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9-11, SEPTEMBER 11 FAMILIES FOR PEACEFUL TOMORROWS
DAY, NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE NEWSLETTER #8, September
11, 2015 (alternative to Patriot Day).
COMPILED BY Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace.
What’s at stake: Peace starts in our
communities with our rejection of the beliefs and structures of our society
that urge fear, hatred, and revenge. As we approach the 14th Commemoration of
9/11, we seek to honor all of the victims of the plane bombs, not by upping the
violence ante, but by rejecting revenge and fostering peaceful communities—local,
national, and global--that embrace compassionate service rather than violence. We
would serve as practical ambassadors of nonviolent peace. Building the peace and justice movement.
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Contents 9/11 Families
for Peaceful Tomorrows DAY #7 at end
Contents 9/11
Families for Peaceful Tomorrows DAY #8
9/11: What Happened?
The Bombing Controversy. Ben
Laden’s Revenge….Revenge…..Revenge
Peaceful Tomorrows Day 2015 against Revenge and for
Lawfulness
Google Searches: 9/11 and Revenge, 9/11 and US War of
Revenge
Glennon, National Security Obsession Produced Two US
Governments: One Feebly Constitutional,
the other Agressively Tyrannical
the other Agressively Tyrannical
Imminent Threat, After
9/11 Documentary Film on War of Terror and US Civil Liberties
Where did Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Come From???
Yoder, Christian Nonviolence
Islam and Peace: 3 Books
Islam Means Peace
Crescent and Dove
Nonviolence
Dick, Tolstoy and
Patriotism
The 9/11 Bombing Controversy
VETERANS
FOR PEACE, Friday, September 11, 2015
Submitted by VFP Board
President, Gerry Condon
 On the 14th anniversary of the notorious September 11 attacks
on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people, the
mainstream media is full of the usual infotainment, with virtually every
possible point of view, except for the truth. Many people question the
official story of 9/11. There are certainly many reasons to doubt that
story, and many contending theories for what actually happened on September
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DYSFUNCTIONS OF USA DURING PANIC OF 9/11
Questions regarding the post-9/11 obsession with
security and revenge--the “war on terror” (become war of terror), the illegal invasions
of Afghanistan and Iraq, and of Pakistan and other Middle Eastern countries,
and regarding the devastating war on civil liberties at home by the expansion
of surveillance and secrecy (Homeland Security, NSA, destruction of the 4th
Amendment), I pursued by googling these two searches, with interesting
results. Many of the responses were not
to the point or trivial, but some do examine deeply. Our religious and philosophical traditions
repudiate revenge. From the perspective
of Peaceful Tomorrows, US behavior post-9-11 is a paroxysm of revenge inspiring
more revenge. From that of international
criminal law and law, US behavior is a convulsion of lawlessness: a few
criminals blew up the Trade Towers; Interpol and national police should have
been allowed to do its lawful duty.
Instead our leaders fed us immensely exaggerated fear-mongering and
unchecked slaughter. Who are we, ask the
authors of The Hidden Structure of
Violence? They reply: a people of
violence; especially military violence, war, in which people are displaced, tortured,
shot, bombed, burned; and economic violence, in which the necessities for life
are not provided or are taken from the people (10).
9/11 and Revenge, Google Search,
9-12-15
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/the-cycle-of-revenge/
Sep 8, 2011 - I've never understood the
proverbial wisdom that revenge is a dish best ... Bin Laden then reveals the
extraordinary fact that the idea for 9/11 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Aftermath_of_the_September_11_a...
Wikipedia
4 9/11-related plots and attacks
within the US; 5 Economic aftermath; 6 Health .... Dallas store clerk during a
shooting spree taken in revenge for the 9/11 attacks.
In
the news
WND.com - 35 mins ago
Leo Hohmann is a news
editor for WND. He has been a reporter and editor at several ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../remembering-911-betw...
The
Huffington Post
Sep 7, 2011 - When the quest for justice
becomes a manhunt, the cycle repeats. And when forgiveness comes too early or
too easily, the cycle stands to ...
www.theguardian.com
› World › Capital punishment
The
Guardian
Jul 21, 2011 - Texas executes 9/11 'revenge' killer. Mark Stroman
shot dead two convenience store workers he believed to be Arab in Dallas
shooting spree ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvjEoU_Cb-w
Dec 10, 2010 - Uploaded by
cleonard18062
I hate Islamic extremism.
However, it's annoying to see pictures of Iraq in this video. Iraq and 9/11 are two ...
www.aljazeera.com/indepth/.../201195223014982323.html
Al
Jazeera
Sep 5, 2011 - Brother of Sikh man killed
days after September 11 attacks dedicates life to promoting tolerance.
www.history.com/speeches/george-w-bush-vows-revenge-for-911
History
On September 14, 2001, a day
he declares a national day of mourning and remembrance, President George W.
Bush stands atop a pile of rubble at Ground ...
www.amazon.com
› ... › Nuclear
Osama's Revenge: THE NEXT 9/11 : What the Media and
the Government Haven't Told You [Paul L. Williams] on Amazon.com.
9/11 and US War of Revenge, Google Search,
9-12-15
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/the-cycle-of-revenge/
Sep 8, 2011 - What if the United States' response to the Sept.
... Bin Laden then reveals the extraordinary fact that the idea for 9/11 originated in his
visual ... The last 10 years of unending war on terror has also led, at least partly, to the
utter ...
www.thenation.com/.../14-years-after-911-the-war-on-terror-i...
The
Nation
4 days ago - 14 Years After 9/11, the War on Terror Is
Accomplishing Everything bin ... Al Qaeda goaded us into doing what it
had neither the resources nor the ... for granted that the world's most
fulfilling sense of revenge would be ours.
https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Aftermath_of_the_September_11_a...
Wikipedia
The accuracy of describing
it as a "war" and the political
motivations and consequences ... 4 9/11-related plots and attacks within the US; 5 Economic aftermath
.... Dallas store clerk during a shooting spree taken in revenge for the 9/11 attacks.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3...
Information
Clearing House
The assumption that America was attacked by
Muslims on 9/11 lies behind ... about9/11, which served as the pretext for the whole campaign named 'war on terror'. ..... do
not make the mistake of planning & executing pathetic revenge attacks, ...
www.fragmentsweb.org/stuff/terror.html
On September 11 the world
came crashing down on the United States of America. ... It was merely an escalation in a war that had been raging
for some time. .... In this statement written immediately after 9/11, Starhawk see
opportunities as well ...
statelineobserver.com/stories/editorials/602-iraq-is-it-a-war-of-revenge
Following the execution of
Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein, U.S. President George ... arevenge killing for the murders of Americans
who died in the 9/11 attacks.
https://consortiumnews.com/.../09/11/chronicling-americas-911-descent/
Sep 11, 2011 - In Central America, the wars between right-wing
governments and ...... just exact revenge on the 9/11 perpetrators but to wage a “global war on ...
abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=90764
11, 2001, terrorist
attacks — and only five days after the war in Afghanistan had begun — President Bush signaled ... But
the administration had its eye on Iraq long before9/11. ... "There's no
doubt his hatred is mainly directed at us," Bush said.
https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2006.../just-war-theory/
To conjure up the emotions
we felt on 9/11, many intellectuals claim, is dangerous, because it promotes
the “simplistic” desire for revenge and casts aside the ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1844679640
Seumas Milne -
2012 - History
In 1992, the Pentagon
described US strategy as 'benevolent domination' to ... 9 The British
media battle over 9/11 and the Afghanistan war is described in
'A ...
By Michael
J. Glennon Tufts University - The
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, January 10, 2014.
5 Harvard National Security Journal 1 (2014)
5 Harvard National Security Journal 1 (2014)
Abstract:
National
security policy in the United States has remained largely constant from the
Bush Administration to the Obama Administration. This continuity can be
explained by the “double government” theory of the 19th-century scholar of the
English Constitution, Walter Bagehot. As applied to the United States,
Bagehot’s theory suggests that U.S. national security policy is defined by the
network of executive officials who manage the departments and agencies
responsible for protecting U.S. national security and who, responding to
structural incentives embedded in the U.S. political system, operate largely
removed from public view and from constitutional constraints. The public
believes that the constitutionally-established institutions control national
security policy, but that view is mistaken. Judicial review is negligible;
congressional oversight is dysfunctional; and presidential control is nominal.
Absent a more informed and engaged electorate, little possibility exists for
restoring accountability in the formulation and execution of national security
policy.
Number
of Pages in PDF File: 114
Keywords: national
security, double government,terrorism, Obama, Bush, military tribunal,
Guantanamo, habeas, ABM, drone, CIA, NSA, torture, covert operations, cyberwar,
state secrets, national security letters, surveillance, whistleblowers,
espionage, metadata, Bagehot, civic virtue, Truman, Madison, Mills
Date
posted: January
11, 2014
Suggested Citation
Glennon,
Michael J., National Security and Double Government (January 10, 2014). 5
Harvard National Security Journal 1 (2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2376272
Contact Information
Michael J. Glennon (Contact Author)
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy ( email )
Medford, MA 02155
United States |
US CIVIL LIBERTIES AFTER 9/11
www.cfr.org
› United States
Council
on Foreign Relations
Sep 11, 2012 - Post-9/11 U.S. counterterrorism and
surrounding civil liberties issues are unlikely to ... evolve as the country gets
further away from the 9/11 attacks. ... Also, while the fiercest debates about privacy and
security after
9/11 have ...
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/us/sept-11.../civil.html
The New
York Times
Sep 7, 2011 - Criminal law changed
surprisingly little after the attacks. ... N. Herman, the president of the American Civil Liberties Union and the author
of ...
https://www.aclu.org/feature/call-courage
American
Civil Liberties Union
Ten years after 9/11, the ACLU joins all
Americans in remembering the ... In the early days after the attacks, we were reminded
that America is not only the
land ...
www.pewresearch.org/.../balancing-act-national-sec...
Pew
Research Center
Jun 7, 2013 - Since shortly after 9/11, Pew Research has asked
whether people's greater concern is ... civil liberties to combat terrorism
than did so shortly after the9/11 attacks. ... In the 9/11 anniversary survey, just 29% favored “the U.S. ...
Imminent Threat
Imminent Threat is a
feature documentary about
the War on Terror's impact on civil liberties executive produced by
Academy Award nominee James Cromwell.
The documentary examines legislation passed in the days after 9/11, foreign entanglements abroad, the war on journalism and the NSA. With interviews from prominent liberals (ACLU, CodePink) and conservatives (Cato Institute, Republican Congressmen), the film shows the unusual coalition being formed to challenge the two-party system and strike a better balance between security and liberty.
Trailer for the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfTdLFo6QSM
the War on Terror's impact on civil liberties executive produced by
Academy Award nominee James Cromwell.The documentary examines legislation passed in the days after 9/11, foreign entanglements abroad, the war on journalism and the NSA. With interviews from prominent liberals (ACLU, CodePink) and conservatives (Cato Institute, Republican Congressmen), the film shows the unusual coalition being formed to challenge the two-party system and strike a better balance between security and liberty.
Trailer for the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfTdLFo6QSM
CHRISTIAN
NONVIOLENCE AND PACIFISM
www.jesusradicals.com/nonviolence-a-brief-history-by-john-howard-...
Mar 1, 2010 – John Howard Yoder's newest posthumously published book, ... from
there to ground nonviolence resistance in the Judeo-Christian heritage.
ncronline.org/blogs/road-peace/john-howard-yoders-political-jesus
Oct 18, 2011 – John Howard Yoder's Political Jesus ... I urge everyone
interested inChristian
nonviolence to
read this book and study Yoder's wisdom. We're ...
dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/5411
by IY Lee - 2012 - Related articles
One of the focuses of John Howard Yoder's theology is Christian nonviolence. From the teaching and example of Jesus, who dealt with the evil in the world ...
One of the focuses of John Howard Yoder's theology is Christian nonviolence. From the teaching and example of Jesus, who dealt with the evil in the world ...
ISLAM and Peace
Books in
Reverse Chronological Order
Amitabh
Pal, “Islam” Means Peace
Jamar-ul
Huda, Crescent and Dove
Mohammed
Abu-Nimer, Nonviolence and Peacebuilding
in Islam
"Islam"
Means Peace
Understanding
the Muslim Principle of Nonviolence Today
Amitabh Pal. March 2011,
Praeger .
Description
• Author Info
• Reviews/Endorsements
• Related
Materials
This decisive account of the role of nonviolence in Islam and Muslim
societies, both historically and in current times, chronicles an often-obscured
but longstanding pacifist tradition.
From the Crusades to September 11th, the prevalent notion among
non-Muslims is that Islam was largely spread by the sword and continues to be
defined by violence. In fact, that belief is a distortion of the religion's
tradition, of its history, and of the actions and beliefs of countless Muslims
around the globe today.
CRESCENT
AND DOVE: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam.
Edited by Qamar-ul Huda. Preface by HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin
Talal
October 2010.
Crescent and Dove looks at the relationship between contemporary
Islam and peacemaking by tackling the diverse interpretations, concepts, and
problems in the field of Islamic peacemaking. It addresses both theory and
practice by delving into the intellectual heritage of Islam to discuss
historical examples of addressing conflict in Islam and exploring the practical
challenges of contemporary peacemaking in Arab countries, Turkey, Iran,
Pakistan, and Indonesia.
Nonviolence
and Peace Building in Islam: Theory and Practice
Mohammed Abu-Nimer.
2003.
" Abu-Nimer has given us a wide-ranging and thoroughly
researched study that will be of interest to scholars and of use to peace
builders."--Michael Nagler, University of California, Berkeley
Written by a Muslim scholar, lecturer, and trainer in conflict
resolution, this book examines the largely unexplored theme of nonviolence and
peace building in Islamic religion, tradition, and culture. After
comprehensively reviewing the existing studies on this topic, Abu-Nimer
presents solid evidence for the existence of principles and values in the
Qur'an, Hadith, and Islamic tradition that support the application of
nonviolence and peace building strategies in resolving disputes.
Mohammed Abu-Nimer is associate professor in the International
Peace and Conflict Resolution Program at American University, Washington, D.C.,
where he is also director of the Conflict Resolution Skills Institute.
TOLSTOY VS. PATRIOTISM by Dick
Bennett
Patriotism, the preference
for one’s own country, typically expresses one or both of these two
feelings: the superiority of your
country and the desire for your country to flourish. These are separate issues.
Ask these questions: Does either attitude mean you would have your
country flourish and be superior to another country? I suspect most citizens would answer yes, though their reasons might vary
considerably. But if the question
was: Would you have your country
flourish and be superior at the expense of another country, of another people,
then many would hesitate and even say no. One might wish well for your country, for
the people, for enough food, shelter, and health for all in your country,
without wishing less for another, and sincerely, without cant.
But is that actually possible? Tolstoy believed not. You may intend to be sincerely loving of all,
but patriotism inevitably becomes exclusive for the well-being of one’s own
nation. It is this that makes one a
patriot, argues Tolstoy in his essays “On Patriotism” and “Patriotism, or
Peace?” Comparatively, patriots have no
effective concern for other countries, and in practice prefer their countries
to those of others exclusively.
But is Tolstoy being himself too severe,
too narrow in defining patriotism, by assuming inevitable national indifference
to and desire for dominance over others?
The question carries great importance because Tolstoy believed that war
is the inevitable consequence of patriotism.
Might we find a solution by defining three
types of patriotism? A special, a
higher concern for one’s country? An
exclusive concern that adds indifference or hostility to others? And an aggressive concern, requiring benefits
to one’s country as part of dominance?
Not to Tolstoy. All three patriotisms violate the fundamental
moral law of the Golden Rule, which asserts the equality and fraternity of all
men. All three justify better treatment
for “our” people than for others. The
Golden Rule does not say “do unto your countrymen” but “do unto others as you
would have them do unto you.” It’s a
universal rule, just as are the Ten Commandments, applying equally to all
nationalities.
And to Tolstoy patriotism is inescapably
hierarchical, even in its milder manifestations promoting one country over
another, that is, valuing egoism, inequality, and dominance, and sometimes war,
appropriation, destruction, slaughter over brotherhood and peace. There is no way a person can simultaneously
claim adherence to patriotism and to concern for the people of the world
because national egoism and universal altruism are incompatible.
So what are conscientious, thoughtful
people to do—and not only Christians, since the Golden Rule exists in all
religions?
References
Nathanson, Stephen. Patriotism,
Morality, and Peace. Rowman and
Littlefield, 1993.
Tolstoy’s Writings on Civil Disobedience and
Nonviolence. New American Library, 1968.
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