Truemors
The International Institute of Nonviolence
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By Rev. Jermano
Ok all you patriotic junkies whip out your big American flags and prop them up in the back of your pickup trucks in support for going to war against Gustav the hurricane. Hurricanes must be the biggest terrorists around yet no Hurricane Patriot Act or Hurricane Homeland Security Act is made to stop hurricanes.
Think of the damage that happens during a hurricane, and the size area it inflicts its terrorist arsenal winds upon, including flooding and a gammet of chain reactions that occurs. Never mind the guy or the people who are stranded and see a store with water in side floating in the debris are shot at because they are now accused as being looters.
Yet in this time of anticipation from the Katrina Attack it seems the Republican administration is playing a different tune, by canceling the Republican Convnention in Minnesota. John McCain says now is not a time to be festive...and President is actually doing something to help people cope with the Gustav onslaught.
Are we able to reltailiate and find justice to the terror that these acts of God commit? Absolutly not. Do we consider our self cowards by evacuating and taking cover? Absolutley not. Do we they rile the people as being for us or agianst in fighting hurricanes? Absolutely not. Seems to me hurricanes have a very similar face to the description of wars and bombings....and so we think we can stop terrorists in other countries, by killing thier innocent people. Yet the people around the world know it was not an act of God that invaded their land blaming their leader and stealing the oil.
In my honest estimation think of the 4,000 extra alive troope we would have today in helping the people cope with this current hurricane disaster waiting to happen. Think if our leadership stopped and realized that just because we are attacked does not mean we go ballistic and spend billions of dollars to wage war.......as if trying to stop a hurricane. Frankly it is rather impossible. Frankly comparing WAR is actually the same as comparing it to fighting a hurricane. Might as well throw money and lives to the wind in such an ignorant attempt.
Just what are cowards? Those who stand there with a gun pointing at the hurrincane winds and firing saying I will kill you.... you %#*$&terrorists...In the mean time good people lose their lives and the terror continues because the coward was too foolish to realize there is nothing he can do execept flee and wait out the storm, then help us all recover.
Let's stop the foolishness in Iraq bring the military home, and help in our recovery. Now that is the beginning of a kind and gentler nation.
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