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When I was at school, we had a picture of Leonidas and his Spartans blocking the pass at Thermopylae against a huge Persian army. The Spartans knew that they would be killed, but stood fast. Now it seems possible that three or more American men, passengers on hijacked Flight 93, who knew that they were going to die, rushed their hijackers before the terrorists reached their objective. These Americans were as brave as any heroes of legend. This cool courage is one crucial ingredient in dealing with terrorists. The time for being cowards and mere survivors is over. J. STEPHEN...
...leaders watched workers dig out from the rubble the remains of thousands of Americans, did it occur to them to distance the U.S. from the affairs of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region? And frankly, a little humility wouldn't hurt us at this hour. Perhaps we should spend a moment in this frenzy of revenge asking ourselves what we have done to contribute to this tragedy. And then stop doing it. MARGIE PHELPS Topeka, Kans...
U.S.S. Carl Vinson Battle Group In the Persian Gulf...
There is, of course, no reason to trust the Taliban, which has a long history of harboring terrorist organizations. Its reclusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, threatened yesterday that unless the U.S. withdraws its military from the Persian Gulf, stays out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and leaves the Muslim world alone, there will be “an endless war that will burn America and America only.” These are not the words of international cooperation in the face of mass murder. Given the high probability of U.S. military action to disrupt bin Laden’s network...
Dusk was falling last Tuesday when news of the attack on America first reached this war-ruined city, Kabul. In the dusty twilight, Afghans held radios to their ears, listening to static-filled accounts on the Voice of America and the BBC Pashto- and Persian-language services. Because the country's Taliban rulers forbid television, Afghans could see no pictures of the destruction that had people everywhere else glued to their sets. The immensity of the World Trade Center had to be described. When Afghans asked me about the Twin Towers, I compared them to Afghanistan's giant Bamiyan Buddha...