I do understand that the Bostonians sent the likes of Gary Studds, Barney Frank, the Kennedy's, et al to Washington D.C.
Why should anyone appease them?
I wish to ask the following questions to the pacifist and anti-war folks:
Suppose you are flying over Pennsylvania on the morning of 9/11 when four highjackers take over the plane with box-cutters and under the threat of blowing it up with a bomb in a red box.
Moments later you learned in a telephone conversation with your spouse about other planes that have flown into the WTC and Pentagon.
Your plane suddenly turns towards Washington D.C., and you are convinced that it will be flown into the Capital building where Congress may be in session and school children may be on tour.
As a pacifist or anti-war demonstrator, would you sit there unmoved because: 1) the highjakers cannot be brought to trial, and you think it would be "murder" to even chance taking their lives in an attempt to regain control over the plane; 2) innocent people may be killed were you to attempt to take over the plane--completely ignoring the fact the considerably more innocent people will die if good people do nothing; 3) you, the American passengers, and the people at the Capital, deserve to die because of U.S. foreign policy; 4) you first need to find out why the highjakers hate us so much as to be caused to do what they are doing; 5) you believe that through expressions of peace and love the circumstances will somehow be resolved to everyone's satisfaction; 6) the highjakers can be talked into giving themselves up; 7) You believe that, since Christ did not resist when his life was threatened, and he advocated turning the other cheek, as a Christian you should do likewise--completely ignoring what Christ said about what should be done when thine eye or hand offend thee, or what should be the end of those who offend even these thy children; 8) you are overwhelmed with fear and sorrow; 9) any combination of a variety of reasons you and other pacifist or anti-War folks have proffered for why we should not be moved to any sort of violent action against those who have declared war on us and who have conspired in murdering thousands of people on 9/11 and who pose eminent danger of killing countless other people throughout the civilized world?
Would you also vocally criticize (in earshot of the highjakers) and argue against those passengers (such as Mr. Beamer and others) who then are moved by a sense of right (moral imperative), justice, honor, and bravery to do what they can to correct the wrong and minimize the potential carnage?
Do you not see the clear parallels between what the brave men on flight 93 (I think that was the number) were move to do and what we as a government and people have been forced, regrettably, into doing?
Just curious. Thanks, -Wade Englund-