At 10:08 AM 9/12/2001 -0700, you wrote:
I would much prefer that the US "leadership"
perform that role (i.e.
lead) appropriately by re-evaluating the policies that would make us so
hated that some group would carry out an attack such as yesterday's.
I
agree with much of what you say, but along the same line of
thought, no matter how 'nice' we are to others there will always be some
who hate us, regardless of what we try to do. Being 'nice' and 'friendly'
is not a solution to this problem (which doesn't mean we should or
shouldn't do that).
Gordon