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Editor, 

The events of 9/11 has shown the world that the fundamental religious beliefs of certain people in other countries are the exact reasons why the United States needs to stay the shining beacon of freedom for the world. 

I am totally dismayed at the letters which are published on your website. I have not been able to read your physical papers due to my present geographical location, so maybe the situation is different from my perception, but where is the condemnation of the absolutely evil act?  

It was sad enough that your congresswoman, Barbara Lee was the only person to vote against the House vote to give permission to the president for a military option, but are Berkeley and Oakland residents so far gone that you have lost any sense of right and wrong? I don’t want to believe that. 

The United States may not always be right, but no country deserved what has happened to us. I hope that the people who perpetrated these horrifying act will be found and sent to hell, which they deserve to be a permanent fixture of.  

James Tamietti 

Bellevue, WA