To Live Without Fear in the Age of Terrorism Essay -- September 11 Ter

To Live Without disquietude in the Age of Terrorism We can rebuild the New York urban center skyline, but the question for a nation that has for two centuries felt natural rubber at home is how we rebuild our superstar of security. We are painfully realizing that the terrors and anxieties terrorist act is designed to arouse may be not of a turn but the harbinger of a whole new era. We can grapple the Taliban, but how to stir a ghost army that went to war with us before we were at war with it, an army that has injected its menace even into the public routine of opening a letter? It has not helped that the government has been unable to answer basic questions. Is it safe to open mail? Is the anthrax of domestic or foreign origin? How many letters were contaminated? Who direct them? Immediate answers to all(prenominal) these questions are hard. But thats precisely why the freshman lesson for the new era is to trust the large number with the truth as out-of-the-way( prenominal) as it is known. Anthrax may not be contagious, but fear is, and the key to avoiding panic is to shun spin control. If fear of alarming people was the reason we were misled about the lethal nature of the powder in the gasbag to Sen. Tom Daschle(CNN), it was a blunder. National morale will depend on clear and effective public communication along the lines set by New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani(Phoenix) and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Both met the challenge, because both switch a command presence and speak the language of common sense as they level with the American public. They are not afraid to say, I dont know. This is what will enable American citizens, like the citizens of Israel, not just to kick the bucket with terrorism and fear but to channel their fears productively and, finally, to transcend them. ... ...nstitutions that fight for us and defend us the military, the FBI, the CIA, the uniformed services in to each one of our communities. We support whateve r they may have to do in parliamentary law to win this war, including taking on morally ambiguous and hazardous actions against a ruthless enemy who seeks to destroy our values and our civil order. We do all this because we all feel we are a part of a commonwealth unique for its qualities of freedom and liberty. And we draw from the power of a free hostel to commit ourselves to this mission of prevailing against evil. Our goal is humane and simple to echo to a normal life-to live without fear. WORKS CITED Cnn.com http//www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/10/15/anthrax/ Phoenix.com http//www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/01823818.htm