How to defeat terrorism
Andrew V. Uroskie, Assistant Professor of Film and Contemporary Art at Georgia Tech’s School of Literature, Communication and Culture, wrote his own post accompanied by some great letters-to-the-editor.
“Who Knew International Police Cooperation Would Work Better than Big Armies Against Terror? Oh yeah- the ENTIRE PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY SINCE SEPT 12th!”
Let me quote U2’s Sunday, Bloody Sunday here: “There’s many lost but tell me who has won?”
Recently, Canadians mourned 23 dead soldiers. Only 23, no problem, keep fighting, boys! Next thing you know it’s, what, 34? And how many children now have no father? And how many Americans, British, Iraqi, Afghan, and other people have died in near-futile causes?
To the Editor:
Re “Terror Plot Foiled; Airports Quickly Clamp Down” (front page, Aug. 11):
The actions of the British in stopping this bomb plot were classic examples of good international police work. President Bush touted this as part of the “war on terror,” but it apparently did not involve any army, navy or air force.
No bombs were dropped. No country was invaded. No one was killed, and nothing was destroyed.
It was effective, and it did not enrage millions as the invasion of Iraq has done. It was a police action, not an act of war.
The “war on terror” is not a war. President Bush calls it a war so that he can be a wartime president and claim to be a heroic protector of America, but this is bogus.
Terrorism cannot be fought with armies. They make things only worse. Mr. President, bring the armies home and concentrate on good police work.
John Hilberry
New York, Aug. 11, 2006
Bush’s “hard work” has not quelled the rage and the violence; it has undoubtedly made it worse. We are all human beings; why are our beliefs and cultures dividing us so?
