Southern view on Sept. 11

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THE BITTER FRUITS OF EMPIRE: 11 SEPTEMBER 2001
by Dr Michael Hill
President, The League of the South

The League of the South condemns the 11
September attacks on the World Trade Center in
New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
Those who aided and abetted the perpetrators of
these attacks ought to be brought swiftly to
justice. We also offer our heartfelt prayers and
condolences to the families of those who died in
the attacks, as well as to those who were
injured.

In the midst of rightful sorrow and
anger that accompany such events, we ought to
struggle to understand why this has happened to
us. The logical question with which to begin is a
simple one: Why does the United States have so
many enemies abroad? Could it be that since the
War Between the States, America has become an
empire with its tentacles-both military and
financial-squeezing the entire globe? The U.S.
Establishment elite has committed itself to a
thoroughgoing reconstruction of the world in its
own image. Such policies have thus alienated many
peoples who don’t wish to live in the mold Uncle
Sam foists upon them. Now, innocent Americans are
paying the price--in blood--for their leaders’
arrogance, hubris, and megalomania. In short, the
U.S. has ignored the Founders’ sound advice, and
oftentimes has not been a good neighbor. It is
long past time for the U.S. to restore a foreign
policy based on vigilant neutrality and a defense
policy based truly on defense rather than
imperial ambition.

Americans take great offense when they
themselves are wronged, but they turn a blind eye
when their own government wrongs others. No
civilized persons could approve what was done to
Americans on 11 September. But by the same
standard, no just man could sanction, for
instance, the recent U.S.-NATO bombing campaign
against Serbia in which thousands of civilians
were callously targeted for destruction. The list
of such wrongs around the world is long, as are
the memories of those who suffered them. And one
is left to wonder if terrorist acts in New York
and Washington are not somehow reminders to
the “world’s only remaining superpower” that
judgment indeed is visited upon nations who use
their own vast powers unjustly. Let us carefully
consider the words of some of our leaders who
caution Americans to prepare themselves for high
casualty rates among foreign civilians as we move
to punish the guilty. In our anger and
frustration, are we going to descend to the level
of the barbarians who attacked New York and
Washington?

Sadly, these recent horrors point to
other national failures as well. Clearly, for all
its bluff and bluster the American Imperial
regime can no longer protect its innocent
citizens in their homes and workplaces. How
should we respond? Already, some voices have
begun to croak that reducing liberty is the price
of increasing security. If we fall for that folly
we will end up with neither liberty nor security,
and deservedly so.

That such a daring and well-coordinated
assault could so perfectly blindside us points to
another failure: the empire’s much
vaunted “intelligence community” is itself blind.
Moreover, the fact that the hijacked flights
originated at American airports bespeaks the
failure of our immigration policies. In part,
these events spring from an “open borders” policy
that has for the past four decades encouraged
massive Third World immigration and thus cultural
destabilization. Hence, these acts of violence
were also the natural fruits of a regime
committed to multiculturalism and diversity,
hallmarks of empire rather than of nation.

On the evening of the attack President
George W. Bush told Americans that terrorists
could not shake the foundation of America. But
what constitutes that foundation? No one could
mistake the attack’s geometric symbolism. The
twin towers of the World Trade Center represent
America’s financial might while the Pentagon
stands testimony to its military power, the twin
pillars that support imperial America.

We ought to learn two important lessons
from witnessing the destruction of these dual
symbols of imperial America. First, only fools
trust in horses and chariots. Second, the love of
money is the root of all sorts of evil. One might
say that this is America’s wake-up call to
forsake its idolatry and to return to its true
Christian and Constitutional foundations. We were
founded as neither a democracy nor an empire but
as a federated, constitutional republic firmly
grounded upon Biblical principles of governance.
Let us learn from this terror and return humbly
to our roots. Righteousness and justice-and not
power and profit-should be our goal. If we
approached other peoples in this spirit then at
least we could claim the moral high ground when
we ourselves suffer injustice. Let us not forget
the admonition that violence begets violence and
that reaction based solely on a desire for
revenge, especially against innocent foreign
nationals, is unjust.

In the midst of this terrible carnage
and destruction, we call upon Southerners and
other Americans not to fall prey to a false sense
of patriotism. Rather, we encourage them to pray
that God remember mercy and that He give their
leaders wisdom, discernment, and understanding to
handle this and future crises so that their own
nation may stand blameless before Him who holds
the destinies of all nations in His hands.
Otherwise, we should not wish to be unequally
yoked to such a regime.

Dr. Michael Hill
President
The League of the South

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