Re: what do we do?

       I am appalled at the destruction and loss of lives due to this unholy 
"religious war" against the United States.  It was impossible to imagine 
anything like the reality of the situation.  I have watched the 
breathtakingly horrific video of a jet fly into the world trade center so 
many times, but it still hasn't completely registered ... so horrible.  
       I don't know if my question is incendiary or one that anyone else is 
asking; "Why do these people hate the United States to such an intense 
degree?"  Is this terrorist act going to be a wake-up call that arouses the 
citizens of this nation to ask, "WHY?"  What is it about our government's 
philosophy, and our corporate brand of capitalism that produces such rabid 
enemies?  Could acts of terrorism against the United States have been 
mitigated by changes in our own policies?  How can a nation as "Christian" as 
ours, as "family values" oriented as ours, produce enemies that can kill our 
civilians without conscience?  (Of course, I realize these are rhetorical 
questions to experts, but they might be new ideas to the general pubic?)
         
Rosemary LeBlanc
Cal Poly University
San Luis Obispo, Ca