FW: another petition to sign; hope they are helping

[Guest guest]

Bomb them with butter, Bribe them with hope!

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.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Kenna,

 

That was great. Have you sent it to the President and the newspapers?