After being on the Ed Schultz radio show again, I sent this message:
Hi Ed & Wendy,
Thanks for having the guts to take on such sensitive and important topics; you and your staff have my respect for that, even if we disagree on such major points. For you to put yourself out there, and ask your listeners what justice would be enough to end our assault and occupation of Afghanistan, is an incredibly important step to heal the deep wounds we continue to suffer everyday since 9/11.
We hit an extremely important point at the end of our conversation; I hope we can examine it deeper. I did not mean to diminish the magnitude of the loss our country experienced on that day, and continue to do.
I have investigated, and found enough evidence to convince me that what happened on 9/11 was synthetic terrorism. Whether I, and many others, are correct or not, the countries of Afghanistan and Iraq, Pakistan, Uzbekistan did not attack us, but have suffered from our strike-first military and contractor actions.
It was just reported that the lowest civilian death toll in Iraq was last month – an average of 3 per day! Are you OK with our tax, I mean debt dollars to continue being used to harm innocent people of any race? It is avoidable if we take the time to see the value and success a cease fire will bring in a Muslim region.
These ongoing offensive actions are no more justified than the actions of those who so harmed us in 2001.
We may never agree on that, but it is imperative that all of us define what justice would look like. If you can't put benchmarks on justice, or define victory, we have no business executing our mission. Would you agree?
Using violence to try to solve the problem of violence is futile and too expensive. Could your staff research and tally how much state/county/city budgets have been slashed with cuts to the funds of core public safety services?
For the last 8 years, all the words I try put together in print and on air, are my way to support the best use of our servicemen and women. Holding our government accountable for only using force in a Constitutionally correct manner, is the most important thing any patriot can do, and demonstrates the highest level of respect for the troops and our country, and those we lost on 9/11.
In peace,
Colleen Fernald
colleen@sol-man.net