Dear Editor,

What should the U.S. do now?

Contrary to widespread opinion, it is wrong to conclude that such deadly terrorist attacks are unavoidable, or that the U.S. should wait until "all the evidence" is in and then "bring the perpetrators to justice," or that retaliation is barbaric, or that the U.S. should build an impenetrable wall and beef up "internal security" at the expense of individual liberty.

Past responses to acts of anti-American terrorism have been abysmally weak, thereby giving terrorists a green light. Terrorism is an act of war. Effective terrorists are made possible by the countries that harbor them. Any country that harbors anti-American terrorists--such as Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Iraq, Syria and Sudan--is thereby at war with the U.S., and their governments deserve to be bombed. Since there are no bombs that selectively kill those responsible for terrorism, the U.S. can not be morally blamed for killing so-called innocent bystanders. Such is the nature of war and the price one pays for having an evil government.

A substantive bombing of governments that harbor anti-American terrorists will go a long way to wipe out international terrorism. It would be immoral and self-destructive for the U.S. to do otherwise.

Glenn Woiceshyn
Calgary, Alberta, Canada