Editor: During a span of far less than a single minute just a moment ago, it was reported tonight on a well-known (although not necessarily a 'fair and balanced') cable news program that:
I cannot recall in my lifetime (which has thus far spanned more than a few decades...) such a flurry of widespread terrorism and violence throughout the globe – whether or not the targets were aligned with Western culture. Shouldn't someone else (perhaps those in public office whose primary purpose is our protection) pause for thought before continuing with rosy rhetoric, and experience a wake-up call to not only notice and recognize, but admit that it might actually be a safer world with a brutal dictator like Saddam Hussein not in custody (or a spider hole) especially with our national history including support for 'folks' with a mindset such as that demonstrated by Agusto Pinochet?
Consider also that if an occupying foreign military force maintained a presence in your hometown, and you personally were motivated to actively pursue their departure, whether and by whom you would be referred to as an "insurgent" rather than a "freedom fighter."
Daniel Wells, Tracy
* suggesting that national borders and lines in the sand are not sufficient to stop motivated murderers. I do not mean to suggest that "freedom from occupation" is the only motivation for such attacks, but the not so elusive fact remains that the involvement is not necessarily isolated to professional terrorists, but may very well include the survivors of U.S. led bombing attacks that strike wedding parties and innocent children, although nary a terrorist. Something tells me that our "intelligence" – not to mention our "wisdom" – has room for improvement.