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With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 'Berkeley's Useless Idiots' Condemn U.S. Military Action http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/10/17/153941 The People's Republic of Berkeley, which is kooky even by California's loose standards, is at it again. The left-wing university town is being bombarded with hundreds of angry e-mails and phone calls after its city council condemned the U.S. military strikes in terrorist-harboring Afghanistan, the Associated Press reported today. "We have a chance to show that great powers of the world can fight on lines of their choosing," council member Dona Spring said before Tuesday's 5-4 vote. "If we can't support a nonviolent solution, when or where will some government agency do that?" Mayor Shirley Dean, a voice of reason compared to some in Berkeley, said she opposed "indiscriminate bombing" but thought "targeted military action" was necessary. She mocked Spring's call for a "legal resolution" to terrorism: "Who's going to serve the papers?" This is the same city council that unanimously voted last month to commend Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., for being the only member of Congress to oppose use of military force against the terrorists. This is the same anti-choice town that forced firefighters to remove American flags from their trucks because intolerant "anti-war" protesters might tear down Old Glory and attack the firemen. This is the same anti-choice town that screamed for censorship and condemnation after the university newspaper published a cartoon showing turbaned hijackers in hell. "I guess in Berkeley people always want to say they value free speech and are the home of the free-speech movement, but it always seems people stop following that as soon as you say something they disagree with," noted Daily Cal editor-in-chief Janny Hu. The fantasyland of Berkeley, of course, has been the butt of jokes for decades. The Wall Street Journal's website never runs out of material for its daily roundup of articles titled "Berkeley's Useless Idiots." ++++++++ CITY COUNCIL Mayor Shirley Dean (510) 981-7100 Councilmembers District 1 Linda Maio City of Berkeley 2180 Milvia Street Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: (510) 981-7110 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District 2 Margaret Breland City of Berkeley 2180 Milvia Street Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: (510) 981-7120 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District 3 Maudelle Shirek City of Berkeley 2180 Milvia Street Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: (510) 981-7130 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District 4 Dona Spring City of Berkeley 2180 Milvia Street Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: (510) 981-7140 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District 5 Miriam Hawley City of Berkeley 2180 Milvia Street, Fifth Floor Berkeley, CA 94704 phone: (510) 981-7150 fax: (510) 981-7155 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] District 6 Betty Olds City of Berkeley 2180 Milvia Street Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: (510) 981-7160 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District 7 Kriss Worthington City of Berkeley 2180 Milvia Street Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: (510) 981-7170 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] District 8 Polly Armstrong City of Berkeley 2180 Milvia Street Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: (510) 981-7180 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office of the City Clerk - Sherry M. Kelly 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, California 94704 Telephone (510) 981-6900; TDD (510) 981-6903; Fax (510) 981-6901 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================== Dear Counclimember Dona Spring, >From your web page at <http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/council4/> you state: >October 17, 2001 > >Re: Council Action on Afghanistan > >Last night the Berkeley City Council, while condemning the September 11th >attacks, called for a conclusion to the bombing in Afghanistan as soon >as possible. > > ***THE COUNCIL DID NOT CONDEMN THE U.S. BOMBING OF AFGHANISTAN AS AN >EARLY AP WIRE STATED*** > >WE ALSO SAID WE ARE NOT ATTEMPTING TO SPEAK FOR EVERYONE IN BERKELEY. WE >RESPECT THAT THERE ARE THOSE WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS Yet the words from your very mouth reveal the spirit of your resolution, which does condemn the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan: "We have a chance to show that great powers of the world can fight on lines of their choosing, if we can't support a nonviolent solution, when or where will some government agency do that?" The fact is that we now live with the sad reality of the results of just such pseudo-intellectual nonsense as your quote above. The enemies of this nation have been at war with us for a number of years now, and we have repeatedly treated these acts of war as mere criminal behavior, rather than the acts of war that they were and are: Beirut barracks bombing, World Trade Center truck bombing, Saudi barracks bombing, embassy bombings, USS Cole bombing, and the recent acts of war on and since September 11. If we had responded to these acts as acts of war rather than criminal acts, responded appropriately rather than attempt to "support a nonviolent solution", to quote you, we would not have the thousands of our dead to mourn toady. I believe that you and people like you who have insisted upon a "nonviolent solution" share a measure of responsibility for our suffering today. A.K. Pritchard [Forwarded For Information Purposes Only - Not Necessarily Endorsed By The Sender - A.K. Pritchard] ------------------------------ A.K. 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