Reply to Thich Nhat Hanh
What
I Would Say To Osama bin Laden
The first observation
that I made when I read this article was that there was no truth to be found in
it. The author of the article tries to pass himself off as some kind of higher
spiritually and morally motivated individual than the rest of us heathens of
the West. He does this by constantly referring to some higher level of understanding
that he has reached by following the Zen Buddhist teaching of mindfulness,
deeper listening, and a calm lucid consciousness. Hog wash! Mr. Thich
spends four pages to justify the acts of an evil vicious mad man and condemn
the innocent victims for they surly deserved to be destroyed.
The second thing I
noticed in this article is that Osama is never condemned for his true cowardice
and evil acts. It is clear from the first answer given that Osama was and is
just a poor victim and has suffered terribly at the hands of the evil west. The
only admonishments given are to the oppressors in the west, meaning the United
Sates. What awful things must we have done to this poor man to make him do such
evil things? He clearly states that we are the root of this poor mans suffering
that led him to violence. He clearly states over and over in his article that
we, the United Sates need too listen deeply to recognize were we went wrong so
that we can mend our ways so as to lead to peace.
So what Mr. Monk is
saying is that if we had only done some deeper listening to say Hitler, or
Herio Hito, or Stalin just to name a few we could have avoided World war Two?
Wow if we had only known.
Well, lets look at
where we went wrong with poor Osama shall we? What exactly was it that drove
him over the top and forced him into such desperate measures. Instead of Osama
growing up in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert as a goat herder. He grew up in opulence in a family that were
Millionaires and had more money than most third world countries annual budgets.
How did this come about? How did such a poor nation become one of the richest
in the world? You got it the evil Americans. Do you suppose that one of Osama’s
ancestors stubbed his toe on a rock one day and discovered oil under the feet
of his goats? Then carried the oil in buckets to the waiting tankers in the
Arabian Sea? I think not. Who was it that had the technology and money to find
the oil and drill it, refine it, lay the pipes to the coast, build the storage
tanks, build the docks, and the tankers necessary to distribute the finished
product? It was us. Now, after all was done, did we kick the goat herders out
in the desert and take the oil? No of course not all we asked after we turned
these goat herders into filthy rich Sheiks and Sultans is that they sell us the
oil at a reasonable price. By the way have they? Can you imagine the
utter gal and audacity we had to do such a thing? But that’s not all. We didn’t
stop the cruel torture there. Did poor Osama get his education written in the
sand on the floor of his tent? No he was educated in the finest schools and
Universities in the world. You got it he was educated in the evil west. You
know where the children have seen 100,000 acts of violence before they get to
grammar school. We also let him take advantage of all our country has to offer
because we are a free nation and he used it against us in the end. My God how
could he stand it? Oh Zen Master Thich if only you had been available for some
deep listening you may have been able to save him! So I guess his only hope
would have been to leave him in the desert to grew up a peaceful goat herder.
It sure seems clear
to me now that all of this suffering and hatred that we forced upon him must
have driven this poor unfortunate victim to kill more people than at Pearl
Harbor. He in one evil cowardly act killed over 3,000 Innocent civilians from
all walks of life, and many different ethnic backgrounds and countries. His
violence was not aimed at a military target but at people who were just going
about their daily lives. To add insult to injury he was totally helpless to
carry out his evil deed without using our openness to the peoples of the world
as a free nation and our willingness to even train the heartless terrorist to
fly jets that we with our ingenuity and technology built, into magnificent
buildings that represented to the world free enterprise and the American way.
The United States of America has basically afforded this mad man his very
existence. Oh yes remember Mr. Zen Monk if it were not for this dastardly
country, this root of torture and suffering for this poor misunderstood sole.
He’d still be milking goats in poverty in the middle of a desert!
So, as I see it Mr.
Thich the biggest sin and injustice in this whole story is for you the all
knowing, deep listening, calm and lucid, enlightened, compassionate Zen
Master. Not! Is your assertion
that we deserved what happened on 9/11 and that the evil aggressors were our
victims! I would insist that if someone needed some enlightenment on the
subject of compassion it is you. True compassion is something unknown to you.
You are so wrapped up in your self and foolishness that you have become a
mockery. If there is anyone who needs to reflect it is you. I would also insist
that an apology to those you have insulted with this horse s—t is in order! If
you can’t figure out who they are let me help you. They are the people of the
United States of America! The greatest country this earth has ever seen .The
most compassionate people in history. In our short history we have helped more
people in and out side of our nation than any other peoples in the history of
all humanity. For every evil deed that you can dream up and accuse the US for I
can present thousands of compassionate acts carried out by our citizens and
government. When was the last time you or any of your so called compassionate
Buddhist buddies, or any of your countries made a difference any where in the
world when there was a disaster? Gee I can’t remember one time ever hearing how
Vietnam, or France, or Saudi Arabia or any other nation led the relief efforts
anywhere. It is always the US who does the job while you enlightened ones find
fault. We are the ones who not only saved the world from two world wars but we
are also the ones who rebuilt the world afterwards. We even rebuilt the
countries of our enemies. You, Mr. Thech need a history lesson before you
suppose to tell us how we need to be compassionate or how to react to a mad
man.
Oh, and one more
thing. Why don’t you do the world a favor and put a cork in it and stop spewing
out all of this B S and foolishness.
Yours Truly
A Proud U.S. Citizen
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