I was avoiding reading this board for the last week, knowing I would be bitterly upset by the proceedings. I was. Fortunately, I have now let my feelings subside for 24 hrs, and can now post with levelheaded dispatch. First, I have found Hayden's posts both honest and compelling. I believe Hayden has a unique insight into these events, having been in such close proximity to the horrors. BTW, I have a brother who works in Naval Intelligence at the Pentagon. Ironically, he was on assignment in Pearl Harbor the day of the attack. I am very thankful he was safe, and that no one in his immediate office was hurt. Second, I find the attempts to rationalize or somehow blame this murderous rampage on the imperialist foreign policies of the U.S., the CIA, capitalism, Nike, et al. to be untenable. It's akin to exonerating the woman in Texas who murdered her five children because she had postpartum depression. There's always a choice to do good or evil. The new profanity of our society today is the inability of individuals to accept accountability for their actions. As for Mr. Falwell: He is not public enemy No. 1, but his remarks we're ill-timed and insensitive, not to mention probably dead wrong. While I might agree with his assertions that America has turned from her Judeo-Christian roots through a downward spiral of secularization, I disagree that you can categorically say our national sins are the reason for this terrible disaster. They might be...but maybe not. (Continued Part II)
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