menarik... tertarik...? -Yni- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Efa Yonnedi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 4:30 AM Subject: [INFO - AktUNAND] Sadness, Anger and Fear (delete aja lansgung kalo gak t'tarik) > Assalamu`alaikum - > > this opinion was given by Robert Jensen (a professor > of journalism at the University of Texas) . > > quite fascinating point of view - really amazing - and > it`s from an american > > wassalam > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > September 11 Was a Day of Sadness, Anger and Fear > Copyright: http://www.iviews.com > Published Wednesday September 12, 2001 > > By Robert Jensen > > Like everyone in the United States and around the > world, I shared the deep sadness at the deaths of > thousands. 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 innocents civilians in > other countries. It should need not be said, but I > will say it: The acts of terrorism that killed > civilians in New York and Washington were > reprehensible > and indefensible; to try to defend them would be to > abandon one's humanity. No matter what the motivation > of the attackers, the method is beyond discussion. > > But this act was no more despicable as the massive > acts of terrorism -- the deliberate killing of > civilians for political purposes -- that the U.S. > government has committed during my lifetime. For more > than five decades throughout the Third World, the > United > States has deliberately targeted civilians 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 terrorism by client states. > > ______ > > So, my anger on this day is directed not > only at individuals who engineered the > Sept. 11 tragedy but at those who have > held power in the United States and > have engineered attacks on civilians > every bit as tragic. > > _______ > > > 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 Iraq, or > Palestine. The list of countries and peoples who have > felt the violence of this country is long. > Vietnamese civilians bombed by the United States. > Timorese civilians killed by a U.S. ally with > U.S.-supplied weapons. Nicaraguan civilians killed by > a U.S. proxy army of terrorists. Iraqi civilians > killed by the deliberate bombing of an entire > country's > infrastructure. > > So, my anger on this day is directed not only at > individuals who engineered the Sept. 11 tragedy but at > those who have held power in the United States and > have engineered attacks on civilians every bit as > tragic. That anger is compounded by hypocritical U.S. > officials' talk of their commitment to higher > ideals, as President Bush proclaimed "our resolve for > justice and peace." > > 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 result of U.S. > policy are the evidence of our resolve for > justice and peace. Though that anger stayed with me > off and on all day, it quickly gave way to fear, but > not the fear of "where will the terrorists strike > next," which I heard voiced all around me. > Instead, I almost immediately had to face the > question: "When will the United States, without regard > for civilian casualties, retaliate?" I wish the > question were, "Will the United States retaliate?" But > if > history is a guide, it is a question only of when and > where. > > 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 U.S. > responded to terrorism, the attack on its > embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, it was > innocents in the Sudan and Afghanistan who were 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. > > As I monitored television during the day, the talk of > retaliation 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 News said that "the > response is going to have to be massive" if it is to > be effective. > > 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. > > 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 limited > to those within a specific political boundary denies > the humanity of others. > > 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 described as > "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world" -- > that the insanity stop here. > > > __________________________________________ > > Robert Jensen is a professor of journalism at the > University of Texas. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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