And about their willingness to help, other countries are conflicted.
The official government of Pakistan has assured Pakistan's assistance;
the persons on the street, religious and convinced of their rightness,
are engaged in anti-American protests.  So, will we radicalize Pakistan
when the government has been set to opposition with its own people?  The
Sauds are in a similarly precarious situation. And we have seen how
these things happen once before when the Shah was our staunch ally in
opposition to the religious in his country.

'Tain't all that easy, I'd say.  We can't make world politics with a
broadsword; it takes some figuring and listening and analyzing before we
hack away at anyone.

==Reinhold

Maureen Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
> I guess my first response is that you don't give help or charity so other
> countries will "owe" you; you give it because you have it and someone else
> needs it.
>
> And, in this case, I'm not really sure we need rescue or economic help from
> other countries. The people coordinating the rescue efforts seem to have
> more volunteers than they can use because teams from all over the US wish to
> help. What we will be needing from other nations is help in other ways; when
> we get enough information about who is responsible and where they are, we
> will probably be calling on many nations to put their sympathies and ideals
> above their own best economic interests and potentially even their own
> safety-that could cost many of them a lot.
>
> Maureen Fitzpatrick
> Associate Professor, English
> Johnson County Community College
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Cheryl Richey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Friday, September 14, 2001 10:35 AM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Re: Our nation's tragedey
>
> This is very nice to hear feelings of sympathy.  However, feelings are not
> as helpful as actions.  I would like to see other countries come to help us
> unbury our people. We are in a time of crisis.  We spend billions of dollars
> to come to the need of other countries. We help clean up after war; we help
> when earthquakes hit, we help discourage countries.  Now it is our turn to
> need help.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Martha Kolln <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:52 PM
> Subject: Our nation's tragedey
>
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > I just received this email from a cousin in Norway:
> >
> > "It's with grief and shock we got the news about the cruel and cowardly
> > attack on your country and all those innocent people. We can hardly find
> > words to express how sad we're feeling, but our sympathy is with you and
> > also with all those unknown people who have been killed, maimed or have
> > lost their loved ones.
> > The whole thing is so unreal that you almost have to check that you are
> > awake. Beside the human tragedy, this is also a threat to all democratic
> > nations in the free world including our country, so even if we are far
> away
> > in distance it does also feel very close. One good thing, if one can say
> > that in a situation like this, is that the world's major nations seem to
> > have become more united and determined to fight these evel elements
> > together."
> >
> >
> >
> >   I wanted to share it with you because I'm sure it represents the
> feelings
> > of average citizens all over Europe.  Cousin Helge has been here in
> America
> > several times; he has a special feeling for New York because he
> > participated in the NY Marathon three years ago.
> >
> > At times like this, of ocurse, grammar issues that we would normally
> debate
> > have taken a secondary place in our lives.
> >
> > Warmest regards to you all.
> >
> > Martha
> >
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