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Re: Some other perspectives on the tragedy
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Fri, 14 Sep 2001 00:49:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Johann writes:
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> Same here, Dan. As a student of history, I've always said two things-History
> always repeats itself and a limited war is a lost cause.
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> Why is Israel having problems with terrorist activities? Because they won't • deal
> with the problem.
I agree, but I'm probably not thinking about the same problem as you are. The
problem in Gaza is a problem of preceived land ownership, not terrorism.
> Now let's look at the Gulf War. It lasted what? 3 days? Against the largest • army
> in the world, the war was over in 3 days. Why? Because we didn't dilly dally • and
> throw limited responses at the Iraqis. We pulled out the sledgehammer....and <
> splat>. No more cockroach. It didn't even bug us for years....NPI.
And murdered many innocent Iraqis in the process. Sound familiar?
ROSCO
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| (...) Actually, it's a combination of the two, but I won't split hairs on this one. (...) That were being used as human shields and no, it doesn't sound familiar. Saddam kept hiding. QWB was quite public about where he's been. GWB wasn't anywhere (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Same here, Dan. As a student of history, I've always said two things-History always repeats itself and a limited war is a lost cause. Why is Israel having problems with terrorist activities? Because they won't deal with the problem. The keep (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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