Bomb them with butter!

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Govert Schuller [schuller]

Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:15 AM

schuller

BOMB THEM WITH BUTTER

 

 

BOMB THEM WITH FOOD, 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.

 

Peace

 

Abhilashi