class today for
> a kind of group counselling - some of the visibly Muslim students were
> already subject to taunts - ironically in one case from a group of Serbs.
> Stories of bombings in Kabul were exaggerated by people who have no
> conception of the 'normal' situation there. The way we feel today is, for
> some, a way of life.
> My condolences - I hope none on this list were touched directly.
> AndrewF
I have ever been a hand-wringer or turn-the-other-cheek, touchy-feely,
love-thy-enemy wuss. I guess it?s a personal failure. Quite frankly, I don?t
give a rat?s ass (or arse, if you prefer) that these terrorists feel justified
or not. That?s truly an absurd rationalization. Hitler felt justified, too,
I'm sure.
Whoever is responsible for what happened in NYC and DC is my enemy, and I want
every one of them dead, along with those who allow them a safe haven from
which to operate. ?My friend?s friend is my friend, and my enemy?s friend is
my enemy,? I believe is how it goes, and the Taliban in Afghanistan, despite
their cowardly denials, gives Bin Laden a home base, so I would be more than
happy to see that country bombed back to the Stone Age (which would not take
much, since they aren?t far from it anyway).
If you?ve got a vicious dog that attacks my children and you let him live under
your porch, I?ll burn your house down, with you in it, to get rid of that dog.
The same goes for Afghanistan. Whether or not Bin Laden is behind this attack,
he?s due for extermination for many reasons. Unlike so many of today?s
politically correct apologists, I am not the tiniest bit sorry that we nuked
Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II, and I am still pissed that Bush the
Elder didn?t let us continue on into Baghdad and finish the job there 10 years
ago. Bombs away is what I say! Let God sort 'em out.
Walt Wayman
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