Dear Editor,
How often have we heard the president tell us that the
terrorists, Al-Qaidas, or other enemies
”
hate freedom.
”
It seems that it’s part of his daily
”
stump
”
speech. He attacks on of the above groups and accuses them
of
”
hating freedom.
”
This makes a good sounding speech, but is it really true?
Dear Editor,
How often have we heard the president tell us that the terrorists, Al-Qaidas, or other enemies “hate freedom.” It seems that it’s part of his daily “stump” speech. He attacks on of the above groups and accuses them of “hating freedom.” This makes a good sounding speech, but is it really true? Can anyone else in this world tell me that anyone would “hate freedom?” I don’t believe that this is even possible.
It was but a few short years ago that the Al-Qaidas were resisting the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. At that time President Reagan called these people “freedom fighters” and said that they were “true patriots.” Now these same people are resisting the invasion of their country, but are considered terrorists. How can that be? These people don’t seem to hate freedom as much as they are trying to remove the foreigners who have invaded their homeland.
The same thing seems to be going on in Iraq. The would be “freedom fighters” are trying to remove the foreign troops that have invaded their country and to impose their way of life on its citizens. The president also calls them terrorists.
It’s ironic that the terrorists in Russia are the Chechens who are fighting to gain their freedom from Russia. Doesn’t that actually make them freedom fighters?
Does this mean whether you can be called terrorist or patriot, actually depends on whose side you are on?
There was a time when the United States was without a doubt, the most liked and respected nation in the world. This is no longer true, if fact we are probably the most hated and mistrusted nation in the world. How did this come about? Perhaps we have offended many nations with our heavy-handed attempts to influence their behavior, and get them to submit to our demands. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could return to the good old days when we were well liked?
In the eyes of many foreigners we as a nation are attempting to get worldwide control over any nations who have beliefs and customs that differ from ours. If we continue on this path, then we will be at war with most of the rest of the world for many years to come. Perhaps it’s time to change our deranged view of the way to bring about our national security and world peace.
Jack Dwan, Gilroy
