Claim 

“As in so many past experiences, our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us.” – 84 

Agreement

“I therefore concur with you in your call for negotiation.  Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in tragic effort to live in monologue rather than dialogue.” – 85

Disagreement

“You speak of our activity in Birmingham as extreme. At first I was rather disappointed that fellow clergymen would see my nonviolent efforts as those of an extremist.” (91)

Recommendation

“The only answer that I can give to this query is that the new Birmingham administration must be prodded about as much as the outgoing one, before it will act.” (85)

 

Our government tells us that the War on Terror is just and will create a new democracy in Iraq.  We stormed Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction.  When that excuse failed we sent more bombs and destroyed more lives.  Our government didn’t stop at the killing or Iraqis.  They steal the lives of our young men and women, training them to become weapons, and expecting them to give their lives for their country.  There have been 4,000 deaths in a five year period.  What has come from these brave men and women’s ultimate sacrifice?  More bloodshed, more car bombs, and more families being torn apart.  How many Iraqis have been killed unnecessarily?

How can you fight a war on terror when you cannot see who you’re fighting?  How can you justify sending more and more troops to fight an invisible enemy when there has been no gain?  Many say we cannot pull out our troops because Iraq will collapse without us.  They say that we cannot show weakness by taking soldiers out of Iraq, and we have to fight until the enemy is destroyed.  By trying to root out the terrorists, we are causing more people to hate us, and the “terror” is spreading.  The nation is being left in shambles by this administration because more money is being spent on the war.  When did the U.S. decide to babysit the entire world?  Without understanding of other cultures and without trying to work things out with words, the terrorists have already won.