October 7, 2001
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I just read the news. I grieve.
I do believe that militant Islamic fundamentalism is a threat like Hitler: bin Laden and friends want to cleanse the Arabian peninsula and all other Muslim countries of all Jews, Christians, and eventually anybody except those exactly like them. We had to stop Hitler, even though it meant going to war. We have to stop bin Laden.
But our victory in World War II did us a great deal of moral damage. It convinced us that we were always the Good Guys and we could always dictate what was Good to the rest of the world.
God help us, that this conflict not further inflate our false sense of moral superiority. God help us, that we go on to correct our own wrongs. Because bin Laden is right in this: we will never be at peace until there is peace and justice in the Middle East.
God help us, that more innocents do not die in this carnage.
This is not a day of triumph. We should always mourn when we have to go to war.
Comments (2)
The world's so fucked up right now. No one can win. It's so frustrating! I can't pretend to know exactly what's going on and what the situation in the middle east is really like but...I do know that generally people do not want to die. And I have a feeling many will.
i think god is watching from the sidelines on this one.
we are taking things a bit too far.
as we usally do.
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