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Charles Stampul is correct that our government will use the Sept. 11 attacks as an excuse to eliminate the few final shreds of our Constitution which was intended to limit the federal government (but, unfortunately, was not able to withstand power hungry politicians). However, his cries for revenge do not carry with them the desire for proof that the correct people are punished. The people responsible should be punished, as prescribed by law, but our government will most likely point us in the direction they wish us to go, not necessarily the correct direction.

Why the attack happened is extremely important. Why would a group of people want to expend the money, effort, and people necessary to accomplish this? They must be VERY angry with our country. Don't just assume that religious fervor drove several men to commit suicide. Why were they that angry? Could it be that they blamed the USA for the deaths of their loved ones? Could it be our meddling in affairs between other nations that go back centuries, if not millennia, that we can not and even they no longer understand?

Are the USA’s cruise missiles, laser guided bombs, and other attacks such as in Panama any less terrorist attacks than we endured on the eleventh? Go past the current emotions. Really think about it. My opinion is that we do not have the insight to solve other Nation's problems and that if we mind our own business (we have many problems to solve for ourselves) we will not be a target for terrorism from outside our country.

Roger Schattilly