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(...) War is a terrible thing and no one should jump on the war bandwagon without a very good reason and only after he has considered all the possible alternatives. (...) Pick a war in history in which you think the winning side was right to go to (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well, if anyone had any doubts that our anonymous foe is prepared for a long, drawn-out struggle, those should be laid to rest by now. Details aren't all in, but it appears those who didn't get a chance to carry out their "missions" on Tuesday (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snipped> It would take too long to respond to every item in your post so let me just say that we agree killing innocent people is wrong. Also, we can agree that demonizing and making generic assumptions about another culture is wrong. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A report on NPR this morning indicates that the FBI is now denying that there was any such group. The report of a single individual attempting to board a plane with a fake pilot's ID in New York has not yet been contradicted, but I'll wait for (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Apparently (at least as CNN relates) they're still holding one, the guy with the pilot ID. (...) Isn't there another person, a brother, who is stating that the person suspected by the FBI of flying one of the planes in fact died in an air (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Agreed. However, when at war you can not check the beliefs and thoughts of every soldier you bomb. The same is true for the citizens of the enemy country that can be harmed by your actions. There are times in which killing a few innocent (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One innocent Palestinian killed + their enraged family and friends + decades of occupation = indefinite hatred and revenge. The same equation may apply for any victim in an unjust situation. The keyword is innocent. (...) See equation above. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Replace the word "Palestinian" with the word "Israeli" and you have the recipe for an eternal conflict. The cycle must be broken. Right now it seems that the Palestinian answer is to kill also those enraged family and friends. (...) So is (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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