To the American President Gorge W. Bush

To the American Vice President Dick Cheney

To the First Lady Laura Bush

To Mrs. Lynne Cheney


White House

Washington

United States of America



Friday, September 14th, 2001



Dear Mr. President!

Dear Mr. Vice President!

Dear First Lady!

Dear Mrs. Cheney!



First of all we want to express, how unexpressable deeply concerned and deeply touched we all are here in our hearts and minds about these extraordinary awful and unbelieveable terror-attacks; and whenever we accept to know, these much more than criminal mass-murders in New York and Wahington were – ore are still – dedicated to hit or kill the economical and political democratic fundaments first of America, secundary as well as these the democratic systems of the whole world, that are in a close context to America, we know too of course, that these attacks where some directed on Your own lifes too. And so we thank God, that You all personally are gracefully still alife.


Here in Berlin and in Vienna too there are a lot of different memorial-celebrations, and You all within the peoples of America can be sure, that the peoples of the European Union stand nearly by You, as well as all serious European democracies, that are not includet in the European Union, do it with their hearts.


First everybody was just shocked here too, then depressed, afterwards many people cried for revenge, however, as most people in America seem to do, and this is very natural. But, Mr. President, You know as well as many responsible leaders and other responsible people in our world, the majority of people, whenever choosing a president in a democracy, is not able by thinking to find out an everlasting effectiv solution of the worldwide growing terrorism problem, because of beeing much to much emotional, nearly as well as terrorists do by themselves. And there is a big minority in Europe, I think in the United States too, that is terribly afraid of the consequences, the aftermath of an American reaction of violence, whenever it SEEMS to be justified etc. after such this brutal unexpressable terroract.


Simone and me, all our friends here in Berlin and Vienna, who are surely feeling with You in our hearts: in the name of this minority of honorous thinking and feeling people, we all ask You, yes, we beg You: consider, think over the worldwide unexpectable brutal terroristical consequences! Please! YOU WILL NEVER STOP VIOLENCE BY VIOLENCE. This is a law in our world, You should know as the American leaders, as the most responsible people of our world now.


What did You learn out of history….. Wether You believe us or not, we promise You: if You do that, You do nothing, as to react violence by violence, and You´ll create a new unknown, maybe more brutal reaction by terrorists and “sleepers”, worldwide maybe. These will be the consequences, and You would be responsible for that, You will not be able to prohibit, or do You really think and do You really feel deep in Your hearts, that You will really get all terroristic criminal murderers and for terrorism trained children worldwide and at once, whenever You would fight side by side with Your confident NATO-partners, included Russian and perhaps (?) Chinese forces? And IF You get them AND kill them, don’t You think, You make martyrs out of them? Consider the consequences. You said Yourself in a first reaction as well as many leaders in the world, this September11.th will change the world. Please think over the consequences, that would happen, if just 1 (one) hijacked plane fell on to an atomic power station … and so on…


We beg You for our children and children of our children.


BUT: In these times of trials we think: THERE IS A SOLUTION. Because there is not the worst thing in our world, that contains not an creative aspect too. And we do not have do give up to find out this very one creative aspect, that must be the most simple one of all the others, and therefore is so difficult to find out and realise, because it is so simple – whenever we know, it is much more easy to handle complicated things.


So therefore there is a new chance, just now, after this horrible crime of New York and Washington, to come together with the serious and honest moslem-governments of the world, that are perhaps seriously interested in democratic solutions for their states, but have no money to build up a healthy economic and democratic situation. For sure You know, that the moslem religion is not a “religion of violence and Jihad” first at all. The “Jihad” was a historical sequence of extremists always, that finally always failed. Just one example: why not giving them 10 or 15 or 20.000.000.000 Dollars, that You plan to invest in a violent fight against terrorism? In our hearts we are sure, that they would thankfully take this American money as we did in Austria or Germany after the II. World War as the “Marshall-Plan”, to build up by themselves. This money should not be used to build pipelines etc., no, it had to be used to build up for example social structures for the poor and poorest people there, and You will see, how they, who dammed America before out of envy, jealousy and incapability will thank the same America for its generousity and appreciate You for Your for them unbelievable comprehension.You will make new partners, perhaps new friends allover the world, and at the same time You would consequently win the fight against terrorism by unmasking and exposing terrorists as sick destructive ridiculous poor people, and so automaticly isolate them from their society.


And so further You could possibly beware hundreds - perhaps thousands - of moslem children of senceless fanatic suicides, and we all could be sure, that millions and millions of our children are not going on to live in a world, that at last kills itsself by answering violence, however it looks like, by violence, however it looks like, and then You will have demonstrated the world, that America is able to learn from history and give this world a new chance, yes, a new quality of life.


Dear Mr. President, dear Mr. Vice President, dear Mrs. Bush and dear Mrs. Cheney, we know, IT WILL NOT BE EASY TO GO this unconventional way of real peace. You will have to fight against majority American emotions and prejustices, and may be You will be not understood at once by many people in this world yet, but do not give up to be enforced and engaged; don’t let Yourself and the world down, please. Please present Yourself and present us all, present this world in this Your terrible situation, where there SEEMS TO BE no way out of violence, a solution, that breaks this “devils-circle”, that makes real history. It will be possible, if You are really couraged and engaged. And the world will love You.


God bless You!


Yours sincerely


Simone Rossa & Erwin Leder