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May I suggest that all who subscribe to this so-called newspaper, let them =
know
of your response to this editorial.
Boliver
This is a very disturbing editorial that was printed in the Houston Chronic=
le.=20
The thought that this individual could have such a warped perspective, yet =
is a Texas state employee teaching our young people is most disturbing.=20
This serves as another example of the leftist psychobabble that we will hav=
e to wage a war of truth against, parallel to the war on terrorism that our=
country must fight.=20
I see that he is in the journalism school. I would presume to find him in t=
he section on fiction.
David Teuscher, MD
_______________________________________
Houston Chronicle 9/14/01
U.S. just as guilty of committing own violent acts=20
By ROBERT JENSEN=20
Sept. 11 was a day of sadness, anger and fear.=20
Like everyone in the United States and around the world, I shared the deep =
sadness at the deaths of thousands.=20
But as I listened to people around me talk, I realized the anger and fear I=
felt were very different, for my primary anger is directed at the leaders =
of this country and my fear is not only for the safety of Americans but for=
innocent civilians in other countries.=20
It should need not be said, but I will say it: The acts of terrorism that k=
illed civilians in New York and Washington were reprehensible and indefensi=
ble; to try to defend them would be to abandon one's humanity. No matter wh=
at the motivation of the attackers, the method is beyond discussion.=20
But this act was no more despicable than the massive acts of terrorism -- t=
he deliberate killing of civilians for political purposes -- that the U.S. =
government has committed during my lifetime. For more than five decades thr=
oughout the Third World, the United States has deliberately targeted civili=
ans or engaged in violence so indiscriminate that there is no other way to =
understand it except as terrorism. And it has supported similar acts of ter=
rorism by client states.=20
If that statement seems outrageous, ask the people of Vietnam. Or Cambodia =
and Laos. Or Indonesia and East Timor. Or Chile. Or Central America. Or Ira=
q. Or Palestine. The list of countries and peoples who have felt the viole=
nce of this country is long. Vietnamese civilians bombed by the United Stat=
es. Timorese civilians killed by a U.S. ally with U.S.-supplied weapons. Ni=
caraguan civilians killed by a U.S. proxy army of terrorists. Iraqi civilia=
ns killed by the deliberate bombing of an entire country's infrastructure.=
=20
So, my anger is directed not only at individuals who engineered the Sept. 1=
1 tragedy, but at those who have held power in the United States and have e=
ngineered attacks on civilians every bit as tragic. That anger is compounde=
d by hypocritical U.S. officials' talk of their commitment to higher ideals=
, as President Bush proclaimed "our resolve for justice and peace."=20
To the president, I can only say: The stilled voices of the millions killed=
in Southeast Asia, in Central America, in the Middle East as a direct resu=
lt of U.S. policy are the evidence of our resolve for justice and peace.=20
Though that anger stayed with me off and on all day on Sept. 11, it quickly=
gave way to fear, but not the fear of "Where will the terrorists strike ne=
xt?" which I heard voiced all around me. Instead, I almost immediately had =
to face the question: "When will the United States, without regard for civi=
lian casualties, retaliate?" I wish the question were, "Will the United Sta=
tes retaliate?" But if history is a guide, it is a question only of when an=
d where.=20
So, the question is which civilians will be unlucky enough to be in the way=
of the U.S. bombs and missiles that might be unleashed. The last time the =
United States responded to terrorism, the attack on its embassies in Kenya =
and Tanzania in 1998, it was innocents in the Sudan and Afghanistan who wer=
e in the way. We were told that time around they hit only military targets,=
though the target in the Sudan turned out to be a pharmaceutical factory.=
=20
As I monitored television during the day on Tuesday, the talk of retaliatio=
n was in the air; in the voices of some of the national security "experts" =
there was a hunger for retaliation. Even the journalists couldn't resist; =
speculating on a military strike that might come, Peter Jennings of ABC New=
s said, "The response is going to have to be massive," if it is to be effec=
tive.=20
Let us not forget that a "massive response" will kill people, and if the
pattern of past U.S. actions holds, it will kill innocents. Innocent
people, just like the ones in the towers in New York and the ones on the
airplanes that were hijacked. To borrow from President Bush, "mother and
fathers, friends and neighbors" will surely die in a massive response.=20
If we are truly going to claim to be decent people, our tears must flow not=
only for those of our own country. People are people, and grief that is li=
mited to those within a specific political boundary denies the humanity of =
others.=20
And if we are to be decent people, we all must demand of our government -- =
the government that a great man of peace, Martin Luther King Jr., once desc=
ribed as "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world" -- that the insan=
ity stop here.=20
Jensen is a professor of journalism at the University of Texas in Austin.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Boliver</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>This is a very disturbing editorial that=
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printed in the Houston Chronicle. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>The thought that this individual could h=
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a warped perspective, yet is a Texas state employee teaching our young peop=
le is=20
most disturbing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>This serves as another example of t=
he=20
leftist psychobabble that we will have to wage a war of truth against, para=
llel=20
to the war on terrorism that our country must fight. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>I see that he is in the journalism schoo=
l.=20
I would presume to find him in the section on fiction.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>David Teuscher, MD</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana=20
size=3D4>_______________________________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>Houston Chronicle 9/14/01</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>U.S. just as guilty of committing own vi=
olent=20
acts <BR>By ROBERT JENSEN <BR><BR>Sept. 11 was a day of sadness, anger and =
fear.=20
<BR><BR>Like everyone in the United States and around the world, I shared t=
he=20
deep sadness at the deaths of thousands. <BR><BR>But as I listened to peopl=
e=20
around me talk, I realized the anger and fear I felt were very different, f=
or my=20
primary anger is directed at the leaders of this country and my fear i=
s not=20
only for the safety of Americans but for innocent civilians in other countr=
ies.=20
<BR><BR>It should need not be said, but I will say it: The acts of terroris=
m=20
that killed civilians in New York and Washington were reprehensible and=20
indefensible; to try to defend them would be to abandon one's humanity. No=
=20
matter what the motivation of the attackers, the method is beyond discussio=
n.=20
<BR><BR>But this act was no more despicable than the massive acts of terror=
ism=20
-- the deliberate killing of civilians for political purposes -- that the U=
.S.=20
government has committed during my lifetime. For more than five decades=20
throughout the Third World, the United States has deliberately targeted=20
civilians or engaged in violence so indiscriminate that there is no other w=
ay to=20
understand it except as terrorism. And it has supported similar acts of=20
terrorism by client states. <BR><BR>If that statement seems outrageous, ask=
the=20
people of Vietnam. Or Cambodia and Laos. Or Indonesia and East Timor. Or Ch=
ile.=20
Or Central America. Or Iraq. Or Palestine. The list of countries and=
=20
peoples who have felt the violence of this country is long. Vietnamese civi=
lians=20
bombed by the United States. Timorese civilians killed by a U.S. ally with=
=20
U.S.-supplied weapons. Nicaraguan civilians killed by a U.S. proxy army of=
=20
terrorists. Iraqi civilians killed by the deliberate bombing of an entire=
=20
country's infrastructure. <BR><BR>So, my anger is directed not only at=20
individuals who engineered the Sept. 11 tragedy, but at those who have held=
=20
power in the United States and have engineered attacks on civilians every b=
it as=20
tragic. That anger is compounded by hypocritical U.S. officials' talk of th=
eir=20
commitment to higher ideals, as President Bush proclaimed "our resolve for=
=20
justice and peace." <BR><BR>To the president, I can only say: The stilled v=
oices=20
of the millions killed in Southeast Asia, in Central America, in the Middle=
East=20
as a direct result of U.S. policy are the evidence of our resolve for justi=
ce=20
and peace. <BR><BR>Though that anger stayed with me off and on all day on S=
ept.=20
11, it quickly gave way to fear, but not the fear of "Where will the terror=
ists=20
strike next?" which I heard voiced all around me. Instead, I almost immedia=
tely=20
had to face the question: "When will the United States, without regard for=
=20
civilian casualties, retaliate?" I wish the question were, "Will the United=
=20
States retaliate?" But if history is a guide, it is a question only of when=
and=20
where. <BR><BR>So, the question is which civilians will be unlucky enough t=
o be=20
in the way of the U.S. bombs and missiles that might be unleashed. The=
last=20
time the United States responded to terrorism, the attack on its embassies=
=20
in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, it was innocents in the Sudan and=20
Afghanistan who were in the way. We were told that time around they hit onl=
y=20
military targets, though the target in the Sudan turned out to be a=20
pharmaceutical factory. <BR><BR>As I monitored television during the day on=
=20
Tuesday, the talk of retaliation was in the air; in the voices of some of t=
he=20
national security "experts" there was a hunger for retaliation. Even =
the=20
journalists couldn't resist; speculating on a military strike that might co=
me,=20
Peter Jennings of ABC News said, "The response is going to have to be massi=
ve,"=20
if it is to be effective. <BR><BR>Let us not forget that a "massive respons=
e"=20
will kill people, and if the<BR>pattern of past U.S. actions holds, it will=
kill=20
innocents. Innocent<BR>people, just like the ones in the towers in New York=
and=20
the ones on the<BR>airplanes that were hijacked. To borrow from President B=
ush,=20
"mother and<BR>fathers, friends and neighbors" will surely die in a massive=
=20
response. <BR><BR>If we are truly going to claim to be decent people, our t=
ears=20
must flow not only for those of our own country. People are people, and gri=
ef=20
that is limited to those within a specific political boundary denies the=20
humanity of others. <BR><BR>And if we are to be decent people, we all must=
=20
demand of our government -- the government that a great man of peace, Marti=
n=20
Luther King Jr., once described as "the greatest purveyor of violence in th=
e=20
world" -- that the insanity stop here. <BR><BR>Jensen is a professor of=20
journalism at the University of Texas in Austin.<BR></FONT></DIV>
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