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To those on the left and right who wonder why supporters of this war refuse to consider the "evil" or "unjust" US policies that are alleged to have brought September 11th about, the Editor has the following question: You are a young child. One night, your father, in a drunken rage, beats you severely enough to put you in the hospital. When you wake up, you see your mother sitting beside your bed. She looks at you and says, "I am very sorry for the horrible thing your father did to you. Nothing can excuse this terrible act. But you ...

The Editor confesses that he once flirted with the idea of Confederate nationalism. The arid banality and relentless stupidity of modern Western society, as well as its implacable hostility to the Christian religion, seemed to make preserving the South and its distinctive culture mandatory. But given a recent statement on the September 11th attack by Dr. Michael Hill, president of the League of the South, the Editor now realizes that he wasted his time. Some selections follow; the complete statement can be found here. In the midst of rightful sorrow and anger that accompany such events, we ought to struggle ...

During a September 9th, 2001 speech, an American Muslim cleric named Hamza Yusuf said that the United States, "has a great, great tribulation coming to it." He also stated that, "This country is facing a very terrible fate," he said. "The reason for that is that this country stands condemned. It stands condemned like Europe stood condemned because of what it did. And lest people forget that Europe suffered two world wars after conquering the Muslim lands. . . . [Europe's] countries were devastated, they were completely destroyed. Their young people were killed." Yusuf was among a group of Muslim ...

BLAMING THE VICTIM - You can always count on liberal Christianity. Parts of a pastoral letter on the September 11th attack from Rev. Dr. Konrad Raiser, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, follow. The complete text of the letter can be found by clicking here. Dr. Raiser offers words of condolence, noting that the whole world has felt our pain, but urges us not to act hastily. After all: Words of condemnation and the language of "war" come so quickly to the fore. Blame is easily assigned to "the enemy". These are reinforced by the images and messages ...