WASHINGTON, October 19 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - In an open letter published on Page A8 of Friday’s Washington Post, U.S. actor Sean Penn called on U.S. president George W. Bush to “re-introduce inspection teams".

Penn, 42, paid $56,000 for the nearly full-page ad, in which he warned the president that his "saber is rattling the faith of many Americans in you."

"As a father of two young children who will live their lives in the world as it will be affected by critical choices today, I have no choice but to believe that you can ultimately stand as a great president. History has offered you such a destiny. So again, sir, I beg you, help save America before yours is a legacy of shame and horror. Don't destroy our children's future. We will support you," said Penn’s letter.

Penn, who with his wife, actress Robin Wright Penn, has a daughter, Dylan, 11, and a son, Hopper Jack, 9, was in Boston on Friday, October 18, said his spokeswoman, Mara Buxbaum. "He is going to let the letter speak for itself," she said, adding that she did not think that Penn had heard from anyone at the White House, reported the Post.

"I do not believe in a simplistic and inflammatory view of good and evil. I believe this is a big world full of men, women, and children who struggle to eat, to love, to work, to protect their families, their beliefs, and their dreams," Penn said, urging the president to stop a cycle where "bombing is answered by bombing, mutilation by mutilation, killing by killing."

The letter was signed "Sincerely, Sean Penn, San Francisco, California." A spokesman for the Washington Post confirmed that it was placed by the Hollywood celebrity who has starred in more than 40 movies, news agencies reported.

Quoting Bush's declaration that the world was either "with us or against us" in the war on terrorism launched after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Penn said Bush was marginalizing critics, manipulating the media and promoting fear, reported the Times of India.

Those actions and "your administration's deconstruction of civil liberties all contradict the very core of the patriotism you claim."