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I thought I should share something with you folks. It probably isn't anything new to you, but there is a small but vocal group of young people who make up the bulk of the "peace" protesters. As president of a chapter of the Young Americans for Freedom at a major university, I have been exposed to some in their ranks. They haven't conducted any protests here, but they have circulated a peace petition around campus. In response to this, I started a campaign of patriotic fliers that were posted around campus. I also wrote a letter to the editorial page of the student newspaper here, detailing the foolishness of the "peace" activists. I got my first piece of hate mail tonight. Here it is:

i just read you letter to the editor in the september 28th issue of the review. i agree, i terrorists responsible for destroying the world trade center and damaging the pentagon certainly lack the moral understanding of the worth of a human life, but i ask you this: what about the innocent afganis that will die when we attack their country. the majority of the people there do not support the taliban regime has forcefully taken control of their country. they are oppressed by them! how can you justify killing a person that has had absolutely no involvement in what happened on the 11th?! you and your "young americans for violence" need to think these things out. before you go labeling others as hateful and immoral, you need to have a reality check. it's right wing, vengeful hypocrites like you that infest this otherwise peaceful nation. american or afgani we are all human. humans died on september 11th and humans will die when we attack afganistan. does the taliban need to be stopped? of course it does! but maybe it's time the US took a minute to understand why the world in the state it is right now. we need stop playing geo-politics. we are the reason the taliban was created. we are responsible for this, like a four-year-old we have been passing the blame for years.
"an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind."
~brett matulis

Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush: Both unelected, both want war.

Here's my response:

Thank you for your letter. I think it is obvious from your letter that it is now clear which faction is the hateful one. You are the ones that full of hate, hate directed towards those who disagree with you. Before you go around labeling someone, try getting to know them first. I am a first generation American on my father's side, and second generation on my mom's side, meaning I'm mixed race. I'm not your stereotypical "right-winger." Get your facts straight. Get your mind out of the "Blame America First" mentality. I was quite civil in my letter. Please try to return the favor. I respect your side's opinions for the most part, try to have respect towards mine. I don't want violence any more than anyone else. But we have been attacked. You know my viewpoints if you read my letter properly. Try to understand where I'm coming from. Have a good week.

All the proof that we need to be bold in defending our nation agaist enemies, both foreign and domestic.

In all fairness, I don't you should have generalized all anarchists as a violent faction just because one guy happened to shoot of at the mouth. I mean, he did have some major grammatical problems, but what he was saying made sense: that killing the opressed men, women, and children of Afghanistan will make things any better for those people whose lives had been cut short in the bombings. Even if none of our bombs hit any villages(unlikely), no country in the world has ever won a war in Afghanistan, and I bet we probably don't stand much of a chance. However, Bin Laden was trained by the CIA so maybe we will how to deal with his attacks better. On that note, I have to ask: if someone finds out any info about how Bin Laden was related to the hijackers, could you please post it? I haven't really heard anything concrete.