This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I believe this is what Mr. Kinnear was saying when he opened this = thread. Bob Moffatt & Sons Piano Service Calgary, Alberta Canada T3E 5G4 (403) 243-0385 moffattr@cadvision.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Bill Ballard" <yardbird@pop.vermontel.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: Re: THE SOLUTION FOR TERRORISM > At 4:28 PM -0700 9/28/01, Robert Wilson wrote: > >There is no instant cure which is why > >President Bush has indicated that this is going to be > >a very long crusade, possibly lasting years. You have > >to tackle not only terrorism but the causes of > >terrorism (to parody a favourite phrase of our Prime > >Minister, Tony Blair) ! > > > >Bob Wilson > >London >=20 > I wouldn't get in the ring with Mulhammed Ali (in his prime), and I=20 > wouldn't go to war with terrorists. This is inviting us to join in=20 > the war they want to fight. We should choose our own weapons (and=20 > kind of war) and our own time, not simply take what kind of fight and=20 > what time they hand us. I know it's embarrassing that, given the=20 > sorry consequences of military action in this case and given its=20 > unsuitability to the task, our enormous military strength is not much=20 > use. but this is a different situation. Bin Laden is not Manuel=20 > Noriega and Afghanistan is not Panama. >=20 > Rather, we should return them in kind. The terrorists (whoever they=20 > may be) cleverly took what we had always assumed to be strengths of=20 > our country and turned them into weapons against us. Our country's=20 > strength is an advanced financial and social structure: airplanes to=20 > erase geographical distances, and tall buildings to concentrate more=20 > human activity into a smaller acreage. Boy did they get us. >=20 > If we assume that bin Laden is the best target, then we should look=20 > at his strength, an unending reserve of indigent and displaced=20 > muslims ready to die for the cause and the mission. Without a fresh=20 > supply of Afghani, Saudi, Egyptian , Palestinian, and Algerian with=20 > nothing to lose and thoroughly convinced that the Prophet Mohamed=20 > himself approves of this terrorist's war, Bin Laden couldn't buy=20 > enough people willing to do this kind of work for pay. >=20 > This is his strength and this is where we will attack him. Beginning=20 > with the tide of Afghani women and children now over the Pakistani=20 > government. Take care of the families of those poor Afghani men whom=20 > the Taliban forced to remain in the country. Family values will=20 > quickly become clear, as the woman and children will be cared for as=20 > never before during Afghanistan's long civil war. That's when the=20 > large "Silent Majority" of the Afghani population not wearing the=20 > Taliban's uniform, will know on which side of the Pakistan border=20 > their bread is getting buttered on, and in fact, where the bread and=20 > butter is. That's when country after country will look upon this=20 > warrior class of terrorist networks and cells as being a venomous=20 > population to be cast out. I'm talking any of the Arab Islamic=20 > country as being the next stop in Bin Laden's continual trek:=20 > Palestine/Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, Somalia. Each country is going to=20 > have to have it's living conditions cleaned up (famine abated,=20 > standards of health/education/democracy raised, whatever). It's a=20 > tall order, but consider the alternative: living,as this war=20 > progresses, in an increasing state of siege mentality and getting=20 > used to it. The Israelis do better at this than anyone else, but=20 > while this may be staying on top of the war, it is definitely not=20 > being in peace. The Israelis and Arabs may never coexist in peace,=20 > but I think this country wants the blessings of peace. I know I do. >=20 > I think this whole woeful chapter in our history would run better if=20 > the government could do what it has to in this country quietly, and=20 > not feel that it has to make such a show on the 6PM news every night.=20 > Our enemy doesn't need to have any clues about what moves we're=20 > making. >=20 > This country should stand for life rather than death. I'm hoping it=20 > stands for the rule of law, and for proper peaceful forums for the=20 > settlement of disputes. >=20 > Mr. Bill Ballard RPT > NH Chapter, P.T.G. >=20 > "The law gets you into everything. It's the ultimate backstage pass.=20 > It's the new priesthood" > ...........Al Pacino in "Devil's Advocate" > +++++++++++++++++++++ >=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/36/4b/f3/a4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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