The Editor:Ìý
War is terrorism, involving violence. Human beings use war to justify killing other human beings and doing collateral damage, in cases where someone can convince themselves that a foreign political and/or a military power is threatening their sovereignty or the safety of their citizens.Ìý
The most recent great tragedy of war took place after the destruction of New York’s north and south World Trade Center Towers by planes that crashed into them. Many people were killed and injured. There were other violent and mysterious events that occurred on that particular day.Ìý
American officials believed the plans to crash into the towers did originate in the Middle East. The massive military power of the United States, with some military aid and support by Canada, did invade Afghanistan and Iraq … including the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It is estimated that about one million Iraqi and Afghan soldiers and civilians were killed.Ìý
Some time later, it was alleged that it was Saudi Arabian pilots who crashed the planes into the New York towers.Ìý
What is quite obvious is that this war has cost Canadians, but in particular, it cost U.S. citizens, about a trillion dollars. On a global basis, the sale of the weapons of war amount to trillions of dollars. Who benefits from these astronomical costs? It would appear that it is the manufacturers of these technologically advanced tools of death, and the moneyed interests that are responsible.Ìý
Those trillions of dollars would make it possible to have every hungry and poverty stricken child on planet Earth have the basic needs for life.Ìý
It is no wonder that Jesus drove the money-changers out of the temple.Ìý
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Leo Kurtenbach
Saskatoon, Sask.Ìý
