Easter Sun LTTE: "the entire city of Fallujah should be firebombed"

[PA Democrat]

I have had a heavy heart all week thinking about the horrible situation in Iraq. The fact that all of this killing and destruction has been occurring in the lead up to Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of Christ, the prince of peace, is a bitter irony.

I came across an absolutely sickening letter to the editor in today's Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Wonder if the bastard who wrote this letter will be attending church services this morning after expressing such "Christian" sentiments?

Here is an excerpt:

The entire city of Fallujah should be firebombed from the air, just as we did with Dresden. Many people died. It was war. So is what we are engaged in now. That whole city, and every man, woman, and child in it, should be reduced to nothing but charred ashes.

A message needs to be sent to those who would commit such actions as the terrorists in Fallujah did. The only reason they continue to do so is because they can. "Let the punishment fit the crime" is an old saying that in many cases falls short. The punishment should be more severe than the crime, if possible, so as to act as a deterrent to future crime.

When Hiroshima and Nagasaki were obliterated, it was done to send a message, to act as a deterrent and to save American lives in the future. Did innocents die? Unfortunately, yes.

To all of you reading this I say: just think of the innocents who perished on 9/11 in this country. And the thousands more who will die if we do not act decisively to deter such atrocities as Fallujah.


ED STROUS
Brighton Heights

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04102/298746.stm