An American Bard Writes....From carriedo12@hotmail.com
Dear OBOD
I am an American and a Bard in the OBOD. I thought the writing in this
section should include the thoughts of an American and a Patriot. Below
is a letter which I wrote in response to the letter written by Mr. Ansary
when it appeared in an internet mailing from Harry Brown the Libertarian
candidate for president of the USA. I wrote this letter a few days after
Sept. 11
I must admit that I was turned off in a major way by the liberal judgementalism
inherent in this letter and in Mr. Brown's position. I whole heartedly
support president Bush and before you judge me please try to place yourself
in MY position. I could NOT understand the feelings of my parents generation
Re: W.W.II and Pearl Harbor until I suffered the same fate. Perhaps
all of us need to understand that there may also be a time for war.
As Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson pointed out so eloquently; freedom
carries a terrible price.
As a Bard and as an American I am willing and able to pay this price.
Randolph Williams, USA
Attachment: Letter of Sunday Sept. 23. 2001 to Freedomwire@Harry
Brown.org
Attack Afghanistan? - All that you say is true, But, the time for reason
is past.
Our nation can not endure such acts, and the only way to end terrorism
is to recognize it for the state sponsored act that it is. To recognize
it as War.
I am a libertarian and a man of peace. I was very much aware of the
"other side" of the issues leading to Tuesdays attack. In my understanding
it all goes back over 50 years to the arbitrary division of Palestine
by the British and our subsequent intervention. It all stems from our
inability to recognize that we do not have the answers to all the worlds
problems. I can see how we repeated the same pattern in Mogadishu. First
we fed them then we became participants in their civil war.
I oppose our interventionist ways. But to oppose them I must have the
belly. I must be able to step back from my noble efforts to help my
fellow man. This means giving food, giving love, advise, technology,
medicine, and then standing back. This means that I must recognize that
I am helpless in the face of the evils which brother commits against
brother. This means that I must stand by helplessly and weep as I watch
atrocities and genocide committed. For while I have the might to smite
the aggressors I have not the strength to prevail against the ignorance
of whole nations. This is a terribly hard thing for me to do as an American,
but I shall.
That being said, let me reiterate; the time for reason, for right and
wrong, for analyzing and changing our course has passed. We are at War.
As a Libertarian I trace my spiritual lineage to Patrick Henry, to George
Washington and Thomas Jefferson. These men did not shrink one moment
from the shedding of blood, nor shall I. If it be my blood that must
nourish that Sacred Tree of Liberty then so be it. However if it can
be the blood of my enemy, spilled in his own homeland, then so much
the better.
And to respond to Mir Tamim Ansary's article I understand that we are
not at war with the victims of the bloody regime in power in Afghanistan.
However, as I have been held accountable this Tuesday past for the actions
of my government, so must all people take responsibility for the actions
of their nations. Please Mr. Ansary understand that we do not hate your
people, nor shall we seek to destroy them. May God will that we can
help them to lift themselves to Liberty. For only when all people are
free will the Libertarian Philosophy be realized. However, Afaghani's
will probably die, as have, and will, Americans. We will grieve for
your dead as we do for our own.
Let all Libertarians join of whole heart in this struggle, as have
I. Let us be One People, Indivisible, Implacable in our pursuit of Victory.
Let us debate, and bring to the forefront the interventionist causes
which contributed to these terrible acts, but, let this be done in it's
own good time.
For Tuesday morning the time for reason passed.
May the God of Nature Bless America.
Randolph Williams, Libertarian/Patriot
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