The Issue: Whether America has brought acts of terror upon itself, as UN official Richard Falk suggests.
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America is never held in high regard in the Islamic world, or among the liberal elites like Richard Falk, no matter what geopolitical or military decisions we make (“Oh, Terrorists, We’re So Sorry,” Michael Goodwin, April 24).
If we liberate nations from brutal secular dictatorships, like in Iraq and Libya, or barbaric mullahs, like in Afghanistan, we are “occupying forces” enhancing the “American global-domination project,” as Falk bellows.
If we do not intervene, such as in Syria, we are uncaring.
Considering that we are broke, I agree with Ron Paul’s isolationism. Let the other nations in the Middle East and elsewhere chart their own course while we save our gold and the precious blood of our soldiers.Herb Eichen
Bayside
If the Boston bombers had been right-wing loons instead of Muslims, President Obama & Co. would have acted immediately on the warnings we’d received from Russia.
Instead, he refuses to acknowledge that the American homeland is under siege from Islamists.
Shame on him and us for allowing this situation to continue.
Gerald Jacobs
Staten Island
Obama has refused to cite Islam as a motive for the Boston Marathon bombings, despite all the evidence.
It should be obvious that this was a case of “marathon violence,” similar to the “workplace violence” that occurred at Fort Hood.
David Klein
Glen Cove