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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Let's try to see if we can find the common ground here.
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> > You and Ross agree with me and others that the terrorists who perpretrated
> > this attack ought to be identified and brought to justice. We just differ on
> > what that implies and how one would go about it.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
> Seems a good summation from my POV.
Yup, me too.
> > I agree with you and Ross that we need to reexamine US policy and reevaluate
> > who we give support to and who we don't. We just differ on when this ought
> > to occur timewise (and in some cases, in what direction it ought to move, I
> > suspect).
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> No probs there either. I'd prefer not to discuss directions, as I have fairly
> limited knowledge of America's foreign policy. But I think it's fair to assume
> that someone's pretty annoyed with it right now, so I say the sooner it can be
> examined, the better.
Yes, this is the difference. The US seems to want military action against
known terrorists, even if bin Laden is just a suspect in this one case. I
would suggest that the only immediate action that should be taken is to
prove then apprehend the organisers of this paticular act of terrorism.
I don't think you can tackle terrorism as a whole until the question of why
the US was the target is examined, because without this knowledge, military
action is not going to be effective, and will just cause more chaos and
unrest. There's already a face-off along the Afghan/Pakistani border from
the suggstion that the US could mass there.
Jason J Railton
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