<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2479.6" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT color=#000080 size=2>I believe this = is what Mr. Kinnear was saying when he opened this thread.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Moffatt & Sons Piano = Service<BR>Calgary, Alberta<BR>Canada T3E 5G4<BR>(403) 243-0385<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com"><FONT color=#000080 size=2>moffattr@cadvision.com</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT size=2>From: "Bill Ballard" <</FONT><A href="mailto:yardbird@pop.vermontel.net"><FONT size=2>yardbird@pop.vermontel.net</FONT></A><FONT = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>To: <</FONT><A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 10:20 = PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Subject: Re: THE SOLUTION FOR = TERRORISM</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2>> At 4:28 PM = -0700 9/28/01, Robert Wilson wrote:<BR>> >There is no instant cure which is = why<BR>> >President Bush has indicated that this is going to be<BR>> >a = very long crusade, possibly lasting years.  You have<BR>> >to = tackle not only terrorism but the causes of<BR>> >terrorism (to parody a = favourite phrase of our Prime<BR>> >Minister, Tony Blair) !<BR>> = ><BR>> >Bob Wilson<BR>> >London<BR>> <BR>> I wouldn't get in the = ring with Mulhammed Ali (in his prime), and I <BR>> wouldn't go to war = with terrorists. This is inviting us to join in <BR>> the war they want to = fight. We should choose our own weapons (and <BR>> kind of war) and our own = time, not simply take what kind of fight and <BR>> what time they hand us. = I know it's embarrassing that, given the <BR>> sorry consequences of = military action in this case and given its <BR>> unsuitability to the task, our = enormous military strength is not much <BR>> use. but this is a different = situation. Bin Laden is not Manuel <BR>> Noriega and Afghanistan is not = Panama.<BR>> <BR>> Rather, we should return them in kind. The terrorists (whoever = they <BR>> may be) cleverly took what we had always assumed to be = strengths of <BR>> our country and turned them into weapons against us. Our = country's <BR>> strength is an advanced financial and social structure: = airplanes to <BR>> erase geographical distances, and tall buildings to concentrate = more <BR>> human activity into a smaller acreage. Boy did they get = us.<BR>> <BR>> If we assume that bin Laden is the best target, then we should = look <BR>> at his strength, an unending reserve of indigent and displaced = <BR>> muslims ready to die for the cause and the mission. Without a fresh = <BR>> supply of Afghani, Saudi, Egyptian , Palestinian, and Algerian with = <BR>> nothing to lose and thoroughly convinced that the Prophet Mohamed = <BR>> himself approves of this terrorist's war, Bin Laden couldn't buy = <BR>> enough people willing to do this kind of work for pay.<BR>> <BR>> This is = his strength and this is where we will attack him. Beginning <BR>> with = the tide of Afghani women and children now over the Pakistani <BR>> = government. Take care of the families of those poor Afghani men whom <BR>> the Taliban = forced to remain in the country. Family values will <BR>> quickly become = clear, as the woman and children will be cared for as <BR>> never before during = Afghanistan's long civil war. That's when the <BR>> large "Silent = Majority" of the Afghani population not wearing the <BR>> Taliban's uniform, = will know on which side of the Pakistan border <BR>> their bread is getting = buttered on, and in fact, where the bread and <BR>> butter is. That's when = country after country will look upon this <BR>> warrior class of terrorist = networks and cells as being a venomous <BR>> population to be cast out. I'm = talking any of the Arab Islamic <BR>> country as being the next stop in Bin = Laden's continual trek: <BR>> Palestine/Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, Somalia. = Each country is going to <BR>> have to have it's living conditions cleaned = up (famine abated, <BR>> standards of health/education/democracy raised, = whatever). It's a <BR>> tall order, but consider the alternative: = living,as this war <BR>> progresses, in an increasing state of siege mentality = and getting <BR>> used to it. The Israelis do better at this than anyone = else, but <BR>> while this may be staying on top of the war, it is = definitely not <BR>> being in peace. The Israelis and Arabs may never coexist in = peace, <BR>> but I think this country wants the blessings of peace. I know I = do.<BR>> <BR>> I think this whole woeful chapter in our history = would run better if <BR>> the government could do what it has to in this = country quietly, and <BR>> not feel that it has to make such a show on the = 6PM news every night. <BR>> Our enemy doesn't need to have any clues about = what moves we're <BR>> making.<BR>> <BR>> This country should stand for = life rather than death. I'm hoping it <BR>> stands for the rule of law, = and for proper peaceful forums for the <BR>> settlement of disputes.<BR>> = <BR>> Mr. Bill Ballard RPT<BR>> NH Chapter, P.T.G.<BR>> <BR>> "The = law gets you into everything. It's the ultimate backstage pass. <BR>> It's the = new priesthood"<BR>>      ...........Al Pacino in = "Devil's Advocate"<BR>> +++++++++++++++++++++<BR>> </FONT></BODY></HTML>