THE SOLUTION FOR TERRORISM

[Robert Wilson]

> I support the President, and the government. So far,
> I have not seen massive 
> bombing raids, or thousands of soldiers in
> Afghanistan. Perhaps the President 
> has already taken the thought of providing
> humanitarian aid as a means of 
> fighting terrorism. It will not be the only way, but
> it will certainly go a 
> long way towards peace. And that is what we all
> want, isn''t it?
> 
> Wim
> 

The USA *has* been providing food and aid to
Afghanistan for years, unfortunately, due to the
present circumstances this has had to be withdrawn and
the aid workers have had to leave.  People will now be
starving and will be unable to flee as the borders
have been closed.

I don't know how you fight terrorism - you can't do it
quickly,   We have had little luck with Irish
terrorists in recent years and the only thing that has
stopped their bombs have been the success of peace
talks.  The difficulty in the present case is that the
'enemy' is not a state or a country but an
organisation which exists and has links in at least 50
countries.  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


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