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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 17:30:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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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.
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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
time?
An influential UK report
published today suggests Bush is increasing AQ’s power base – an entirely
foreseeable eventuality. We need to attack the cause – not the symptoms or
media bogymen. We need to defend freedom – not self interest.
Scott A
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| (...) Bush & Co think so. I think that they are correct. We shall see... (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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