Korea Herald 9-11 memorial editorial (9/11/2002: But before Washington asks why the rest of the world increasingly dislikes its behavior, it should ponder what has turned the sympathy and support into reservation and opposition. Once again, the fundamental solution lies with eliminating not terrorists but the environment which spawns them.

Below -- "I will defend world peace!"

The group and leader who protests everything US from WTO to USFK holding an anti-US rally a couple of days after 911 -- one of many

"I think the media's portrayal of bin Laden as the central figure in the U.S. terrorist attacks has confused the young children into viewing bin Laden as a hero," said a spokesman for the education office."

The prospect of the world living peacefully under U.S. leadership could hardly turn into a reality as long as America remains hostile to anyone that would not accept its order and forces them to follow its hegemony.

With lyrics like, "Osama bin Laden, the man I respect the most in the world/President Bush, the man I despise the most/I'm going to terrorize the 63 Building by blowing it up with an atomic bomb," the bin Laden chant is supposedly sung to the tune of either a children's song or a cartoon song.

Those who beautify terrorism The Chosun Ilbo Such allegations flooding cyberspace are in line with a radical tendency that is swaying our society. It quoted an instructor at a college as saying that the terrorist attacks were justifiable acts weaker people can resort to and alleged that he praised the courage of those who sacrificed their lives for their cause.

But Americans would have to look into the rear side of their tragedy. They would have to try to understand why this man [Bin Laden] whose head is priced for shepherding terrorists is hailed as a hero in much of the other side of the world. Leaders in Washington as well as the American public should realize that, in spite of the enormity of their disaster, they must try to address the roots of their hatred instead of setting the stage for repeated bloodbaths. (9/17/2001)

'Dirty war' and era of barbarism  The Hankyoreh This indicates Washington would not mind employing methods almost equally immoral and illegal to terrorism in their style and substance under the cause of rooting out terrorism. A number of innocent U.S. citizens were killed by the recent terrorist acts. But the war against terrorism must not result in merciless killings of equally innocent citizens of Afghanistan. Aren't these people - whether they are Americans or Afghans - the same humans with equal life values? (9/17/2001)

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