Tuesday, October 16, 2001

 

When babies are victims ...

A 7-month old boy contracted anthrax at the ABC News offices in New York. Not that any one person is more important than any other person, but when babies are victims of terrorism that's a different story.

I'm hoping the people who are against the war on terrorism see it that way as well. Apparently the fact that thousands of American children are now orphans after Sept. 11 didn't open their eyes and make them want to fight back.

By now we've all seen pictures and video of poor Afghani children and their plight. Our hearts have gone out to them. They didn't ask to be put in the situation they're in. But the Taliban has the power to make the latest of the woes go away. They also have the power, the know-how, the resources and evil hearts to see to it that more innocent American babies are hurt.

The Taliban and Osama bin Laden don't seem to care if American children are hurt. They're American and that's all that matters to them. That's the difference between the bad guys (them) and the good guys (us).

Our government is concerned about civilians in Afghanistan. We're already sending aid in the form of food and medicine. Although some international officials believe this is counterproductive, at least it shows that the U.S. and its allies aren't heartless.

Anyone who could harm innocent babies and not give it a second thought obviously does not have a heart and is not living by the laws of Islam.

posted by Anne 10/16/2001 08:02:00 AM