On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have spoken to _four_ professors of International Relations at the
> Kennedy School of Government today who thought that a nuclear response
> would be appropriate, were this an act of state-sponsored terrorism. I
> _hope_ that no innocent people are killed in our response. But I refuse to
> stand around handcuffed by that fear. Some innocents almost certainly will
> be killed by any response we make. I'm sorry about that. But a lot of
> innocent people died today, and the worst thing we could do is to dither in
> moral paralysis for fear that anything we do might cause a response.
> Nothing we did caused today's attacks. Nothing possibly could. They
> happened because there are evil people in the world who hate the United
> States. The American government failed today. It must do something to
> begin to repair that. The first thing it can do is make sure that those
> who did this pay - _whatever it takes to make that necessary_. The gloves
> _should_ come off.
>
> Gautam
Experts in international relations aren't smelling very good today, in my
opinion. Maybe the cliches and jingoism _should_ end, so we can get some
real thinking done.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
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