Even though so-called "terrorists" are violent, self-destructive, and counterproductive, most of them are rational human beings. They are concerned about social, political, or religious injustice, and are willing do whatever it takes to battle against such injustices, even if it requires giving up their own lives. It's good when people dedicate their lives to opposing atrocities and injustice. It's not good when they turn towards violence out of feelings of hopelessness and desperation.

Now America has a vague new "evil" to make its public fear: "terrorism." This was the answer to the prayers of many corporations with defense contracts, military personnel, and politicians who feared that irrational spending on military would fade after the decreased fear in the previous "evil" of communism. These warmongers can now justify an endless, bloodthirsty, "moral" quest to wipe out any human beings viewed by the US as "terrorists" or those who "harbor terrorism."

The behavior of the media was consistent. From the constantly repeated videotapes of the airplanes crashing into the World Trade Center to David Letterman's formulation of opinions based on absolute ignorance, the media led the cry for revenge. The media also refused to look into why America is the target of hatred and violence. Any such questions were quickly dismissed as the media zombies proclaimed, "Terrorists hate our freedom and democracy." No one ever asked why countries with more freedom (such as Canada, Australia, Sweden, Netherlands, etc.) have not been targeted by terrorists.

During the war the media blatantly ignored the countless thousands of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, but dedicated hours to the deaths of Marine pilots who died in helicopter accidents. (By the way, doesn't it seem like most American casualties in recent wars primarily result from accidents or "friendly fire," not involving "the enemy"?)

"President" Bush repeatedly called the September 11th attacks "cowardly." The hypocrisy of this statement is quite obvious. Dropping bombs on millions of civilians in Southeast Asia, killing mostly women and children, while comfortably hovering in the sky above is truly "cowardly." Dropping a single atomic bomb to kill 100,000 people in Hiroshima is certainly "cowardly." Training, arming, and funding Central American contras and death squads to carry out massive gruesome bloodshed in order to protect US economic interest is "cowardly." Using unmanned drone aircraft to bomb the women and children of Afghanistan is absolutely "cowardly."