9-11 Not Forgotten

[Mr. Guberman]

Don't want to wring an old rag...but it seems, to me...neccessary. "Islamic Extremists" are like "Nips". There are two sides to every story. I'll not excuse a thing, but to simply go swinging...is not the answer.

And to accomodate that kind of rhetoric...in my opinnion...is antithetical.

I grew up in Turkey...in the 60's. We used to take our American teams to Beirut, Eskanderun, Naples, Tehran, and etc, to play the Americans there, football, basketball, baseball... That cannot be done today. Hell, while on active duty, I was in Tehran the September before the revolution...trading Penthouse magazines to our allied soldiers for a night on the town.

It is not just the fault of the ill advised direction (my opinnion) of the societies involved...but we, the US are also culpable. Without the acknowledgement of that...the problem will never be solved.

That is what I was referring to. Somehow it has to be fixed...and I believe we are the only cats that can...by initiating a fix...or most difficultly acknowledging someone else's fix. Until that can be done...this will go on forever. Those "Arabs" (et al) are as terrible and as tough as our cowboys...believe it.

Cheers, as always

Curt