tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post6588480817458225349..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: Remembering 9/11 – 1973LKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-64617651236895363852011-09-12T09:39:59.096-05:002011-09-12T09:39:59.096-05:00Reviewing dates, antedates, and counter-dates can ...Reviewing dates, antedates, and counter-dates can certainly be depressing. This leads toward more cynicism, and points to the polarity of viewed actions and resolutions. As the Scripture records: "There is none righteous, no, not one." Pretty inclusive. Including all political and religious, national and tribal groups. Most atrocities of history tend to be forgotten except by the descendants, where generational and millennial grudges are still held.<br /><br />And yet to the optimistic and hopeful it seems that most people and groups bring some good and balance. <br /><br />On the American side I recently made a list of who I consider to be our best and worst presidents (pretty evenly split Democrat and Republican on both lists), the names of which shocked my immediate family. Nixon made the middle of one list. Even the worst had significant good points and the best had significant bad points, and the one statesman I consider by far the best was never president (neither was he a Democrat or Republican).<br /><br />GOD save us all.1sojournernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-59561787763387184302011-09-11T06:29:40.271-05:002011-09-11T06:29:40.271-05:00An USAmerican Thinking Friend who lives in Japan c...An USAmerican Thinking Friend who lives in Japan commented (by e-mail):<br /><br />"I wish more Americans were not so myopically focussed on the terrible suffering that took place on 9/1/2001, and had a greater awareness of the suffering that others have had to endure . . . often as a result of American political and corporate policies."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-38384357736398300872011-09-10T15:04:01.616-05:002011-09-10T15:04:01.616-05:00My esteemed Thinking Friend (b. 1931) in Kentucky ...My esteemed Thinking Friend (b. 1931) in Kentucky wrote:<br /><br />"Thank you for remembering that incident, Leroy. It is one of the most shameful in American history. It's another instance in which we must express deep remorse and repent. But the repentance should mean, as the Hebrew "shuv," to turn from our evil ways. I wonder if we ever will, for most Americans don't know our country has done anything wrong."LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-70986645518912047002011-09-10T09:51:51.392-05:002011-09-10T09:51:51.392-05:00I appreciate these comments by Thinking Friend Ant...I appreciate these comments by Thinking Friend Anton (of Kansas City) and Thinking Friend Marti (of Connecticut).<br /><br />I like the words, "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we will know peace," and I was surprised to find that they are attributed to Jimi Hendrix (1942-70).LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-53953442810214622032011-09-10T08:12:26.820-05:002011-09-10T08:12:26.820-05:00My husband and I are traveling to Chile and Easter...My husband and I are traveling to Chile and Easter Island in November, 2011. I find it increasingly difficult to travel internationally without apologizing to the world for our government's behavior. There was a brief period of time when I beamed with pride (November 2008 I was in Egypt) when we elected Barack Obama, but that faded quickly as our endless wars and obsession with our homeland security continued to drain our treasury (money and people). "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, we will know peace." Thanks for the post.Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11981448999595609200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-67151382553256806192011-09-10T07:46:44.576-05:002011-09-10T07:46:44.576-05:00Well put, and thanks for the reminder of this terr...Well put, and thanks for the reminder of this terrible action from our own history. There's a very good book detailing a lot of America's needless and ruthless meddling in other countries during the 20th century. It's Jonathan Kwitny's "Endless Enemies: the Making of an Unfriendly World," published in 1984. The first printing got published with a lot of "damaging" information; the CIA had portions blacked out of later printings, so it's probably difficult to find an original without the blacked-out portions. I would guess there have been similar books since. If not, we're overdue.Antonkjacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734526091623931154noreply@blogger.com