Honor the Victims of September 11: Wage War
Sept 5, 2002

IRVINE, CA--"The best way to honor the victims of September 11 is to prevent future attack," said Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute.

"We must acknowledge that the Americans killed on September 11 died needlessly. They died because of the errors and evasions in our foreign policy. For decades we have appeased, offered the other cheek to, and even armed, an enemy whose ideology requires our destruction. To ensure that no future Americans lose their lives to the militant Islamic fundamentalists, we must reverse course and fight a real war against the states that sponsor terrorism."

"But a real war," Dr. Brook said, "is not waged by dropping bread instead of bombs over enemy territory. A real war is not waged by holding back our military because civilians may be caught in the line of fire. A real war is not waged by ostracizing our only friend in the Middle East while ingratiating ourselves with enemies, by seeking world approval for our right to defend ourselves, by refusing to target the actual source of militant Islamic fundamentalism (which is not Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq).

"The deaths of thousands of Americans on September 11 was a tragedy. Let us not compound the tragedy--and the deaths--by refusing to learn the painful lesson that that day taught. Either we change our foreign policy and unleash our military now--or we face another September 11."

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