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Dear Jan and sust-mar: Unfortunately we are at a point in time as a nation that perhaps we always knew may come but hoped would never appear. Like everyone else in the civilized world, war scares me. We should always look for other alternatives to war including sanctions, trade embargoes, or whatever although even these measures don't often work. I have come to deeply respect your work in this field Jan; I'm one of the nationalistic Canadians who proudly grew up watching our respected armed forces keep peace throughout many troubled areas of the world. However, we have a problem now and it's not confined to the USA. We have extremists who hate the western world and our way of life and want to take away our peace and freedom. If we recount the past few years we can see a number of events that led up to this past Black Tuesday...the invasion of Kuwait, Persian Gulf War, continued presence of US troops in the region and attacks on Iraq, World Trade Center bombing of 1993, Bombing of embassies and Marine barracks, Bombing of the USS Cole, bombing of Afghanistan and Sudan, destruction of the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Tuesday. The real problem here is that no one is stepping forward to claim responsibility for attacks against the USA so therefore there is no known enemy, only speculation. Mistakes have been made in the past with the bombing of the Sudan and other areas, where wrong targets were hit and innocent people died. On Tuesday, it was the terrorists intent to kill innocent people, and they did successfully. I don't condone either action by either side. But on Tuesday, the world changed...forever. Like many others, I pieced together the past few years and tried to make sense or find justification for the events of the day. All the while, I was checking in with family members and trying to get home in one piece as I was unsure if North America was being invaded. At the end of the day, most people agreed it could have been worse. It could have been chemical or bioligical weapons, it could have been a nuclear bomb, nerve gas, Anthrax, whatever. Then as you watch the past ten years unfold you start to realize that each time the terrorists have attacked, the damage has increased by about double over what the last attack contained. So therefore, many people who previously felt sheltered from this type of damage are feeling vulnerable to the next super sized attack that appears to be in store for North America. Will it be a suit case nuke? Will it be a vial of nerve gas or anthrax thrown into a street or source of drinking water? Who knows. We do know that this doesn't just end whether the USA attacks back or not. The hatred for the west has grown too much and there will be other targets because these madmen will see the success of the damage they inflicted here. So while I would like to see a peaceful solution here, I don't. If we don't take appropriated measures we will end up living in fear forever that another attack will occur and it will. As Canadians we rarely take up the gun to do battle but when we do it is for a just reason. Now is the time to stand by our neighbour and watch their back as they have done for the world many times. We must pinpoint these terrorist cells and eliminate them. If countries who harbour these nutcases stand in our way then they must be considered as supporting terrorism and dealt with accordingly. The world shouldn't have to live in fear anymore from these people. This is a chance for a new world order to exist where the powerful nations can work together to protect the weaker peoples of the world who can't help themselves. This can be a fulfillment of a dream by many Canadians where the UN will actually have teeth in the future and truly represent a better life for all instead of serving as a source for distributing some food. Whether we like it or not, we are globalized and that will never change. Therefore, while I do understand your point of view Jan and those like you, I have to go against the tide here and support force. Not now or ever do I want to see my family and friends endangered because of madmen so we must eliminate them now before it gets worse. I do want to encourage everyone to tell their government how you feel, whether it is for or against action. Thanks to sust-mar for letting people air their point of view on this subject. Sincerely, Tim Doyle (most often known from T2000 Atlantic) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar, please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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