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Oct 25, 2001, 10:45pm

Henry, I can agree with some of what you are saying, but the only thing I
don't really agree on is the American mentality you are suggesting. I will
agree that some Americans are what you suggst, but most are not. The war
going on overseas is stupid. I have no doubt that people having nothing to
do with the taliban, terrorism, or hatred towards the United States have
been killed and it is not right in my opinion. I am not one for war unless
it's absolutely necessary. Please don't hate me (being an American) or the
United States though for the actions that are going on overseas because it
was not my decision nor is it many people's decision to go to war. We
[Americans] supposedly live in a land of freedom of choice that I greatly
enjoy and take advantage of as many people do, but some things we cannot
choose - our government chooses for us, such as this war. I likewise do not
blame Afghanistan for what happened in NY or Washington or anyone overseas
because those people as well cannot control what their leaders and people
with power and money do either.

However there is reason for the Americans to be mad because September 11
many of our citizens were killed as well. People tend to lose focus on the
real problem as a result from their anger. I think the only war that should
be going on should be right here in our own country. New York and
Washington is where the acts of wrong doing were committed, not Afghanistan.
Anthrax is being spread all over the United States and nobody seems to know
why or who's doing it because our government is too busy starting shit with
people overseas and trying to blame everyone else but themselves for what's
happened. Why can't our government take care of our homeland first and wage
war against the terrorists that are amongst us in our own damn country? Is
that too much to ask?

For those Americans who think I'm anti-American I'm not trying to say I hate
my country, otherwise I wouldn't live here. I love America, the American
people here and the patriotism they show for their country. Henry I don't
feel the patriotism we are showing in this time is in any way meant to thumb
our noses at other nations (although some have made it out to be that way),
but merely to show our respect and love for the people we lost 9/11 here at
home as a united nation to each other, not against other countries.

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