Like many others, I grieve those killed in the Towers Tragedy. It was a horrendous and unwarranted act of violence that is irrefutably condemnable. However, I also sympathize with those innocent civilians who suffer in retaliation to these terrorist acts.
Previously during the attacks on Oklahoma, Islamic extremists were blindly accused of this act of terror. Arab businesses were attacked and homes vandalized. The attackers were found to be of domestic origin. Recently, mosques and community centers in Montreal, Chicago, and elsewhere were harassed. Countless individuals have experienced threats and assaults. Even more shocking are the polls conducted by CBS indicating that two-thirds of Americans support a military strike, even if innocent people are killed.
The United States has declared war on Afghanistan, predominantly for its harboring of Osama Bin Ladin. Both Afghanistan an
Fisk also states, "Who knows if the attackers intended all flights inside the US to come to a halt, but for a day at least they succeeded in turning the tables on the no-fly zone in force over Iraq... [The] attacks are the chickens of America's callous abuse of others' human rights coming home to roost."
The Towers Tragedy has been compared to historical events like Pearl Harbor, which initiated American involvement in World War II. A reminder: the American reaction to Pearl Harbor was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is considered the greatest act of terrorism in American history. The use of nuclear arms on Iraq demonstrates that the military is more than willing to repeat that catastrophe if need be.
d Bin Laden have denied responsibility of the attack. When the American embassy was bombed in Africa by Bin Ladin he admitted in doing the attacks. He is not afraid of telling the United
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