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Fortunately, today unlike the 1930s and 1940s, Jews are not helpless. There is Israel. There is America and there are good people like Summers, who are ready to stand up and say no to the evil of anti-Semitism...
...approached from various angles to try and get at the source of fire; but no one let out a single shot for two hours. The tanks and helicopter could not confirm the exact source of fire and we refused to risk hitting innocents; instead we left our men helpless until we finally discerned the very muzzle flashes in the windows. The tank fired three shells, the helicopter one missile, and it was over. Three Palestinians and one Israeli were injured, and a three-story building was damaged. An hour later we reopened the border road, and Simon...
...that an attack on Iraq would not have Saddam at one end of the street and the American military at the other with no one else involved [IRAQ: WEAPONS INSPECTIONS, Sept. 30]? This would be a war involving millions of innocent people. Saddam would be safe and sound, while helpless Iraqis would experience the same horror that the victims of Sept. 11 did. Oil and politics are the factors that are deciding the fate of Iraq's people, not moral values. Where is our humanity? Look at the promises the U.S. made to Afghanistan before the war there. Afghan officials...
...have killed more than 1,000 policemen and ordinary citizens, Christian and Muslim alike. In one of the most beautiful places on earth, the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Luxor, they slaughtered nearly 60 tourists in 1997. In Algeria their sickles endlessly harvest the souls of the poor and helpless. They have committed all these crimes with the purpose of establishing the kingdom of God on earth and have succeeded only in turning our lives into hell...
With its fudging CEOs and murky auditors, corporate America has managed to do what al-Qaeda failed to do last fall. It has aroused fear, uncertainty and panic among Americans. Unsure when the next act of corporate terrorism will occur and helpless as markets and savings fall to lows not seen in years, most Americans no longer know whom to trust or how to invest. Forget Osama bin Laden. For now, the enemies are indeed within our borders. We need to root them out and prosecute them. BRUCE SHIVLEY Oxford...