Charlie Bell wrote:
On 29/09/2006, at 12:58 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
On 28/09/2006, at 4:03 AM, Dave Land wrote:
This beautiful woman in her early 80's sat proudly as she spoke. Then
she said: "You know, I've lived in America since shortly after
World War
II. It disturbs me to see the current leaders talk so much about the
dangers of terrorists, and talk so little about what Americans are
made
of. Someone needs to talk to Americans about finding their own
bravery,
and about getting on with life without being constantly frightened by
every little thing. What allowed us in England to hang on during
the war
was not our military force, but the spirit of the people. Americans
have
this same spirit, but no one talks about it. That's a shame,
because it
is the best protection we've got. Someone must tell them."
This is something I and others were saying in late 2001/early 2002.
The panic from the world's most powerful people was baffling. It was
like watching a giant weightlifter get bitten by a tiny ant and
acting as if a shark had taken his leg. Yes, it was a spectacular and
horrific attack with a terrible loss of life. But it was the
indignity of the response that disappointed.
Having had an allergy to fire ants at one point, I could have a little
bit of sympathy for someone in that position. :) (The weightlifter,
I mean, not the powerful people.) But a *brief* panic would take care
of the problem as well as Benadryl after awhile. (By "brief" I mean
10-15 min. Then it was time to go back to dealing with things in a
reasonable manner.)
Yep. Afghanistan was that quick response.
And if they'd just stuck with that and seen it through properly, it
would have been much nicer all around.
Julia
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