mánadagur 1. oktober 2007síða 48

48 Nr. 189 - 1. oktober 2007 tíðindi Dear George W. Bush First I will express my deepest sympathy with the tragedy that took place on the 11th of September when terrorists committed the terrible deed that made the Twin Towers collapse and innocent people were ripped away. I was lucky to watch you on the TV screen when you delivered your address to the American nation, but it was also to me and all peoples and to everybody in the whole world, because the deed was not only committed towards the USA, but also against the whole world. It did sadden me that among your first words you especially stresses: COWARDS! And this is going to be REVENGED. True. I well understand that the first shock after an atrocity of such dimension may make any president overreact BUT to the President of the mightiest nation of the world it is unseemly to lose composure and promise retaliation (revenge) On the screen I also saw people dancing in the streets rejoicing at the tragedy - Later a young girl saying something that I must keep in mind She said: Now it is you Americans who have become the victims of a terrible crime and you must suffer horrors that we are so used to Now you can feel on your own skin how it is to be in our stead (shoes) ALWAYS to be wrongest be humiliated be the underdog Also, we saw you praying to God to bless America. Had it not been more seemly for a mighty president to ask God to bless the whole world and to protect us all After all, America is not the ONLY nation in the world we shall ALL LIVE TOGETHER HOMO SAPIENS Are we not boasting af belonging to this noble race when shall we be so mature that we can show it in deed. In connection with this tragedy many important people would have given their opinion on (about) how to prohibit such horrors to take place in the future All readily agree in: PERSECUTION INVASION BOMBS REVENGE It does not seem to OCCUR TO ANYBODY that there are other possibilities. Dear George W. Bush. Let me whisper you in the ear: It would have befitted you better - being a powerful president - namely: to rethink your strategies once or twice more Who knows perhaps some revolutionary idea might have been fostered had you dared to think along quite different lines that we are used to see What I mean is, we are used to the old saying: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. On the other hand I don't agree that if you have been hit on one chin then to turn the other as well But you could try to find new solutions I know this sounds both naive and banal and utopical but can we afford to leave any options untried Rather than letting vindictiveness seize us let us look nearer home and ask: HAVE WE DONE SOMETHING WRONG? And ask again WHAT HAVE WE DONE WRONG? AND HOW CAN WE MAKE UP FOR IT? You yourself have stressed that you will fight for a DEMOCRATIC system in the open society for JUSTICE and PEACE in the world With that in mind: How can it be right to attack with Persecution Invation Bombs Revenge Then the INN-DOERS have got us in exactly the situation they have navigated us into to ATTACK and so they can justify ongoing TERRORS and so they can justify ongoing TERRORS - and be supported by co-religionists who wait for their chance to declare HOLY WAR! Will they ask you: ARE YOU FREE FROM SIN? Can you put your hand on your heart and - to the American people - declare a clear YES HARDLY and, is it necessary to give examples? HARDLY. Dear George W. Bush. If you as a true President, could announce to the ILL-DOERS: Listen to me all of you I have a PROPOSITION for you Then we would truly honour you as a Great President Then they will be the defensive party, and you will be in the position to set TERMS and YOU will have the RESPONSIBILITY We must acknowledge that we shall have NO PEACE WITH BOMBS and we shall have NO PEACE WITHOUT NEGOTIATIONS and AGREEMENTS You can offer to be willing to listen if they have something to PROPOSE - something that you will consider or: Is it their wish, first and foremost, to spread FEAR AND HORROR If they have a deeper meaning of a more JUST SOCIETY and PEACE then you could say that you are always ready to open up for POSSIBILITIES in order to improve mistakes that may have created dissatisfaction IF YOU COULD MAKE SUCH A PROMISE it would be difficult for them to evade, and you would have them in a position where you had won LEADERSHIP - and - last but not least - now you would have shown the CHARITY which is the foundation of all FAITH. For this you would be FULLY SUSTAINED. Letter to President Bush Erling SimonSEn