Stephen G. Cary

In the following viewpoint Stephen G. Cary contends that going to war to fight terrorism will lead to more terrorism and decrease America’s security. According to Cary, retaliation invites counterretaliation and increases the anger that many nations harbor toward the United States. Instead of going to war, Cary advocates more cooperation with the international community and a deeper examination of America’s foreign policy. Cary, who died in 2002 shortly after writing this article, was a member and former head of the Germantown Friends Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; a retired vice president of Haverford College; and had a long association with the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization dedicated to social justice and peace.

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