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Re: The War That Never Ends
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:32:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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Oh, but we are just whistling Dixie here. You cannot fight a largely unknown
power.
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Bush & Co think so. I think that they are correct. We shall see...
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You can increase security (and we should do so in all civil rights
respecting ways), but that’s about it.
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That’s it! Isn’t this the entire crux of the issue? How does a free and open
society protect itself while respecting civil rights? The answer and dirty
little secret is IT CAN’T! And the terrorists know this! That is why they
use our love of freedom and turn it against us! They know (or thought they
did) that the US doesn’t have the stomach to fight such a threat, that we would
negotiate or simply acquiesce (as the USSR did in Afganistan). The fact
remains that SOMEBODY needs to stand up to these scumbags and hunt them down and
wipe them from the face of the earth as an example for other future potential
scum followers to see, as potential state sponsors of terrorism have seen WRT
the fates of the Taliban and SH’s evil regime.
JOHN
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) John, as an outsider, this is not convincing. Half the people you are worried about today were your allies a few years ago! What has changed to ensure the torturers and murderers the USA is nurturing today won't kick you in the ass in 10 years (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Uh, the stomach to defend the U.S. Constitution, John?! I'm sorry, but I think at least some of us are willing to do that and also have the stomach for it. Freedom is not the same as perfect safety. I can live with imperfect safety if I can (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) It is my understanding that the money for AQ is known to come from SA, it is not conjecture at this point (if it ever was). The question is: does the SA govt. condone or even know about this activity? Obviously, attacking SA is out of the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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