Reverberations From the London Bombings

The bombings in London are connected with British and U.S. involvement in the war in Iraq. This war has done nothing but perpetuate hatred for the West by militants from around the globe, making them further determined to get back at us for our shortsighted meddling in the Middle East.

For President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair to continue to suggest that our fight to end terrorism starts by taking the war to them is naive and dangerous. There is no way to stop the terrorists. People are lining up to be the next suicide bomber. Terrorism is increasing by the day.

The big problem now is to find a way to stop this trend. Frankly, we have gotten ourselves into something that is near impossible to stop. Where are the leaders who can provide true vision, common sense and real compassion for the plight of the human condition? The current ones are pitifully lacking in these traits.

Ralph Humphrey

Studio City

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A conservative friend of mine sent me this e-mail Thursday: “I’m so sorry the terrorists hit England today instead of Germany or France. But then, by their noninvolvement ... in Iraq, they become accomplices to the terrorists and appear to be supportive ... so perhaps they were spared.” I also heard people on C-SPAN on Thursday saying that the only way to defeat the terrorists is to annihilate them.

Greater violence is not going to defeat anything. An analogy might be cockroaches. Use all the bug bombs you like. The roaches will return, and if you don’t ventilate properly, you might just blow up your own house. You get rid of roaches by removing any source of food. What might be feeding the terrorists’ hatred of us? Not envy, say I.

Arnie Moore

Sherman Oaks

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Terrorists in the U.S. have efficient allies in American TV and news reporters who go into great detail to explain where, when and how America’s infrastructure can best be attacked. There is no shortage of information pointing out where we are weakest and where an attack would be most easily accomplished. But don’t attempt to stop this blatant ongoing espionage by our newspeople in their aiding the enemy. That would be censorship, and our ultraliberal courts would quickly remind us that the enemy has every right to be assisted by our own people.

Patrick Coffee

Anaheim

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Wait a minute, hold your horses, take a deep breath: Didn’t our leaders say that by invading Iraq, we took the war to the terrorists? The last time I looked, Madrid’s and London’s rail systems aren’t in Iraq, and neither is New York’s nor any other city’s. According to the last poll I read, most Americans feel Bush is doing a good job on homeland security. In London’s aftermath, take another poll.

Kenneth Johnson

Pinon Hills