List reaction to attack [was (no subject)]

[Carl Remick]

>From: LeoCasey at aol.com
>
>I have alternating feelings of incredible depression and barely 
>controllable
>rage when I read some of the post-WTC e-mails to this list. Are folks so
>removed from simple sentiments of human compassion, much less feelings of
>human solidarity, that in the face of thousands of innocent human lives
>destroyed, they can do nothing more than spin justifications for such mass
>murder, and even join in celebrations of it.

I haven't noted expressions of justification or joy here so much as mere 
acknowledgement of cause and effect.  The concept of blowback isn't just 
fodder for academic discussion; it points to very real domestic agony that 
is the certain consequence of America's global military adventurism.  
Expressions of righteous wrath and indignation about this terrorist attack 
tend to obscure how utterly predictable such an attack was at some point and 
will help assure that the US's inevitable misdirected reaction will be even 
more excessive than can be expected.

Carl

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