"We were warned"
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"We were warned"
After the invasion of Kuwait and before Desert Storm. Some fanatics were talking of a Holy War.
I remember vividly a pilot, employed by the National J*******n Airline, being interviewed by UK TV, in the UK. He openly stated that he would be very happy to be involved in Kamikaze missions against the coalition.
I rest my case.
I remember vividly a pilot, employed by the National J*******n Airline, being interviewed by UK TV, in the UK. He openly stated that he would be very happy to be involved in Kamikaze missions against the coalition.
I rest my case.
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I think I remember that too. Anyway, we've heard it on numerous occations from lots of sources: Allah is great and the struggle to rule the world the islamic way will continue.
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loc-out and captaink
If you are the father of a child blown to bits by an Irish terrorist in a fast food restaurant in North West England, the husband of a wife blasted into eternity by a domestic terrorist in Oklahoma City, a son whose mother was killed by a bomb dropped on them by an American or British warplane in Bagdad or a man who has seen his home and whole family wiped out by Israeli guns, I think you might be a bit p****d off at those who you consider responsible and would want to hit back as best you can.
The above, in no-way, condones the actions of the WTC terrorists nor any of those mentioned above. If you are religious pray to your god for peace, if you are not, actively work for peace. Your voice will help.
If you are the father of a child blown to bits by an Irish terrorist in a fast food restaurant in North West England, the husband of a wife blasted into eternity by a domestic terrorist in Oklahoma City, a son whose mother was killed by a bomb dropped on them by an American or British warplane in Bagdad or a man who has seen his home and whole family wiped out by Israeli guns, I think you might be a bit p****d off at those who you consider responsible and would want to hit back as best you can.
The above, in no-way, condones the actions of the WTC terrorists nor any of those mentioned above. If you are religious pray to your god for peace, if you are not, actively work for peace. Your voice will help.
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Found this in the newspaper,
Published Wednesday, September 12, 2001
We'll Go Forward from This Moment
by Leonard Pitts
It's my job to have something to say.
They pay me to provide words that help make sense of that which troubles the American soul.
But in this moment of airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only thing I can find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be addressed to the unknown author of this suffering.
You monster. You beast. You unspeakable bastard.
What lesson did you hope to teach us by your coward's attack on our World Trade Center, our Pentagon, us?
What was it you hoped we would learn? Whatever it was, please know that you failed.
Did you want us to respect your cause? You just damned your cause.
Did you want to make us fear? You just steeled our resolve.
Did you want to tear us apart? You just brought us together.
Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and quarrelsome family, a family rent by racial, social, political and class division, but a family nonetheless.
We're frivolous, yes, capable of expending tremendous emotional energy on pop cultural minutiae -- a singer's revealing dress, a ball team's misfortune, a cartoon mouse.
We're wealthy, too, spoiled by the ready availability of trinkets and material goods, and maybe because of that, we walk through life with a certain sense of blithe entitlement.
We are fundamentally decent, though -- peace-loving and compassionate.
We struggle to know the right thing and to do it.
And we are, the overwhelming majority of us, people of faith, believers in a just and loving God.
Some people -- you, perhaps -- think that any or all of this makes us weak.
You're mistaken. We are not weak. Indeed, we are strong in ways that cannot be measured by arsenals.
IN PAIN Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning and we are in shock.
We're still grappling with the unreality of the awful thing you did, still working to make ourselves understand that this isn't a special effect from some
Hollywood blockbuster, isn't the plot development from a Tom Clancy novel.
Both in terms of the awful scope of their ambition and the probable final death toll, your attacks are likely to go down as the worst acts of terrorism in the history of the United States and, probably, the history of the world. You've bloodied us as we have never been bloodied before.
But there's a gulf of difference between making us bloody and making us fall.
This is the lesson Japan was taught to its bitter sorrow the last time anyone hit us this hard, the last time anyone brought us such abrupt and monumental pain. When roused, we are righteous in our outrage, terrible in our force. When provoked by this level of barbarism, we will bear any suffering, pay any cost, go to any length, in the pursuit of justice.
I tell you this without fear of contradiction. I know my people, as you, I think, do not. What I know reassures me. It also causes me to tremble with dread of the future.
In the days to come, there will be recrimination and accusation, fingers pointing to determine whose failure allowed this to happen and what can be done to prevent it from happening again. There will be heightened security, misguided talk of revoking basic freedoms.
We'll go forward from this moment sobered, chastened, sad. But determined, too. Unimaginably determined. THE STEEL IN US You see, the steel in us is not always readily apparent. That aspect of our character is seldom understood by people who don't know us well. On this day, the family's bickering is put on hold.
As Americans we will weep, as Americans we will mourn, and as Americans, we will rise in defense of all that we cherish. So I ask again: What was it you hoped to teach us? It occurs to me that maybe you just wanted us to know the depths of your hatred. If that's the case, consider the message received. And take this message in exchange: You don't know my people. You don't know what we're capable of. You don't know what you just started. But you're about to learn.
(This was written by Miami-Herald Columnist Leonard Pitts, an African American)
I hope they find the people responsable for this attack , but beside that i hope that they will think before they take action .
To many innocent people are death already.
The best thing to do is to make it a NATO action instead of a US one ,let all country's stand together in a time like this.
Neil
Published Wednesday, September 12, 2001
We'll Go Forward from This Moment
by Leonard Pitts
It's my job to have something to say.
They pay me to provide words that help make sense of that which troubles the American soul.
But in this moment of airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only thing I can find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be addressed to the unknown author of this suffering.
You monster. You beast. You unspeakable bastard.
What lesson did you hope to teach us by your coward's attack on our World Trade Center, our Pentagon, us?
What was it you hoped we would learn? Whatever it was, please know that you failed.
Did you want us to respect your cause? You just damned your cause.
Did you want to make us fear? You just steeled our resolve.
Did you want to tear us apart? You just brought us together.
Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and quarrelsome family, a family rent by racial, social, political and class division, but a family nonetheless.
We're frivolous, yes, capable of expending tremendous emotional energy on pop cultural minutiae -- a singer's revealing dress, a ball team's misfortune, a cartoon mouse.
We're wealthy, too, spoiled by the ready availability of trinkets and material goods, and maybe because of that, we walk through life with a certain sense of blithe entitlement.
We are fundamentally decent, though -- peace-loving and compassionate.
We struggle to know the right thing and to do it.
And we are, the overwhelming majority of us, people of faith, believers in a just and loving God.
Some people -- you, perhaps -- think that any or all of this makes us weak.
You're mistaken. We are not weak. Indeed, we are strong in ways that cannot be measured by arsenals.
IN PAIN Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning and we are in shock.
We're still grappling with the unreality of the awful thing you did, still working to make ourselves understand that this isn't a special effect from some
Hollywood blockbuster, isn't the plot development from a Tom Clancy novel.
Both in terms of the awful scope of their ambition and the probable final death toll, your attacks are likely to go down as the worst acts of terrorism in the history of the United States and, probably, the history of the world. You've bloodied us as we have never been bloodied before.
But there's a gulf of difference between making us bloody and making us fall.
This is the lesson Japan was taught to its bitter sorrow the last time anyone hit us this hard, the last time anyone brought us such abrupt and monumental pain. When roused, we are righteous in our outrage, terrible in our force. When provoked by this level of barbarism, we will bear any suffering, pay any cost, go to any length, in the pursuit of justice.
I tell you this without fear of contradiction. I know my people, as you, I think, do not. What I know reassures me. It also causes me to tremble with dread of the future.
In the days to come, there will be recrimination and accusation, fingers pointing to determine whose failure allowed this to happen and what can be done to prevent it from happening again. There will be heightened security, misguided talk of revoking basic freedoms.
We'll go forward from this moment sobered, chastened, sad. But determined, too. Unimaginably determined. THE STEEL IN US You see, the steel in us is not always readily apparent. That aspect of our character is seldom understood by people who don't know us well. On this day, the family's bickering is put on hold.
As Americans we will weep, as Americans we will mourn, and as Americans, we will rise in defense of all that we cherish. So I ask again: What was it you hoped to teach us? It occurs to me that maybe you just wanted us to know the depths of your hatred. If that's the case, consider the message received. And take this message in exchange: You don't know my people. You don't know what we're capable of. You don't know what you just started. But you're about to learn.
(This was written by Miami-Herald Columnist Leonard Pitts, an African American)
I hope they find the people responsable for this attack , but beside that i hope that they will think before they take action .
To many innocent people are death already.
The best thing to do is to make it a NATO action instead of a US one ,let all country's stand together in a time like this.
Neil
