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"...if we drop one bomb on Afghanistan, we will ourselves have finally become the world's most bloody terrorist."
RIGHT ON
Mr. Parrish's commentary is right on [see "Mourning in America," 9/20]. I heard him this morning on KUOW and agreed with him wholeheartedly. I am an old lady and I do remember very clearly the attack on Pearl Harbor. Mr. Roosevelt was an intelligent, very capable leader, and whether or not he had been forewarned is irrelevant today. With regard to the attack on the twin towers in New York, and the painful aftermath with hundreds of our nation's finest losing their lives in the line of duty trying to rescue the innocently slaughtered victims, we are left with a man who seems only capable of jingoes and clich鳬 who is right at home with his arm across someone's shoulder while mouthing platitudes into a megaphone (he wasn't a cheerleader in school for nothing). He is neither intelligent nor capable.
Unfortunately, not one of our "leaders" has had the courage to step up and admit our own mistaken policies and to refuse to follow Jingo George in lockstep. We ourselves are being skyjacked. "Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels."
The world is filled with desperate people whom we either exploit or terrorize, and their very real objections are ignored or unheard. Occasionally they resort to the equivalent of a two-by-four over the head to try to be heard; this time their fury turned into a holocaust consuming thousands of innocents. We must listen to these people and try to understand their needs and concerns and work with them to solve the problems. Instead of bombs we need to go into Pakistan with food and medicine and offer the Afghanis as well as the Pakistanis to rebuild their countries' bridges, roads, schools, hospitals, and mosques. Not only would it be the right thing to do, it would be the "Christian" and humane thing to do.
We have regularly used and exported terrorism, supported and maintained despots, and blocked others from overthrowing their oppressive regimes as we ourselves once did, and if we drop one bomb on Afghanistan, we will ourselves have finally become the world's most bloody terrorist.
http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/01...rs-readers.php
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The above is a letter to the editor. Sound convincing!
But is it news? Does it reflect the newspaper's editorial view of the issue? Can it be passed off as news or the policy of the Govt or anything authoritative?
To be fair to the WAB and its Moderators, is the Letter to the Editor (without mentioning it so) valid as being authoritative for serious discussion or allowing it to be passed off as the Gospel truth?
Just take the posts for on that thread and see how seriously the matter was taken when it is a mere opinion and nothing to do with facts as gleaned and is evident.
When something is posted, no one checks back since it taken that it is true. Each member has faith that they are not being fooled, or else all would just be busy checking the veracity of posts being posted! The whole issue is based on FAITH and one Moderator commented that everyone is not an encyclopedia to know everything!
However, if it is stated that it is just is a personal opinion of a reader, then it becomes fine for light discussion, but passing it off as something having editorial sanction as news and a newspaper's article is not valid at all and it breaks the faith!
I wonder if breaking the faith or a breach of trust is what is being suggested that should be allowed!
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