> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:17 PM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Attack
> >Now *that* would be a bad idea. If some government is behind these
> >attacks, and nuclear weapons are used to retaliate, even more innocent
> >people will be killed. What good will that do? Can president Bush then
> >tell the world that he is PROUD to have avenged the deaths of
> >thousands of innocent American civilians by killing thousands of
> >innocent civilians in an other country?
>
> I'd just like to point out that this is in direct contradiction to your
> earlier postings on this List.
>
> You have previously suggested that anyone who would dare launch a
> nuclear weapon at the United States would fear our immediate nuclear
> reprisals.
>
> You now argue that it would be irrational for us to use our nukes in
> retaliation.
Apples and oranges, John. What you mention here is that the US would answer
a nuclear attack with a nuclear attack. However, yesterday's attack was not
nuclear, so a nuclear retaliation is not justifiable.
> As many as 50,000 Americans died today. At this point we have no idea
> who launched these cowardly attacks, so I will refrain from the moment
> for speculating on possible reprisals. But believe me, China's and
> Russia's veto in the UN Security Council will have absolutely no effect
> on our choice of reprisal.
The PRC and Russia have already stated that they do not support this attack,
so the chances of them vetoing anything are not all that high. The US should
however realise that if they choose to ignore a veto, they can not start
whining if sometime in the future other members of the UN Security Council
will also choose to ignore a veto.
Jeroen
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