[Grovenet] 9/11

[Eric Canon]

That is powerful stuff Ed. Thanks for sharing it
with us.

This third paragraph from Joe Volk's memo I found
especially plausible:

# Weaken the Extremists by Ending the War on
Terror. When you declared a “war on terror,” you
handed Osama bin Laden and others like him the
victory they sought. You did exactly what they
wanted and needed to build their movement. Take
their victory away now. You have made the
extremists, people like Osama bin Laden, 10 feet
tall and made them your equal on the world stage.
Because you have given them the war with the “one
remaining superpower” that they wanted, you have
given them the strategic advantage. In the eyes
of the public they are seeking to reach, they are
David fighting Goliath. This is a strategic
blunder of historic proportion. Your “war on
terror” frames the struggle so that any time a
terror attack kills civilians, the U.S. suffers a
defeat and the extremists take another victory.
You can strategically weaken the extremists by
ending the “war on terror,” by demoting the
extremists to the level of criminals, and by
calling on all nations to join the U.S. in a law
enforcement project of bring these criminals to
account under the rule of law.

--- Ed Davie <edavie at verizon.net> wrote:

> Joe Volk
> Executive Secretary, FCNL
> 
> Letter response to President Bush's speech, 
> yesterday.
> 
>
http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=2051&issue_id=35
> 
> Ed 
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