The Continued Bombings
Earl J. Prignitz
July 09, 2005
My dear friends on the Internet, when will we come to realize that the tragic deaths like those in London – innocent people killed by immoral killers whose only recourse is this kind of violence and destruction – will not only continue but will undoubtedly increase as long as President Bush and Prime Minister Blair stubbornly refuse to re-consider their unethical acts of military action. Everyone in his right mind knows that the present military assault and exploitation of the poorer nations of the earth that are rich in natural resources is the real reason why we are half way around the globe fighting this unethical, immoral war in the first place.
The people of London have just experienced what the people of Bagdad and many other Iraqi cities have been experiencing almost daily for more than a year: a brutal, violent attack on innocent civilians. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of London, even as we continue to pray for the peoples of Iraq, Afghanistan, the Sudan, and elsewhere who daily face the continuing violence, horror, fear, and disruption of war and terror. Yet, more war is not the answer to the London bombings. After more than three years of the U.S.-led "war on terror" and two years of war in Iraq, the world is no safer, and in many respects it has become even more dangerous because of these wars to make the world safe from terror.
The attacks in London, the undiminished violence in Iraq, and the intensified fighting in Afghanistan reveal how U.S. war policies have fueled more violence and suffering. Exacting an "eye for an eye" will only make everyone blind with hatred. Violence and suffering will only tend to escalate and intensify from retaliation policies - especially in a world armed with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. It is past time for the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom to take the first, courageous steps to end the cycle of violence by exercising uncommon restraint in their response to the London bombings. Let the moral depravity of the attacks stand alone for the peoples of the world to condemn and unite against. We must not compound the moral outrage of the mass killings in London with further U.S.-UK military attacks that will put at risk still more innocent civilians and fuel further hatred. Those responsible must be held accountable under the rule of law.
The people of London have just experienced what the people of Bagdad and many other Iraqi cities have been experiencing almost daily for more than a year: a brutal, violent attack on innocent civilians. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of London, even as we continue to pray for the peoples of Iraq, Afghanistan, the Sudan, and elsewhere who daily face the continuing violence, horror, fear, and disruption of war and terror. Yet, more war is not the answer to the London bombings. After more than three years of the U.S.-led "war on terror" and two years of war in Iraq, the world is no safer, and in many respects it has become even more dangerous because of these wars to make the world safe from terror.
The attacks in London, the undiminished violence in Iraq, and the intensified fighting in Afghanistan reveal how U.S. war policies have fueled more violence and suffering. Exacting an "eye for an eye" will only make everyone blind with hatred. Violence and suffering will only tend to escalate and intensify from retaliation policies - especially in a world armed with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. It is past time for the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom to take the first, courageous steps to end the cycle of violence by exercising uncommon restraint in their response to the London bombings. Let the moral depravity of the attacks stand alone for the peoples of the world to condemn and unite against. We must not compound the moral outrage of the mass killings in London with further U.S.-UK military attacks that will put at risk still more innocent civilians and fuel further hatred. Those responsible must be held accountable under the rule of law.
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