Violence will never bring victory over terrorism It has been a very angry year for many of us - the year since September 11, 2001. In a spirit of anger, hatred spreads to become hostility. This hostility must be focused on something or someone. Howard Thurman, in his book The Growing Edge, says: “If hostility cannot be expressed toward anything else, then it resembles a boomerang and turns against its owner. » A key question that all Americans continue to face is how to respond to the death and destruction wrought in our lives by terrorist attacks. One might expect hatred and hostility, but the response that prevailed was compassion and heroic efforts to support those who suffered loss. Immediately after the September 11 attacks, President Bush identified key issues, including Americans' anger and grief. people. Bush said: “Grief has turned to anger and our anger to resolve. "We are determined to achieve the goal of victory over terrorism and the defeat of those who harbor terrorists. What does this word “resolved” mean? Firmness, Determination, Pursuit of a determined, unshakeable objective. This fixed objective continues to seek targets around the world. My car's rearview mirror glass cracked last week, so I looked in the phone book to find a repair shop. I choose one on Lee Highway. On the right I saw an auto glass repair shop, so I pulled into the parking lot. I had the car with the broken rearview mirror, so I asked the lady behind the counter if she could replace the glass. She looked at the car and said they didn't stock that part and couldn't match the color. I pulled out the address and name of the original glass store that was down the street and asked her how far it was or if she could recommend somewhere closer. She said Brainerd Glass was closer. I asked which store she would recommend. She said, “Brainerd Glass, this other store is run by a guy from Saudi Arabia. I replied, "There are good and bad people in Saudi Arabia, just like there are good and bad people in Chattanooga." » I hope our targets are directed more than against those who are Arab, or practice Islam, or look like terrorists. a plane, or having ideas that seem strange.