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To: Amy J who wrote (655087)	11/1/2004 5:50:25 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Hi Amy, Re: how do they see the cycle of violence ending and not being delivered to our door step in magnitudes of 50 times more than what we had experienced, given the cultural context of "eye for an eye" that exists in Iraq? Here is one author's answer to that question..... "If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize to all the widows and orphans, the tortured and impoverished, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. Then I would announce, in all sincerity, to every corner of the world, that America's global interventions have come to an end, and inform Israel that it is no longer the 51st state of the USA but now -- oddly enough -- a foreign country. I would then reduce the military budget by at least 90% and use the savings to pay reparations to the victims. There would be more than enough money. One year's military budget of 330 billion dollars is equal to more than $18,000 an hour for every hour since Jesus Christ was born. That's what I'd do on my first three days in the White House. On the fourth day, I'd be assassinated." -- William Blum, author of "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II," and "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower"

To: Amy J who wrote (655087)	11/1/2004 9:32:44 PM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Amy J. I think this factor has and is being looked at. One of the things you mention is the eye for an eye etc. Amy that is also a part of our culture. It is not exclusive to the Muslims. The difference in America is that historically we tend to hold back on retribution until we are shoved figuratively to the wall-----and this is what all of the incidents preceding 9/11 and 9/11 did; theses incidents made us recognize that we could not stand back any longer. That we had to be proactive in the process rather than reactive as the terrorists want us to be----or passive as they want us to be. We have a Iraq civil war on our hands created by Saddam-----who killed and buried his own people. The Iraq people who were escaping Saddam by leaving Iraq understand better than we the need for America to be in Iraq. Yes, I understand the you killed my Grandpa 70 years ago----fact is that one of my Great Grandfathers was shot during the civil war because he refused to go to war. "It was not his war. Slavery was not his problem." As his descendants, does this generation of my family carry a grudge-----no we recognize the times and issues for what they were and have all become productive members of this Great Nation born out of a struggle, a Civil War. Unlike our Civil War days the world has shrunk because of the rapid communications and technology. Civil Wars are no longer internal within a country as they affect the whole world. mj