In response to Mohammed Beltagy's few lines of poetry related to Osama Bin Laden's death: Thank you for submitting those.
Though this situation is/was one fraught with fear, anger, retaliation, and, as you mention, hatred, we as a country responded in such a way that had me choking a bit on the size of the response and lack of control of the response, and also our unwillingness, our continued unwillingness to face some of the responsibility for the anger and hatred that engendered the original 9/11 attack. And though I do not believe that terrorist attacks of that nature are necessarily the result of any nation's specific actions -- and are more often an irrational result of an acumulation of anger, hatred for a sumtotal of causes and events over a long history, still, it is always wise to take a look at one's own actions to see how they might have elicited any tiny part of an action. We have become a country that seems to use war, rather than alternative actions, as a way to convince ourselves we are addressing our problems. I find our own international actions have become extremely warlike and predatorial in nature, rather than thoughtful, scientific responses to overwhelming environmental and resource problems. And though I do not condone or support in any way a terrorist action, I think we need to face that we too are looked on, often, as predatorial, warring peoples by some other countries, and this does not help our international presence, or our own national pocketbooks/budget, or even help us move toward good answers to international problems. so thanks. Peggy Miller -- Peggy Miller, owner/OEO Highland Winds wix.com/peggymiller/highlandwinds Shop is at 1520 S. 7th St. W. (Just west of Russell) Art, Photography, Herbs and Writings 406-541-7577 (home/office/shop) <http://wix.com/peggymiller/highlandwinds>Shop Hours: Wed-Thurs 3-7 pm Fri-Sat: 8:30-12:30 am
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