The Foreign Service Journal, June 2005

rorist attacks we are suffering and continue to fear, have a religious basis, but our government’s thinking seems to be that we will solve it by doing away with their leaders. We accuse Osama bin Laden of being the mastermind of all the attacks, but don’t endeavor to analyze his reasons for doing so and seek an understand- ing that will eliminate them. Let’s face openly the fact that our support for the Israelis, while doing little for the Palestinians who had occupied that area before, causes the billion- plus Middle Eastern Muslims to hate us. We should be dedicating ourselves constantly to having persons like Amb. Spiers, with broad internation- al experience, exchange views with all foreign leaders. It is only through intelligent dialogue that this world can progress without confrontations. Adolf B. Horn FSO,retired Guadalajara, Mexico ■ J U N E 2 0 0 5 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 11 L E T T E R S u Send your letters to: journal@afsa.org. Note that all letters are subject to editing for style, format and length.