There's a 9/11 commemorative service in Amsterdam & I'm thinking the drive into A'dam is necessary. I was *deathly ill* when the planes flew into the towers; thereafter, busy fighting to stay alive. For the first time, I have had a chance to focus on this day, although it's in the constant memory of us all, precipitator as it was for the war against Afganistan & the flawed war with Iraq.
We should remember, if we don't, that this did not just happen to Americans, though it happened on American soil. The last I read, 82 different nationalities died that day. Many were practicing Muslims.
How do we redress all the wrongs of this world? How do we redress the wrongs done to the 'Other'? To Us, whomever the Other & Us maybe? I think the answer is with PEACE. With talk, not war. I am happy to hear more commentators say that the war in Afghanistan, the war with AQ can not continue: We must talk.
Idealistic? Wrong? Leftist liberal drivel? Maybe. But look where war gets us. Let's talk.
PEACE, baby. Peace for the sake of babies yet to come.
LankaBlue²
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