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opinion:
our view
Wild West tactics
may not be best move for America
George W. Bush, the
president of this great nation, has adamantly declared that
he is out to get suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden, saying
that the man was "wanted, dead or alive."
In the meantime,
Americans are holding candlelight vigils, buying flags in
mass quantities, and wearing red, white and blue in a sign
of solidarity. We wonder if Bush's harsh words are the sentiments
echoed by the whole of the country.
Our fearless leader
is saying that he will catch bin Laden at all costs. These
costs may include the loss of innocent civilians; costs for
the sake of catching one man, albeit one man who has unfathomable
connections worldwide.
This is a man who
may have orchestrated arguably the most extreme act of war
in American history. Apparently, if he is the man behind the
"Attack on America," will killing him at all costs
necessary really solve the problem?
So the big, bad
United States can say that we got revenge and we won't let
people do this to us ever again. Won't killing bin Laden just
further perpetuate our problems?
Perhaps Americans
will feel better if this one man is dead. But more acts of
violence won't bring back the twin towers demolished in New
York or the thousands of innocent lives that were lost.
So the U.S. is
not as secure as we thought. We are vulnerable. We are not
perfect. It is unfortunate that it took something of this
magnitude to wake people up and make them proud to live in
this country. Will these same people fight to defend these
constitutional rights?
We may be on the
verge of World War III. Is America ready for it? With Bush
in charge, admitting that he is using old West adages to express
his anger at the acts of terror, America sits and waits.
It's a frightening
thought that a man with these thoughts is making decisions
that will forever change our lives. Sometimes war forces a
nation to band together and fight for one cause. But the question
remains, is more killing a justifiable cause?
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