An alternate strategy for the US

[Guest guest]

I really like this idea over the thought of war. It would be nice if

this was possible. But then...who know...maybe some of it is.

 

In Amma's Divine Love,

Shelly

 

 

Bomb them with butter, bribe them with hope.

 

 

This idea was taken directly from the Story Teller class on World Events

 

2001 and expanded by Jay Wilder. Thanks, Jay - Bix Blankeship

 

 

 

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.