The fact is

that there is widespread support in much of the Middle East for terrorism

because it is the only way for these poor and backward people to strike

at the West, their perceived enemy. Therefore, we must break their will

to strike at us. The only way to do that is to flatten a city in the country

or countries that have harbored the terrorist. To you weenies on the left,

this will sound barbaric. And it is. But it will be effective. When they

see that we can always and will always hit back harder than they can hit

us they will back off. They will do this because they will see that the

ultimate result of escalated terrorism will be their countrymen's genocide.

As for all

the new proposed security measures, they will only lead to a police-state

mentality and probably bankrupt the transportation industry in this country.

The fact is we can not protect ourselves from suicidal terrorists by building

defenses. If we protect the airports, they will hit the bus stations.

If we guard the bus stations, they will bomb schools, stadiums, malls,

gas pipelines, etc. We cannot be strong everywhere, we cannot guard everything.

Taking the

offensive against these people is the only solutions. Let's hit them hard

now and demoralize them. Otherwise one day a UPS truck with a nuke in

the back is going to flatten downtown (your city's name here). Maybe your

family will be under that mushroom cloud. Taken in that context, massive

retaliation does not seem so barbaric after all. Even a liberal should

be able to see this logic.

William M.

Gilmer

Fayetteville

[email protected]