IP: \What fueled the anger?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:24:53 +1100
> From: Nathan Cochrane <ncochrane () theage fairfax com au>
>
> Hi Dave
>
> It was intriguing to watch an Australian ABC-TV program last night,
> Australia Talks, a village chat program where people in regional and
> rural areas can discuss issues that affect them. Last night the program
> came from Port Augusta, a regional centre in South Australia.
>
> http://abc.net.au/australiatalks/
>
> One of the key topics was, understandably, the tragedy in the US. It was
> interesting because although everyone was horrified, panel members and
> audience alike, they were just as scared of the repercussions. People
> outside America are now worried that America's response will lead to
> WWIII, or at the least, another VietNam. Australia lost a lot of sons
> following the US into that ill-advised conflict. A lot more of our
> veterans came home little more than shells of their former manhood. We
> have lived with the consequences for thirty years and have a large,
> vibrant and valued Vietnamese community, comprised of those refugees.
>
> Judging by the response last night, it seems most Australians on sober
> reflection don't want a another intractable conflict without end.
>
> Another interesting aspect, speaking to co-workers and other
> Australians, is the sense that the US brought some of this on itself.
> The article below from The Guardian illustrates that observation does
> not take away from the rightful pain, sorrow and anger that we all feel.
> But the long-range worry exists that unless America wakes up to its
> actions outside its borders, the world will never be free of violence.
>
> Terror begets terror. There are two extreme choices: break the cycle or
> give up your freedom.
>
>
> What fuelled the anger
>
> By MARTIN WOOLLACOTT
> Friday 14 September 2001
>
> We live in one world. There are moments when we know this is so for the
> best of reasons and moments when we know it for the worst of reasons.
> The attacks on the World Trade Centre towers and on the Pentagon and
> other American targets are a terrible proof that disorder in the world
> cannot be fenced off. This disorder and the anger that goes with it have
> reached America from whatever source. Equally, America's anger at what
> has happened, and not only America's, will inevitably affect everybody
> on the globe
>
> ...
>
> Contrary to stereotype, however, most Arab and Muslim, and especially
> Palestinian, radical groups set limits for both practical and moral
> reasons on the violence they consider permissible.
>
> ...
>
> The head of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in
> denying that his organisation had anything to do with the attacks,
> nevertheless went on to say that the discontent and anger that American
> policy was creating meant that its approach to the Middle East should be
> reviewed. His point is obvious. Anger is an asset that entrepreneurs of
> violence such as bin Laden can use. Would a settlement of the
> Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the establishment of an adequate
> Palestinian state end all Muslim terrorist violence? Perhaps not, but it
> would go a long way towards doing so.
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/news/state/2001/09/14/FFXCHB0GJRC.html
>
>
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