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> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Hund [mailto:axh69@po.cwru.edu] > > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:20 PM > > To: aedf@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [AEDF] Bomb Them With Butter > > > > Something to consider -- > > > > by Kent Madin > > > > A military response, particularly an attack on Afghanistan, is exactly what > > the terrorists want. It will strengthen and swell their small but fanatical > > ranks. > > > > Instead, bomb Afghanistan with butter, with rice, bread, clothing and > > medicine. It will cost less than conventional arms, poses no threat of US > > casualties and just might get the populace thinking that maybe the Taliban > > don't have the answers. After three years of drought and with starvation > > looming, let's offer the Afghani people the vision of a new future. One > > that includes full stomachs. > > > > Bomb them with information. Video players and cassettes of world leaders, > > particularly Islamic leaders, condemning terrorism. Carpet the country with > > magazines and newspapers showing the horror of terrorism committed by their > > "guest". Blitz them with laptop computers and DVD players filled with a > > perspective that is denied them by their government. Saturation bombing > > with hope will mean that some of it gets through. Send so much that the > > Taliban can't collect and hide it all. > > > > The Taliban are telling their people to prepare for Jihad. Instead, let's > > give the Afghani people their first good meal in years. Seeing your family > > fully fed and the prospect of stability in terms of food and a future is a > > powerful deterrent to martyrdom. All we ask in return is that they, as a > > people, agree to enter the civilized world. That includes handing over > > terrorists in their midst. > > > > In responding to terrorism we need to do something different. Something > > unexpected. Something that addresses the root of the problem. We need to > > take away the well of despair, ignorance and brutality from which the Osama > > bin Laden's of the world water their gardens of terror. -- "Even war seldom shows as large a percentage of fatalities as does the education system we have imposed upon our Indian wards."... Saturday Night magazine, November 23, 1907, on the report of Dr. P.H. Bryce, Chief Medical Officer, Indian Affairs Branch. "How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality toward the wicked? Do justice to the poor and fatherless, deal righteously with the afflicted and destitute. Rescue the poor and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked." (A Psalm of Asaph, The Psalm for the Third Day.) How can we be sure that the unexamined life is not worth living? Michael W. Posluns, The Still Waters Group, First Nations Relations & Public Policy Daytime: 416 995-8613 Evening: 416 656-8613 Fax: 416 656-2715 36 Lauder Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 3E3
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