At 02:47 PM 9/11/01, Dan M. wrote:
>Before I say anything else, I would like to say my thoughts and prayers are
>with the families of those injured and killed in the cowardly attacks today.
>
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>To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:55 PM
>Subject: Re: Attack
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> >
> > Jeroen, let me be really clear on this. It seems reasonable to believe
> > that some number of Americans well over 10,000 - quite possibly as high as
> > 50,000 - innocent Americans were murdered by animals today for the "crime"
> > of being Americans.
>
>I think, as well as hope and pray, that this is a high figure. I saw an
>interview with a man who walked down the stairs from the 60th floor of the
>first tower that was hit. I think this means that most people below the
>crash sites were able to exit before the buildings collapsed. Unless the
>Pentagon has a very high death toll, the total number should be under
>10,000. Still almost 100x Oklahoma City and horrid beyond belief, but it
>was good that it took time for the towers to collapse.
>
> > If we find out that another country was responsible
> > for this assault, a nuclear retaliation would be appropriate and
> > proportionate to what has just happened.
>
>That is something I guess I don't agree with. I think if a dictatorship
>aided and abetted the people responsible, removing that government and
>including that countries leaders in a mass murder trial in the US would be
>appropriate.. I think that the response of the head of the House
>Intelligence Committee was very close to how I feel. He said we need to
>have the patience to make sure we gather enough information to know we are
>targeting the right group, and then have a response focused on that group.
>If it is Ben Lauden, then it would seem appropriate to include the
>government of Afghanistan in that focus. But, I don't think turning
>Afghanistan to glass would be appropriate because I don't think the average
>citizen had any idea that this would happen.
Though the pictures of crowds of cheering Palestinians do not do much to
evoke sympathy for those "average citizens" . . .
(Note: I'm not saying that justifies an uncontrolled response, just that
they're not doing much to look innocent.)
--Ronn! :)
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I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
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