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miriam_eToday is the anniversary of an incredibly evil terrorist act in which thousands of innocent people were killed.
30 years ago the USA assassinated the democratically elected president of Chile and installed the dictator Augusto Pinochet. 5,000 Chileans lost their lives due to U.S. terrorism.
Now, anybody who knows me realises that a very large number of my friends are American citizens. I am not anti-USA. But I do get scared when I think of how the people in power there have built up such a deep bank of resentment against the USA which exposes all my friends to great danger.
All terrorism is evil! There can never be any excuse to justify it.
30 years ago the USA assassinated the democratically elected president of Chile and installed the dictator Augusto Pinochet. 5,000 Chileans lost their lives due to U.S. terrorism.
Now, anybody who knows me realises that a very large number of my friends are American citizens. I am not anti-USA. But I do get scared when I think of how the people in power there have built up such a deep bank of resentment against the USA which exposes all my friends to great danger.
All terrorism is evil! There can never be any excuse to justify it.
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Date: 2003-09-12 06:57 pm (UTC)It is a pity the media in USA don't use national pride to show how such things do a great injustice to the many good things that come out of USA. Instead they do their best to bury the knowledge and most people never hear of the horrors perpetrated by your leaders. Witness then the dismay, lack of comprehension, and righteous indignation of US citizens when those who feel badly done-by hit back at USA. (I feel that there is never any excuse for terrorism, but undertanding where it comes from is necessary for prevention.)