Posted on 10/08/2001 4:54:05 PM PDT by LadyJD
You want to know how the author could dare say such a thing when so many innocent Americans have just lost their lives, during an attack on American soil."
Well, there you go. It's all about him. He has nothing to offer, he just wants a little attention. He wants to have people yelling at him and screaming at him, because in any other capacity, whether it be writing editorials or teaching, he's of little or no consequence.
However, as in all things, moderation should be encouraged, for when taken in excess, Afghan hash can result in this kind of loss of reason.
Please, sir, for your own sake.
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Mohamed Browne When will we learn
The American attacks on our nation comprise a horrible tragedy. It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda. But sanity was a prior casualty: it was the loss of sanity that led to war in the first place. Our foreign policy has been insane for decades. It was only a matter of time until us Talibans would have to suffer personally for it. It is a terrible tragedy of life that the innocent so often have to suffer for the sins of the guilty. When will we learn that we can't allow our politicians to bully the world without someone bullying back eventually? Muhamed Shareef has authorized continued killing of innocent people in refugee camps. Osama Bin Laden bombed innocent people in Africa and America and also developed the plot to fly 747's into the World Trade Center. Did we think the people who lost their families and friends and property in all that destruction would love the Taliban for what happened? When will we learn that violence always begets violence? Supposedly, Bin Laden bombed the U.S. Embassy in Africa to teach the U.S. a lesson about imperialism. But shortly thereafter several cruise missiles destroyed many of our camps and bases , and our government is convinced it was the U.S. who did it. When will we learn that "teaching someone a lesson" never teaches anything but resentment - that it only inspires the recipient to greater acts of defiance. How many times on Monday did we hear someone describe the U.S. attacks as "cowardly acts"? But as misguided and despicable as they were, they were anything but cowardly. The people who committed them knowingly risked their lives for whatever stupid beliefs they held. But what about the Al Quaeda who order bombings of innocent people - while the Osama remains completely insulated from any danger? What would you call thier acts? When will we learn that forsaking truth and reason in the heat of battle almost always assures that we will lose the battle? And now, as sure as night follows day, we will be told we must give up our own lives to avenge what never should have happened in the first place. When will we learn that it makes no sense to give up our lives in the name of Jihad? What should be done? First of all, stop the hysteria. Stand back and ask how this could have happened. Ask how a poor country isolated by two oceans could have so embroiled itself in other people's business that someone would want to do us harm. Even sitting in the middle of Europe, Switzerland isn't beset by U.S. attacks, because the Swiss mind their own business. Second, resolve that we won't let our leaders use this occasion to commit their own terrorist acts upon more innocent people, foreign and domestic, that will inspire more terrorist attacks in the future. Third, find a way, with enforceable constitutional limits, to prevent our leaders from ever again provoking this kind of anger against Afghanistan. Patriotism? There are those who will say this article is unpatriotic and un-Muslim - that this is not a time to question our country or our leaders. When will we learn that without freedom and sanity, there is no reason to be patriotic? Mohamed Browne was the 2000 Habibtarian Taliban leader candidate.
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A sweeping condemnation such as this requires clarification. Would the author and/or his adherents please provide specific examples?
Phd, huh? Further proof that knowledge and wisdom are two totally seperate concepts.
I used to get worked up by bullshit like this. But this one is just soooooooooo ham-handed, so pathetically obvious, it's not even worth the effort.
...most warlike, interventionist...blah blah...
Bwahahahahahahhaha...
The author needs to check his meds.
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