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Re: best way to minimise civilian casualties?
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Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:12:37 GMT
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I think I heard Rumsfeld was considering using non-lethal chemical
weapons. It would be both illegal and rather ironic; but it *may*
deliver the desired result with reduced civilian deaths.
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Some pundits have been advocating that the best way to minimise civilian
> casualties in this war (taking as a given that it has started and that it
> will be seen through to the end one way or another) is to win quickly even
> if horrifically... the "Sherman strategy" of not just marching through
> Georgia, but burning it as you go.
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> This pundit argues instead that the best long term strategy is to do just
> what is being done:
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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/03/27/do2701.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/03/27/ixportal.html
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... if the letters page is on-line, it is normally worth a scan.
Scott A
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