No Apology for
Anti-War Stance
By SEAN HANNON

February 27, 2003

I wrote what I hoped would be a thought-provoking letter to address a serious question about our government’s foreign policy and suggested a view from abroad that might help to explain the world’s opposition to it.  My style was admittedly sardonic for which I offer no apology. It was the most honest voice I could give to express the immense sadness and anger I feel toward this terrible juncture in our history.

Rather than thought-provoking, my letter proved to be merely provoking to a fellow Westonite who did not share my point of view.  That he chose to dismiss all my points with the simplistic charge of “unthinking rant” is his prerogative. I made my point and he made his and that’s part of the whole democracy we’re fighting for, each in our own way, 

There is only one correction I wish to make to the skewed portrayal of my character that Mr. Zembsch offered to my neighbors in Weston. The terrorist attack of 9/11 shook me to the core as it did every feeling American. I walked numbed and hollow for weeks. I do not attend church, but I found myself drawn to Norfield Church that week to pray, and cry, and look into the eyes of my neighbors for comfort and support. And later, when the enemy hid behind the Taliban, we were of one voice and one resolve in what we had to do.

I know that we were attacked, Mr. Zembsch. But the bottom line is that Iraq didn’t attack us. Osama Bin Laden- a rich, radical extremist Saudi - did. That more than a few Americans have been manipulated to link 9/11 to Saddam Hussein is a tribute to a brilliant p.r. strategy from the White House. You may not agree with my point of view. But be careful, sir, how you represent my patriotism or my humanity.