Columbia, MD, September 2006 . . . By all accounts, the ranks of terrorists have expanded dramatically since 9/11, validating the prediction of some terrorism experts that a course of revenge and punishment would create more terror and danger throughout the world.
“In the aftermath of 9/11, U.S. foreign policy has fueled the appeals of terrorist leaders such as Osama bin Laden to fight western culture in all its forms for the sake of preserving a traditional Islamic culture,” says terrorism expert and author Dr. John DiJoseph. He explains that “terrorism is a form of noble cause corruption; the terrorist kills for what he perceives to be a noble cause, in this case, Islam and the oppressed Arab masses.”
“In the aftermath of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln called on the nation to recall ‘the better angels of our nature.’ We might call on them again to help shift the tide of hatred from American shores,” observes DiJoseph, “by increasing humanitarian efforts to innocent civilians injured in war areas, and by using our vast media resources to appeal directly to the Arab masses with popular music and other forms of entertainment emphasizing the positive aspects of western culture, and teaching core western values of freedom with responsibility and democracy. We must become the embodiment of a noble cause to fight their perceived one.”
By following our “avenging angels” in lieu of our “better angels,” DiJoseph notes that we have set the stage for the potential of “unbridled ruin,” as described in the 9/11 Memorial Poem, Angels Over America, by Carolyn Long:
“Help the angels of our better natures rise to freedom’s song
And lead the charge of justice on her path,
So our own avenging angels do not strike in blind revenge
And wreak unbridled ruin with their wrath.”
Both the poem and the 9/11 Memorial video Angels Over America created from the poem by award-winning arranger and producer Mark Freeh can be viewed or purchased from the website, www.AngelsOverAmerica.org or by contacting Carolyn Long at Carolyn@AngelsOverAmerica.org.
Carolyn K. Long, author of “Angels Over America” and co-producer of the 9/11 memorial video of that name, is a professional speaker, consultant, writer and photographer, based in Columbia, MD.
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