Appeal of September 12th, 2001

[CANAAN51USA - Alfred De Grazia]

Appeal of September 12th, 2001

Here on August 15, 2009 is repeated Al de Grazia's appeal of September
12, 2001. He stands by it now as then.

The Terrorist Attack on Fortress America
An Appeal to the American People
following the destruction of several business and military centers by
parties yet unknown!

September 12, 2001

The horrors of total war struck a part of America yesterday. The
attacks reminded me of when I sat down to a late breakfast in Chicago
that morning of Pearl Harbor. They reminded me also of the suicidal
kamikaze tactics that so terribly struck American naval forces as
World War II neared its close, attacks that ended only because the
enemy ran out of planes. They reminded me of the bombings that I
witnessed as a soldier in World War II, the thousand tons that fell on
the Abbey of Cassino, the bombing and blasting of so many villages and
cities from Africa to Germany, the actual support by our government of
terrorists in more recent times.

There is this one difference widely believed to be significant:
yesterday's assaults on the United States were not done in the name of
a nation or recognized rebel force, but were "terrorist" attacks. But
so-called "terrorism" may be warfare by other means, "disjointed
warfare," where contending hostile forces possess vastly
disproportionate formal capabilities as military establishments. One
man's "terrorist" is his enemy's "partisan" or "maquis" or "rebel" or
"Robin Hood." People usually do not realize that behind the terrorist
may be a population as large as ours, cheering him on, or silently
hoping for his success. Behind the terrorist may be a line of eager
volunteers awaiting their turn to become active terrorists.

How should such violence and its continuous threat be dealt with?


Revenge is out of the
question.

Appeasement is out of the question.

The right actions are for world justice and beneficial order, carried
to the point where the line of volunteer terrorists reaches zero.


America cannot act as if it were super-powered arbiter of the world.

The United States is a rich country only relative to a badly managed
world.

Nor does it have a perfect constitution, nor much more than a mediocre
government.

During the twentieth century, America committed one grave error after
another in its domestic and foreign policies.

The people who run America are no better than the people whom they
lead.

Under such circumstances and conditions, disasters such as have just
occurred, in the destruction of several centers of American business
and military affairs by parties to this moment unknown, are to be
expected and are less damaging than other disasters that can be
foreseen.

Because of its control of resources and technology, America is
potentially the most effective instrument for obtaining a world worth
living in.

How can America change, and then act, so as to bring the world to an
even keel and keep it there?

1. The American government can pledge itself toward an effective
world union and take prompt steps toward achieving the goals of
humanity.

2. The American government can drive itself and the rest of the
nations toward guaranteeing every human a decent subsistence,
including basic food, shelter, medicine, protection of personal
rights and safety, and education.

3. An absolute ban on all nuclear weapons can be imposed on all
countries without exception.

4. The veto power possessed by certain nations over the actions of
the United Nations Security Council can be abolished, and the Security
Council made more representative of the population, resources, and
skills of the world.

5. A single world currency can be established, under the control of a
special agency of the UN Security Council.

6. Ethnic minorities, as well as all persons, can have the right to
an effective appeal of grievances, including the provision of
reasonable autonomy.

7. No religious group anywhere shall be armed, including any
religious elements who are officially sponsored by a government, nor
shall any religious group anywhere be given government protection
beyond that normally extended to any other religious group.

8. A new tax can be levied per capita on all Americans – man, woman,
and child – in the amount needed to carry into effect the preceding
seven policies. The government would provide from other financial
sources the amount of this tax for all persons too poor or dependent
to pay their share. This tax can be called the "World Justice and
Order Tax." All other governments would be required to pay their share
of this tax, and the proceeds could be administered by an "Emergency
World Justice and Order Agency" established by the Security Council of
the United Nations.

Unless the United States of America adopts this program or one that
achieves the same ends, the USA most likely will serve up a soup of
weak, ineffectual, and bad policies that will induce further
disasters, whether they be gradual and long-lasting as in the
Palestine region, or short-term as in the events of yesterday in
America.
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End of Appeal

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Drafted by Alfred de Grazia on the Island of Naxos, Greece, 12
September 2001.



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