Posted on 09/19/2001 12:40:23 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
An online petition is now available at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/CAAT/
If you agree with it, please sign it. Please forward this message to every American you know who would be interested in signing it.
Also please review the information at:
http://www.ReasonvsTerrorism.com
It features op-eds, a faq, a news update list, and intellectual ammunition you can use to stop terrorism against America once and for all.
I don't see how they can have a formal declaration of war on "terrorism". Does this mean we are also at war with the IRA? With the Tamil Tigers? With the Narco-terrorists in Latin America? With the various factions, etc., in Africa?
This is just one more example of knee-jerk emotionalism. Some people want to feel like they're "doing something" so they put up a silly "online petition."
Look, if we're going to "declare war" it must be against a particular nation's government. I'm all for a declaration of war against Iraq, for example, but this thing you're passing along isn't worth the bits it's printed on.
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