In response to Tuesday’s letter, “Bush Administration: its actions seem anti-Christian”: Does Mitchell Dodd actually believe that if we love our enemies they will simply vanish from our concerns?
Let’s recap the attacks. Iran embassy hostages, 1979; Lebanon embassy, 1983; Lebanon Marine barracks, 1983; Lockerbie Pan Am flight to New York, 1988; first WTC attack, 1993; Khobar Towers, 1996; Kenya U.S. embassy, 1998; Tanzania U.S. embassy, 1998; USS Cole, 2000; World Trade Center and Pentagon, 2001. From the period between 1981 and 2001 there were 7,581 terrorist attacks worldwide. Muslim extremists have been attacking U.S. citizens without reprisal for years. They did not turn into good neighbors.
Mr. Dodd attacks the president saying, “He is promoting abuse and torture.” The actions of a handful of MPs can hardly constitute promotion of abuse and torture by the president. The president publicly denounced these actions. Yet this story makes for better reading so we forget about the beheading of Nick Berg and the charred corpses of Americans being dragged through the streets of Iraq. We forget that just a few years ago, these same types of prisoners chemically killed 400,000 of their own people just for disagreeing with Saddam Hussein, and we worry about their “humiliation.”
The Muslim extremists that wish us harm have stated their goal over and over. It is to kill all infidels. This translates into all non-Muslims, not just in the U.S. but around the world, who do not agree with their beliefs. They will attempt this regardless of whether we turn the other cheek or not. Do some research on the Crusades from 1096-1291. These people are determined to extinguish Christianity throughout the world through any means possible.
I do, however, agree with one thing Mr. Dodd said. Let’s vote all the rich men that have commandeered our government out of office. Let’s start with some of the wealthiest, like John Kerry, John Edwards and Ted Kennedy.
Kevin English
Snohomish
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