Sunday, October 17, 2004

Solution to terrorism

Terrorism.
Terrorism has made the news lately. The 9/11 incident caught our eyes. Why O why did someone hate us enough to sacrifice their lives to attack our World Trade Center. This attack killed over 3000 people most of them innocent civilians and some of them of the Muslim faith. They supposedly did this in the name of GOD. The same GOD of Abraham, who Jews and Christians worship. Now the question is, was this God̢۪s doing or man using the name of God to further his or her own ambitions? Were these seemingly intelligent people stupid enough to fall for this con that was done in the name of GOD. There have been wars over the centuries in the name of God. I once asked an atheist why he did not worship God. He said that over centuries thousands upon thousands of people have lost their lives because of religion. The 9/11 disaster appears to be no different. This disaster was associated with religion.
The people who completed this shameful deed did it in the name of GOD while their leaders did not do it in the name of GOD. They did it in the name of hate and evil. But why did they have so much hate. Is this the characteristic of the Muslim faith? I don̢۪t think so. They did it because of the past deeds of America. These deeds included the US occupying land of the Muslim faith, starving millions of babies in Iraq due to our blockade, supplying Israel arms to fight their Arab neighbors, and being a biased broker in the Israel occupation of Arab lands. I am sure that there are other atrocities not listed here but I believe that our leaders should at least investigate and perhaps rectify each atrocity where it is justified. It is not only through words we must follow by deeds to show that the war on terrorism is not a war on the Muslim faith. After this rectification is complete then that we will reduce the need for such terrorist acts. It will be far less costly to us to show the World that we are humane and just when dealing with countries of the Arab faith. We should be just as aggressive in this arena as we are on exterminating the murders of our citizens. Lets stay away from untrue political rhetoric and proceed with wisdom. This may save our Cities from being evaporated with an atomic bomb in the near future.