Friends--you asked what we should do if not retaliate militarily.
Please read this before you dismiss it as "claptrap"---
In Iran, we had supported the Shah, whose merciless secret police
terrorized his own citizens--and some of our people were taken
hostage---
Then our American government supported Saddam Hussein because we
wanted Iraq as a counterbalance in the Middle East against Iran. That
didn't do us much good in the long run.
We also armed and supported the fiercely reactionary Taliban in
Afghanistan, because they were fighting the Russians---never mind
their extreme oppression of their women. Now you apparently consider
them our enemies, as they harbor terrorists---
Maybe one thing we CAN do is to be more careful about where we put
our weight and what interests we support, and whether they exploit
their own people, so that our support sows the seeds of hatred toward
America, and a desire for revenge ?
--
Camilla Flintermann Oxford,OH
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"In all beginnings, endings lie enfolded,
implicit and invisible as
roots."
from: "Leaving the
Garden"--CHF
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