>"...bringing to justice those who are responsible for planning, executing or knowingly helping to carry out this crime. "
Here's the deal: if you limit your condemnation to "THIS CRIME", you won't get any credibility from the U.S. as any kind of attempt at making peace. It sounds like you're making apologies on a case-by-case basis. Which is what you might think when you look at how we've allowed such crimes in the past, since 1982. Things are different now. The American people are aware, and involved.
The recent crime is no longer the issue, that was done and many will pay for it, including you, if you harbor those involved - your concern should be for future crimes, planning for crimes, and indoctrination of those who commit such crimes.
Until you clearly admit and condemn the role of those among you in mandating hate and violence against the U.S. on a global scale, you are continuing to provide aid, comfort, and volunteers for our enemy. That makes you our enemy as well, even though you be a lowly student or a holy mullah; advocating violence against the people of this country, or helping those that do, in any way, is a crime for which you will be punished. Ask Attorney General Ashcroft for details.
You must condemn terrorist recruiting and training camps, and "jihads" against the U.S. people. I don't hear that in your carefully worded document. All I hear are calls to stop the bombing, without a call to your own people to stop making targets of U.S. people.
What, you want to continue the jihad, and have us stop bombing? We tried that for the past several years, and it didn't work. While I am a believer in reduction of violence as the only eventual solution, it only works if everyone understands the long-term goal. Otherwise we must engage in self-defense.
Nice try, though. See if you can do better. Now would be a good time to sincerely call for cessation of jihad against the US, while you're still free to walk around our wonderful country, and while our more militant types are in the minority (see "LeMay" in the military history books for details). |
