I thought it was a very thoughtful column. I agree with the writer on just about everything that was stated. I especially thought the accompanying editorial cartoon was very fitting. You might remember that it was a picture of a vulture, holding an American flag, and an eagle, sitting side by side on a tree branch. We must remember and our leaders never be mistaken that our collective grief is not a call for war or revenge.
War is but another form of terrorism.
We should search for justice, not blind revenge. As Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress in 1919, said, You can no more win a war than win an earthquake. To these leaders, I would like to make clear that my family and I take no comfort in your words of rage. If you choose to respond to this incomprehensible brutality by perpetuating violence against other human beings, you may not do so in the name of justice for my husband. As veterans, we say, no more victims of war anywhere.