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In message <018b01c13fff$6f5f2000$c801aace at oemcomputer>, Michael
Pugliese <debsian at pacbell.net> writes
>Terror
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>This is a time to speak quietly and act carefully...firmly, inventively,
>boldly, but above all carefully. With all Americans, with decent people the
>world over, we mourn the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks on
>New York and Washington. By the time you read these words, more will be
>known than we know now about the number of the dead--probably also about the
>identity of their murderers. Perhaps the U.S. government will have mounted a
>military response. We can only write prospectively: how should we respond to
>this barbaric act?
>
>The first thing to say is that there is no way to match the spectacle of the
>attack, and no good reason to try. A massive response might be theatrically
>appropriate; it won't be morally, politically, diplomatically, or even
>militarily appropriate. We need an anti-terrorism program that is measured
>and sustained over time. We need a program that is plausibly addressed to
>our real enemies, who do not have a street address or a central headquarters
>or an army or a capital city.
>
>Who are they? They claim to act for the oppressed, against their oppressors;
>for the "south," against the "north"; for the world's poor, against the
>forces of global capitalism. All these claims are false. There are plenty of
>people in the world today who need a left politics, but terrorism is not
>that politics. It is not intended to be a left politics, and men and women
>on the left should actively repudiate apologists for terrorism--those who
>say, "Of course, it is wrong to kill the innocent, but you have to consider
>the frustration of these people..." No buts. Terrorists are parasitic on
>oppression; they are not friends of the oppressed.
>
>These terrorists are a new kind of force. They represent the basest
>religious and political emotions. Doctrinally, they are reactionary,
>fundamentalist, repressive; they are hostile to liberal values and universal
>human rights. But they make brilliant use of the most advanced technologies
>and, despite their parochial commitments, they operate effectively in a
>global environment. They are organized in cells and networks, not in
>brigades and hierarchies. They make coordinated and sophisticated plans, but
>they don't need a Pentagon of their own to do that; a few basements, a few
>living rooms, with computers running, are enough. So terrorism has to be
>fought cell by cell: resolution and stamina are necessary; intelligence and
>police work, not military posturing.
>
>Diplomacy is necessary too. This should not be America's war alone; we need
>a little help from our friends--even from our near-friends, political
>rivals, and economic competitors. We should work to assemble the largest
>possible coalition, so that states that provide refuge and support for the
>terrorist networks can be ostracized, embargoed, blockaded. In the immediate
>aftermath of September 11, political leaders around the world are pretending
>that terrorism has no supporters. In fact, it has supporters, and we should
>recite their names and rally nations, parties, movements, ordinary men and
>women, against them.
>
>We have to defend our lives; we are also defending our way of life. Everyone
>says this, but it is true. The terrorists oppose and hate our way of
>life--and would still oppose and hate it even if we lived our lives far
>better than we do. It is critical, then, not to lose our way: the war
>against terrorism cannot be fought with terrorism of our own; they kill
>innocent people; we must not. The war cannot be allowed to compromise the
>liberties of American citizens and others within our borders. All of us must
>join together in resisting mob violence against scapegoated ethnic or
>religious minorities. And finally--this is critical too-this war cannot take
>the place of all our other wars: against poverty, hatred, and exploitation.
>
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