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Originally posted by John D Harris:
On this Amreica is the or a terrorist in it actions. Does any see the differance in an attack and a counter-attack? One is an action the other is a reaction.
As for the innocents, THERE ARE NO INNOCENTS IN A COMBAT ZONE, that is why war is so terrible. War must not be entered into lightly but when it is entered into it must be waged with such ferocity and brutality that it is over quickly. With either you, or your enemy, dead or surindered.
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John, I'm not sure who you wanted to reply to but I'll answer you anyway.
First, a clarification on my part. I have no problem with the USA actually bombing Afghanistan and with "colateral damage". That's in Western Civilization interest to do so. You're right in war, there are no innocents (I've made that point in the past).
My problem resides with the fact that for every ounce of colateral damage we inflict, we are helping the terrorist cause by potentially helping them boost anti-Western Civilization sentiments and recruiting more people.
If I have to chose which of the two interest is more important to the security of our civilization, I definatly think that dealing with future potential terrorist is more important than simply a totalitarian government in place on the other side of the world who happens to support terrorists. Even if we remove the Talibans, terrorists can still work. If we remove the terrorist and leave the Talibans in place, we've taken care of our problem.
So, out of the 2, the focus should be to go after the terrorist and not the Talibans. Going after the Talibans actually (IMO) goes to the detriment of our bigger national interest. So why do it? The true ennemy here, tho they support Bin Ladden, is not the Talibans, it's Bin Ladden and the other terrorists of his network!
Any way, there's no difference between action and reaction... they're both actions!
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I'm the Wanderer without a clan... I bring justice without favorism. Though you may not agree with it, my judgement is final... and inconsequential
