The slaughter of thousands of innocent people in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon gives rise to sharp emotions—numbness, sorrow, horror, despair, fear, anger, revenge and hate. All these feelings are understandable. Not all are noble. In the wake of this atrocity, President George W. Bush is talking war. He defined the enemy stalking our world as… return to article
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