"To War, To War, We're Gonna Go to War..." (Marx Brothers, in
10/08/2001 03:54 p.m.
Yeah, we're at war now. Pardon me for not jumping up and cheering that we're bombing another country, one that already probably resembles the surface of the moon. I suppose we had to do something, but let's not start something we can't finish, let's not delude ourselves into thinking that bombing one country will wipe terrorism off the face of the earth. It's a vicious cycle - the more we do, the more the fanatical fringe will want to go after us. Another poet described in her journal how they're selling postcards and t-shirts near Ground Zero at the WTC site. I wonder if anyone is selling t-shirts over there: "I survived the bombing of Kabul and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!" Don't get me wrong - bin Laden is probably the most dangerous man on the planet right now. But we need to seriously rethink our concept of "war." I wish I had the answer. I'd probably get the Nobel Peace Prize if I did.
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