How do we possibly justify the maiming and killing of innocent children ? How does this make us safer ? To wage war on an entire society because of a fanatical element within its ranks is to ignite a hatred toward us beyond imagining. Just look at the results of an attack on America which killed innocent people. We have been blinded by the need for retribution so completely that the majority have even bought the theory that this is a just war. It is not. No war is justified where innocent children are slaughtered and maimed. Not ever. Certainly not to those who value human life or the innocent among us.

 And yes, I say us. We are all children of God regardless of our religious or political beliefs or where in this world we are domiciled. To consider answering violence with lawless violence in return,  which shows no mercy to those who are blameless and to do so in defiance of the world community, is to join the ranks of those whom we would seek to destroy.

Democracy has always professed belief in the Rule of Law ... until now. Now, we invade a country which has not invaded our shores, and which had no part in the attack we seek to  address, simply because those in control tell us we should do so. We do not question their motives. We acquiesce like sheep because to oppose them is to  be labelled disloyal or to be considered unfriendly to an ally and friend. The 'evil' which is so often cited by the powers that be as the target is not only in foreign lands. It also resides in the hearts of those among us  who chose to take the Free World to the brink of annihilation with a stubborn resolve that only they know what is best for  our world. They are as dangerous as any terrorist we may face and we must wake up to this fact before it is too late for all of us. Freedom must not have been the ultimate casualty of 9/11. We simply can not allow this to happen ! If we do so the terrorists have won and we blaspheme the memory of every single soul who perished in the attacks on America.

We do not have the right to force democracy on another nation.  Nor will we succeed in doing so. What kind of democracy is it  if  force must be used to  systematically ignore the wishes of the people of a nation as we demand their acquiescence to our political beliefs?

The misery we have inflicted on another sovereign nation in the name of the Free World , and are continuing to inflict, is inexcusable. We hear how brave soldiers have died or have been wounded in this cause and wonder how these youngsters will face tomorrow ... if they have a tomorrow ... and how they  will  live with the memories  of the  fear and loathing they  encountered while defending their country.  Their Commander in Chief , who has no personal experience of active duty in the defence of his country, has told them they are heroes but I wonder how many of them believe in their heart of hearts that the fear they see in the eyes of the children  of the land they have invaded makes them heroic?  They are doing as they were taught ... obeying orders ... and they are most assuredly not to blame . 

 The blame belongs squarely on the doorstep of those who chose this course of action and did so without  sufficiently careful thought and responsible preparation for the after-effects of their choices. Perhaps they sleep well after seeing the images of the lifeless or maimed bodies of babies and little children or the terror on the faces  of the little ones who are their victims but I very much doubt their countrymen do. 

War seeks the destruction of those with whom we disagree rather than attempting to find the best way in which to coexist with those who are different. Rather than erasing those differences, or finding common ground on which to agree, war serves only to divide and breed more of the hatred and bigotry which will  eventually destroy mankind if left unchecked. Every single human being on this planet has the right to be judged  using the 'Rule of Law' not the 'Rule of the Most Powerful'.

 My heart breaks for the children who lost their parent or parents on 9/11 but it also shatters into minuscule fragments as I think of the many thousands of children who must face 'liberation' ... even if it kills them ... because  it has been decreed by a power with the might to do anything it damn well pleases. Where do you suppose those children will look to for friends or allies as they grow older ... if they do survive the horror ? Most assuredly it will not be to us. We are creating the generation with which our children and grandchildren will have to coexist. It will be tragic and reprehensible if future generations are forced to pay the price for our criminal neglect of what is right and in the time honoured traditions of our way of life.

The financial well being of those future generations has already been mortgaged by the decisions of the present US administration, they surely do not have the right to mortgage their future freedoms as well. We must defend with every fibre of our beings the right to live in freedom and  safety but we must not throw aside every principle for which our Free World stands in the mistaken belief that we will make our world a safer place. To abandon the Rule of Law  and International Co-operation and to continue on this path of violence and warfare is to condemn those innocent future generations to annihilation.

 We are perilously close to the point of no return.

I devoutly pray wiser heads prevail, before it is too late for everyone on this tired old planet of ours, as those with the power to stop this madness prepare to once again elect  a Leader of the Free World. Now, more than at any time I can recall in my lifetime, failure to honour that commitment by exercising the precious right to vote  would be truly unconscionable.