Good points, but you are wrong about our good buddy Moammar... he was out
yakking bad about the USA just last week.
And what about the civilians cheering and partying in the streets over
there?
I got a great place to get rid of nuclear weapons... radioactive glass
anyone???
Eric
"slightly" bitter after spending a day locked behind blast doors...
----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon Glasgow <gsglasgow@home.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:15 PM
Subject: RE: Tragedy in the USA -Eyewitness Account
> I understand emotionally where some (many) of you are coming from on this,
but I
> don't think that's the correct course of action. Sure, I want to see
someone get
> spanked big-time for this, but nuking a country of civilians isn't the
answer.
> Neither is attempting genocide against any group.
>
> First, Afghanistan is in the middle of a revolution right now. The Taliban
is in
> control of most of the country and is harboring Osama bin Laden. But does
that
> make all Afghani citizens guilty? How many of us would like to be
personally
> blamed for the actions of (choose one or more)
Bush/Clinton/Reagan/Nixon/etc.?
> The bombing in Kabul today was probably in retaliation for the attempted
> asassination of the opposition leader a few days ago. Would I like to see
the
> Taliban taken out? Sure. WOuld I like to see all the citizens killed for
> something they had no control over? No.
>
> Second, if we escalate to nukes, that will make the terrorists feel
justified in
> using chemical or biological weapons against us (or any other Western
power for
> that matter). Not a pretty picture. They may get to that point anyway, but
let's
> not give them the excuse.
>
> Third, if we strike back against a civilian target, that will make them
hate us
> even more. Then we devolve on both sides into the same vicious cycle of
> attack/counterattack that is engulfing the whole Middle East right now.
"Give in
> to the dark side of the Force and forever will it rule your life." Okay,
so a
> fictional movie character said it, it's still true.
>
> Finally, genocide has been attempted by many groups over the centuries and
it
> has always failed. Nazi Germany. Pol Pot regime in Cambodia. Indonesia in
East
> Timor. The list goes on and on. It ALWAYS fails. The side attempting it is
> always condemned by history.
>
> It isn't a matter of being politically correct, it is a question of being
> morally correct. If we are going to be the bastion of freedom and
fairness, and
> also be the biggest kid on the block, we MUST act with some restraint.
Strength,
> yes, but carefully targeted and applied with restraint. Notice how quiet
Moammar
> Khaddafi has been lately?
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> > jon_wissler@pngc.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 5:29 PM
> > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Tragedy in the USA -Eyewitness Account
> >
> >
> > Here here on the nukes. I'm tired of being everybody elses politically
> > correct whipping boy. Call me a redneck, but I'm tired of it. The rest
> > of the world community seems to live by their own rules, I say it's time
> > to take some people "out" that cause a huge danger to the 95% of us that
> > try to live peacefully and respectfully with one another.
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