If we had apologists during the Pearl Harbor bombing then we may have not
retaliated against the Japanese - they were mad at us for blockading their
access to oil. (Also forgotten by us is that the US navy bombed their towns
in the mid-19th century to open their ports but our schools don't teach
that.) The fire-bombing destruction of Tokyo and our nuking of two of their
cities made them humble. It was wrong to throw Japanese-American citizens in
concentration camps. And it would be wrong to similarly target Islamic
Americans here on our soil.
My anger is at seeing these people in the middle east stomping on our
American flag, celebrating our pain, claiming responsibility for doing harm
to our interests, and promising future actions against us. I don't need to
figure them out, they're out to hurt us and we need to respond with
strength. That worked against Japan. Lest anyone think I'm anti-Japanese,
I'm half-Japanese and my mother survived the destruction of Tokyo and
strafing of her home by American pilots. My father was a U.S. officer out to
help win the war for America. Peace can come after the war. But we first
have to defend our people and our interests (democracy - something they
don't have) by use of strength.
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "L Jordan" <ay107@lafn.org>
To: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:20 PM
Subject: Tragedy x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
> Despite this tragedy Democracy must continue which is anchored by the
> principle that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty. I just pray
> the government doesn't do something without enough evidence thereby
> making martyrs and encouraging the next generation of bomb throwers.
> Let's not forget too that Okalohoma City was an american terrorist, not
> Islamic.
> The hard question to ask is why are they mad at us? A question one asks
> in even the most minor disagreement, what is the other person's
> argument? For then we can take steps to correct anything we may have
> done which was not right. This in no way excuses any extreme behavior
> anyone would take in disagreement with us. But unless you know WHY there
> is anger you cannot defuse it. You may not be able to anyway but it
> increases your chances. Any good hostage negotiator knows this. Let's
> try to figure these people out, it's our only hope because you can never
> make things secure enough to completely eliminate this kind of thing.
> Lastly we should appeal to anyone who knows about this to do the right
> thing, make the call.
> Venting like everyone else, and that's Democracy isn't it?
> Linda
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