Dear ISIS: Please Do Not Attack US

Here is a re-post of something I wrote after the Boston Marathon bombing:

I have the following advice for all of you who hate America (a plea, actually):

Please stop trying to punish America. These terrorist attacks serve no useful purpose. Their chief outcomes are to reinforce our somewhat delusional belief in America’s fundamental goodness, and to divert resources from potential acts of charity to acts of repression and revenge.

If anyone is going to punish America, it should be G-d. If He does not punish America, then what right does anyone else have to do so?

And I have a companion plea for those who love America:

Please don’t let your love of America blind you to the horrible things we are doing. Every day, in nations all over the world, human beings are being blown to pieces by bombs paid for by your tax dollars or in conflicts started by your government’s misguided “diplomacy”. You have blood on your hands. Open your eyes and deal with it.

http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/04/howard-uhal-america-and-good-people.html