Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 15:52:09 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk> Cc: Stephen Hurd <deuce@lordlegacy.org>, Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror Message-ID: <3BAD1619.6185D081@mindspring.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010921173959.02994178@threespace.com> <NFBBJPHLGLNJEEECOCHAGEDNCEAA.deuce@lordlegacy.org> <20010922115619.B55559@jake.akitanet.co.uk>
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Paul Robinson wrote:
> This might be over the top, but this is all starting to get a little 1930's
> for my taste... some of the tactics being used by Bush to justify himself
> are definitely ones that wiff a little of those used by the man whose name I
> shall merely abbreviate as 'H'. Like I say, over the top, but it is all
> starting to feel rather surreal.
I have to disagree; I think a more apt analogy would be the 1940's.
The U.S. is in a fury similar to that following the bombing of
Perl Harbor: interviews on the UC Berkeley campus with students
who profess to have, up until recent events, held war and military
service as unconscionable, indicate a willingness to server in the
U.S. armed forces in order to deal with this event. This is a
profound philosophical shift, at a fundamental level.
Stephen E. Ambrose, the only sanctioned biographer of the man,
who spent many hours interviewing him, quotes Dwight D. Eisenhower
as saying "Hitler should beware of the fury of an aroused democracy".
These words were echoed in the Protocol of Proceedings of the
Potsdam Conference, in August of 1945:
The result of the futile and senseless German resistance
to the might of the aroused free peoples of the world
stands forth in awful clarity as an example to the people
of Japan. The might that now converges on Japan is
immeasurably greater than that which, when applied to the
resisting Nazis, necessarily laid waste to the lands, the
industry and the method of life of the whole German people.
The full application of our military power, backed by our
resolve, All mean the inevitable and complete destruction
of the Japanese armed forces and just as inevitably the
utter devastation of the Japanese homeland.
The time has come for Japan to decide whether she will
continue to be controlled by those self-willed militaristic
advisers whose unintelligent calculations have brought the
Empire of Japan to the threshold of annihilation, or whether
she will follow the path of reason.
Following are our terms. We will not deviate from them.
There are no alternatives. We shall brook no delay.
There must be eliminated for all time the authority and
influence of those who have deceived and misled the people
of Japan into embarking on world conquest, for we insist
that a new order of peace security and justice will be
impossible until irresponsible militarism is driven from
the world.
Perhaps the participants in this thread are unaware of history,
or are unaware of how resolute the majority of the U.S. truly is,
with regard to the recent terrorist attacks.
The only thing missing is the explicit parallel statement "...until
terrorism is driven from the world".
-- Terry
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