Wednesday, September 12, 2001
THE BATTALION
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EDITORIAL
Texas AdnM University— Celebrating 125 Years
A THE BATTALION
Brady Creel
Mariano Castillo
Cayla Carr
Jonathan Jones
The American spirit will
triumph through tragedy
I Today, Americans will awake to find
■ hole in the Manhattan skyline, the
Besult of the worst terrorist act in U.S.
history. And they will see that it is
■warfed by the hole in the hearts of
Americans across the nation.
I Faceless enemies who hide behind
terrorist acts can destroy the land-
■narks of the American people, but the
$pirit and strength that built the World
■rade Center and Pentagon, among
Rther structures, is indestructible.
I Thousands of civilians are feared
dead within the twisted metal and
concrete. There
Severity of
American bl
merican so
'ar against i
merican id
jom. tolerar
rnment is
B mi mi I ilnni the
this cowardly act:
)d has been spilled on
It was a declaration of
e United States ana the
.Is of democracy, free-
e and peace. The gov-
expected to respond
he perpetrator of this
shameless act of vio-
be brought to justice
by severe measures
attackers — no resource should be
spared in this task. Once found, retri
bution should be swift and certain.
Motive and coincidence point to
Islamic fundamentalist Osama bin
Laden as the mastermind behind the
attack, although U.S. officials careful
ly sidestepped questions regarding
his involvement. It is right to not lay
blame until the initial investigation is
complete, but the likelihood of bin
Laden’s involvement must be exam
ined to the fullest extent, as his
extremist views in the past
terrorist
United
exiremiM views in
have translated into
acts against the U
e destruc
tion of the World °
Trade Center and
part of the Pentagon is an intolerable
assault on the most basic American
beliefs. The bottom line is that no reli
gious view can justify the carnage that
' ans witnessed Tuesday,
file meantime, the hole
hattan and our hearts will hot
Now is a time for condoien
In aftermath °f terrorism,
\ wor,d divided, Aggies united.
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As Texas A&M ct,,^ * . >■»»-
i accuse blame - But n <™ S°“« the >hey na,urally want j
; over Th° ne anot I , er for somethin', H™? ,0 point I |n S ers and A
Drevkirft memor 'es are far too famr s u ^ ants had no control
SI "* ~ have dead lh ' ar ^ the emotion/foo ^
S th? 5 ' : ni,e *&>"■ age y to ^her.jll m
nanoI^| CO P^ Uf0 ®^ ,fl ^ V, t ir ^hought b a S nd 0rnfr |l/^ r61Uci * i,!fs
wSlf ta , nd shou,d Wn Jr
wh s freedom - 1K f the heart of the M
: ' n tens e e n emofcnai anf 0 h iS ,hrea <eneV<^
acti °ns. But justirp n l f u,sh can JM
attacking ohe 1 not be serv^ jHHHK|| t
d| vide the c;irr> an0ther ’ This W >H onlv 4B
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i^otr ca r D p r^«^ of being
I tht fr 8 E H en mre i mP0rtanHv P th P °f and a lme for ^ * it
I In^wak* Pro ' /id ® s - ^ ^ ^| loVe for America and
America's7 newed , this great country j|
A&M can h , S0,Ve m ust prevail The preserved - and faith in
Anything pi^ 6 P ma ' n tain unitv and n° UStl tb ° ught an d prayer,
which Act Se devastate thp c dersev erance across America, j
“We h^d S boast of community and spirit about
able^ieh?* they a ^ Ut endowed S h ,f th ldent ' that al1 men are cre ^
it remain** ct This Was the basls^f a e ' r creat ° r wlth certain unalien ~ .
American IT* 95 * today - * American freed om 225 years ago, and
remorse 5 an ^'^ghuTbe^n A S§ies are al1 here for a purpose ’ and
Aggies m Z What h *s happen^ A A merican Soil - And they feel the same!
There^T Stand »n unity and As they do when any tragedy anSeS ’
thee and k Spirit th at can n ?e r h r t e . the nation ' s tears.
’ and brotherhood will be restnr G ° d Wi " shed hiS graC6 °V^
tored from sea to shining sea. r
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