off topic but i have to say it.

[Toby Corkindale]

This list is not the place for these discussions, but i have to point out
there's more to it than you are seeing.
The USA has always tried to do "the right thing", but often seems to end up
making things worse. Cases in point are

The whole "war on drugs"
Involvement with Israels expansionist policy
Vietnam.
Backing Iraq, the Taliban, and Bin-laden. (With rather questionable
motives; how the tables have turned now)
Restarting international tension by breaking relations with China and
Russia, breaking the Kyoto deal, starting up arms escalation again,
restarting the starwars project, etc...

Of course, none of this justifies terrorism! But starting WW3 isn't the
solution either. You don't solve complex problems with simple solutions,
like carpet bombing innocent people.
I don't want to start an argument on here. Please feel welcome to join some
on-topic discussion lists if you'd like to see arguments for both sides.


Thanks,

Toby

(Newbie hat firmly in place)

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Greg Hermann wrote:
> Precisely the kind of thoughts that put all of us into the pickle where
> this sort of thing could happen in the first place I am afraid. Similar to
> what Chaimberlain did for us all!
>
> I have no wish to kill the innocent. I do, however, have a _VERY_ inclusive
> definition of "giving aid and/or comfort to the enemy" in a time of war.
> There is only one acceptable fate for those who participate in such events
> directly or indirectly, and I fear that collateral damage is pretty much
> inevitable unless those otherwise good people who have stood by silently
> while their countrymen plot and support such activities start to ACTIVELY
> turn people in, and _NOW_!
>
> The toll in innocents will ultimately be FAR higher if it is dealt with in
> any other way. I will readily admit that, if some innocents must die, that
> I would prefer it to be theirs than ours! Excuuuuze me if you don't like
> that!
>
> Greg

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