U.S. response to Sept. 11 attacks Hello all! Thanks to you who have shared your thoughts, and my very best wishes to those I haven't heard from for a while. It's been a difficult week and more difficulties lie ahead. On Sept. 12, 2001, I sent the following message to Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith, Representative Peter DeFazio, and President Bush (saying "you"). Dear ** I extend compassion to the victims of the attacks on September 11, their loved ones and associates, the leaders of our country, and everyone world-wide affected by this tragedy. I trust in our system of justice to find and try the perpetrators and their conspirators. Last night and today, September 12, I have heard President Bush and Colin Powell say: This is war A military retaliation will happen against enemy-nations They will ask other nations to join or sanction this military action They will carry out the attacks regardless of other nations' support They no longer care about "collateral damage" - killing innocents They will not use restraint but intend to escalate the violence I plead that you, as a leader of this country, urge the Bush Administration and Congress: to not allow the United States to respond to the terrorists in kind with violence to show restraint and express anger intelligently to not make the U.S. people ready for war with improper references to World War II to walk our talk and do what we as a country have urged the IRA, the Mideast, the Africans and others to believe and do when they have suffered from terrorists: vengeance is an endless cycle of hatred violence does not stop more violence escalation of violence destroys credibility as well as lives and states It is important that the United States not lose any more credibility, worldwide, and not act rashly out of grief, after the prior losses of credibility. We can follow our own good advice. Every war has arisen out of grief and loss. It is a dangerous time for us. That is why I write to you, relying on your fine qualities to understand and speak out, before we kill innocent people. Karen Hartley attorney and mediator Eugene, Oregon © Spencer Creek Press, West By Northwest 2000-2002 All Rights Reserved unless otherwise noted. The opinions expressed by the authors are not necessarily the opinions of the publisher and/or sponsors. publisher@westbynorthwest.org webmaster@westbynorthwest.org West by Northwest Spencer Creek Press PO Box 51251 Eugene OR 97405 West By Northwest Voices of Peace, Volume V Dr. Andreas Toupadakis' Notebook W.H. Auden's poem September 1, 1939 Sam Smith of the Progressive Review writes Nobody Left But Us Robert Jenson explains why extraordinary Corporate Power Is the Enemy of Our Democracy DynCorp is Something to Watch Norman Solomon on New Media Heights For A Remarkable Pundit, Pentagon's Silver Lining May Be Bigger Than Cloud, and Six Months Later, The Basic Tool Is Language Patrick Morris, actor and director writing on the theatre's Hourglass Challenge Marvelous Margaret Mead Traveling Film & Video Festival World Choral Music Photographer and web designer Stephen Voss Stephanie Korschun's Insect Drawings, a class apart. That Photo Guy, Barbara S. Thompson's My Life chronicles a journey of courage by a real story teller, Chapter 3. Mary Zemke of Stop Cogentrix says "Standing tall - Opposition floods the proposed Grizzly Power Plant." Norman Maxwell writes to the Editor - a Summary of the Fire Road Preservation Struggle. Patricia Frank tackles Spring Cleaning the Closet. Lois Barton's Sunnyside of Spencer Butte finds the Heron Rookery. M.G. Hudson's Spencer Creek Journal remembers Laddie and the baby goats as the war on terrorism affects Spencer Creek Valley Ryan Ramon's Life on the 45th Parallel, Rain & Ramallah. WxNW.org Web-Wise Links DEN, from Defenders of Wildlife. Archive Early Spring 2002 Winter 2001-2002 Fall 2001 Late Summer 2001 Summer 2001 Late Spring 2001 Early Spring 2001 Winter 2000-01 Fall 2000 Late Summer 2000 Summer 2000 Spring 2000