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International We The Peopel, Had Enough Day

- By Bahram Maskanian - September 9, 2002

George W. Bush, acting upon a joint resolution of Congress, has declared September 11th to be Patriot Day. According to his proclamation, we are supposed to - - observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities - - and to display the U.S. flag - - at half-staff from homes and observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. EDT - - in honor of the Americans who died in the terrorist attack.

I have a better idea, so I am making a proclamation of my own, which of course is not endorsed by US politicians. I hope that the public endorse this idea and disseminate it widely.

I am declaring September 11th - - International We Had Enough Day. - -

Planet Earth Had Enough Flag-Waving, Enough Flag-Wearing, Enough Israeli Jewish Violence, Enough Arab Muslim Violence, Enough Evangelical Zionist Christians Violence, Enough Weapon Manufacturers Violence, And Enough Fake Nationalism.

Enough Already!

The tragedy of September 11th is not an American tragedy rather it is a human tragedy. It was a tragedy not just for the people in the US who were murdered, but for every innocent person murdered as a result of the US reaction to the attacks as well. It is a tragedy and a major setback for the human spirit, regardless of nationality and religion.

Why war is still the only solution known to US government? Why didn't we the American people learn from fifty-eight thousands (58,000) Americans killed in the fabricated Vietnam War? Three million (3,000,000) Vietnamese killed and a million-and-a-half (1,500,000) Cambodians killed and as recently as November of 2004, everybody is making an issue about whether or not war in Vietnam was a just war. The Vietnam War was in effect started by US government's big lie about the Gulf of Tonkin incident, a faked Vietnamese attack.

People who supported Vietnam War, or any other WAR of the Empire, not the ones who opposed them should get up and apologize to all of people who were targeted due to their support of WAR. And stop supporting WAR. Let's not forget those who were slain in the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.

On Each And Every September 11th, Let's Say - - Enough. - - No More Slaughter.

Let's remember the innocent victims of the good civilized loving Judeo-Christian Europeans who massacred over two hundred million (200,000,000) native inhabitants of the so-called new world, civilians, men, women and children of Native Americans.

Let's remember the innocent victims of the good civilized loving Judeo-Christian Europeans who used biological weapons, (germ warfare) on the Native Americans, killing millions of them.

Let's remember the hundreds of thousands of innocent victims of Genocide in Darfur, for the past twenty (20) years and force the Sudanese Arab Muslim government to stop political ethnic cleansing, killing Non-Arab Non-Muslim Africans and to disarm its terrorist militias in Darfur.

Let's remember the innocent victims of the hijacked airplanes in the US.

Let's remember the innocent victims of the embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

Let's remember the innocent Iranian and Iraqi people, over one million (1,000,000) of them murdered by the United States weapon manufacturers, oil companies, government and presidents, Jimmy Carter followed by Ronald Reagan, through the initiation and support of Iran / Iraq war for eight (8) years. Secretly and illegally, the Reagan White House armed Iraq, normalized U.S. relations with Iraq, sold and financed Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons and war with Iran.

Let's remember innocent Palestinians killed by Israeli troops and innocent Israelis killed by Palestinian bombers.

Let's remember the millions of innocent Armenians, victims of Genocide in Turkey.

Let's remember all the innocent people slain by Union Carbide in Bhopal, India in 1984.

Let's take the day to contemplate the people who have been innocent victims of genocidal warfare in Africa.

Let's remember the victims of the Holocaust and of the firebombing of Dresden.

Let's remember the innocent victims of the good civilized loving Judeo-Christian Europeans who used chemical weapons in War World I, killing millions of their own and others.

Let's remember the innocent victims of the Europeans and Americans, the good civilized loving Judeo-Christians who killed ninety-eight million (98,000,000) people in War World II and detonated the first Atomic bombs, not once, but twice against Japan.

Instead of waving the flag of one nation and thinking only about our own victims, let's make September 11th, a day to remember all the people who died in the hands of someone else's political agenda, through no fault of their own, and let's say enough.

People of the Earth, we should stand up and reject this, no matter what country we are in, no matter what religion we follow, no matter our political affiliation, status, race or anything else.

If we had a moment of silence marking the time of every atrocity ever committed in the name of nationalism, religion, national security and extending the artificial borders, we would not have enough time to do anything else.

We are made to believe that fear and hatred are part of our day-to-day beliefs and lives making us forget we are all human beings, all in this together, all fragile creatures whose lives can be snuffed out in an instant through no fault of our own.

Let’s observe September 11th as the day when the nightmares that humans around the world have been living with for decades came lumbering ashore on the East Coast of the United States.

We should see and observe September 11th for what it is, the day the US truly experienced the horror that rings like a bell around the globe, from South America to the Middle East to Micronesia. The day we joined the human race at a most profound and fundamental level.

There should be no - - Patriot Day, - - no day to further emphasize that we are different.

Instead, we should have - - Enough Day - - Enough of putting the interests of any one nation above the interests of the human race.

Let us understand that we had enough of adversarial behavior over our small moronic differences and killing each other over them.

Enough prejudice and promoting hate, enough with politics causing fear, enough hunger, enough violence, enough bombing, enough, enough, enough, enough.

Let’s have a global day of silence. Let’s have a day of meditation commemorating the memories of all the victims of global prejudice, nationalism and religion killing machines on Earth.

Let’s take a day to celebrate the lives of all of us in the spirit of unity and peace.

Let’s take a day to remember the fragility of human life and all the nightmares wrought by those who wanted to impose their will upon the whole of humanity.

Let’s make a pact to never commit any act of violence, however small.

Let’s all of us let go of any hatred and prejudice and thirst for revenge and realize that we had ENOUGH.

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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 4, 2003

Patriot Day, 2003
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Two years ago, more than 3,000 innocent people lost their lives when a calm September morning was shattered by terrorists driven by hatred and destruction.

On that day, and in its aftermath, we saw the greatness of America in the bravery of victims; in the heroism of first responders who laid down their lives to save others; in the compassion of people who stepped forward to help those they had never met; and in the generosity of millions of Americans who enriched our country with acts of service and kindness. Since that day, we have seen the greatness of America further demonstrated in the courage of our brave men and women in uniform who have served and sacrificed in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and around the world to advance freedom and prevent terrorist attacks on America.

As we remember September 11, 2001, we reaffirm the vows made in the earliest hours of our grief and anger. As liberty's home and defender, America will not tire, will not falter, and will not fail in fighting for the safety and security of the American people and a world free from terrorism. We will continue to bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to them. This Patriot Day, we hold steady to this task.

By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89), the Congress has designated September 11 of each year as "Patriot Day."

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 11, 2003, as Patriot Day. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities, including remembrance services and candlelight vigils. I also call upon the Governors of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff on Patriot Day. In addition, I call upon all Americans to display the flag at half-staff from their homes on that day and to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 a.m. eastern daylight time to honor the innocent victims who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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