Mister Bush, do feel free to use this
Sep. 12th, 2001 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gerbieIt took a while before we learned what we did wrong. It took a big attack, in which thousands of innocent lives have been lost, before we realised that the way we are dealing with the rest of the world was wrong. I am very sorry that this has had to happen. From here there are two possible options. A third world war or a continuation of what we have been doing over the last decade, a cold war against everything we Americans considered wrong. It would make the cold war look like a fight in kindergarten. We shall take none of these options. As a true Christian, we will turn the other cheek. The only way this cycle can be stopped as by not reacting. No retaliation, no attacks on possible suspects. I shall repeat this, read my lips, NO RETALIATION.
It is time for us to admit that we had this one coming. Fifty years of interfering everywhere in the world whenever it suited us has come to a bloody final. Now we see what we have done in Korea and Vietnam. In Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In Haiti and Guatemala. In Nicaragua and Chile. In Panama and Somalia. And in dozens of other countries. Thousands of innocent Americans have become the victim of an idiot who wanted us to know what we did wrong. Until now we knew, but thought we could get away with it. We couldn't.
From now on we shall do whatever is necessary to help all those families in this tragedy. But not only the thousands who have died in the last 24 hours, but also those thousands who died in the last 50 years, because we considered our position in the world more important than the lives of individuals. The whole budget from defence will go to welfare, social benefits or third world development. We will finally pay off our billions of debt to the UN. We well recognise the UN as the true world power, the voice of the people of the world. We will do as the majority wants us to. We shall propose the abolishment of veto's for countries who happen to have too much power.
Finally I shall resign from my position as President of the United States of America. We will soon have new elections in which every vote is counted, in which democracy will really work. Until then I shall hand over the power to the senate.
Let our thoughts be with the ones who have lost their lives. Thank you for your attention, God bless America and peace on earth!
It is time for us to admit that we had this one coming. Fifty years of interfering everywhere in the world whenever it suited us has come to a bloody final. Now we see what we have done in Korea and Vietnam. In Cuba and the Dominican Republic. In Haiti and Guatemala. In Nicaragua and Chile. In Panama and Somalia. And in dozens of other countries. Thousands of innocent Americans have become the victim of an idiot who wanted us to know what we did wrong. Until now we knew, but thought we could get away with it. We couldn't.
From now on we shall do whatever is necessary to help all those families in this tragedy. But not only the thousands who have died in the last 24 hours, but also those thousands who died in the last 50 years, because we considered our position in the world more important than the lives of individuals. The whole budget from defence will go to welfare, social benefits or third world development. We will finally pay off our billions of debt to the UN. We well recognise the UN as the true world power, the voice of the people of the world. We will do as the majority wants us to. We shall propose the abolishment of veto's for countries who happen to have too much power.
Finally I shall resign from my position as President of the United States of America. We will soon have new elections in which every vote is counted, in which democracy will really work. Until then I shall hand over the power to the senate.
Let our thoughts be with the ones who have lost their lives. Thank you for your attention, God bless America and peace on earth!
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Re: Thank you
Date: 2001-09-26 06:30 am (UTC)I think I'm well read, I enjoy knowing a lot of things from everywhere. Similarily I can return the compliment. Even though we seem to disagree most of the time, we are still talking in a civilised way. It confirms that I have to be carefull with my prejudice, not all Americans are ignorant. LJ proves that quite often I have to say, then again, during the heat of the discussions a week-weekandahalf ago some people seemed to have lost all sense of reality.
The death penalty is a different discussion, true, but not entirely unrelated. Only today I read that most Europeans will refuse extradiction to the States, as long as the death penalty is a risk. However extreme, I can understand some extremists who say that they too have used the death penalty: flying some planes into the WTC.
Re: Thank you
Date: 2001-09-26 08:21 am (UTC)Do you really think that most Americans are ignorant? This is a huge country, there are a lot of different kinds of people here. I don't think that anyone can broadly generalize or stereotype Americans...that seems ignorant to me. As far as losing a sense of reality, well, I think all Americans did for a while there. Now, we are getting a different reality all together. I think we are becoming a much stronger country all together. Things that my generation and even my parent's generation hardly thought about have become so important. Patriotism, our love of freedom and a respect for our country and the way it works.
I am really interested in knowing where your opinions of Americans come from. I know that we don't have the best reputation in some countries but I would really like to know why. I don't have any generalizations about you.
As far as the last comment, what did the people killed on the 11th do to warrant the death penalty? I read that Iraq said the attacks resulted from US policies. So those people deserved the death penalty? Our death penalty doesn't have anything to do with the mass murder of innocent people. I have some reservations about the death penalty. It scares me that an innocent person might be put to death. However, I believe that if someone is responsible (without a doubt) for some particularily heinous crime(s) then they don't deserve to be kept alive by my tax dollars. I think Texas over used the death penalty. Not every state has a death penalty. I think that shows that there are conflicting opinions nationwide about it. As far as extraditing and (after trial) putting to death someone like bin Ladin. Hmm, I don't know. I would love for him to suffer a horrible and painful death for what he (if proven) did. (The death penalty isn't painful though, unfortunately for some.) More than death for him, though, I would love to watch him live a long life...
I want to see him suffer as he realizes everything he has attempted to do has failed. I want him to watch as peaceful Islam followers grow and prosper hand in hand with all other religions and nations. I want him to see what is accomplished when religious freedom is respected. I want to see Isreal and Muslim nations in peace, and watch him discover that terrorism will not work. It has no place in this world. I want him to see all of his followers hunted down. Most of all, I want him to realize that he is the cause of the fall of his warped brand of Islam. If he hadn't pushed and forced the world into action...who knows what would've happened. (Which is back to why you are involved in the fight against terrorism, the world needs you too.)