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> Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:21 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Retaliation RE: Attack
> >> I find it astonishing that _even you_ would make your first
> >> statement after this massacre be critical of our response.
> >
> >No, I was critical of you advocating taking revenge by killing
> >thousands, maybe millions of innocent people in a nuclear attack.
>
> I've been burned on this once already, Jeroen - you are neglecting the
> possibility of low-yield tactical nuclear weapons.
Low-yield or not, it is still a nuclear attack. If you want to take out
something like, say, an army base, you can achieve that by non-nuclear means
too.
There is of course one little detail that is standing in the way of a
nuclear attack: the promise from the US that they will never be the first to
launch a nuclear weapon. But then, I do not doubt that the US will break
that promise if it suits their needs.
> >That scares me even more. I agree that whoever is responsible for this
> >must be punished; I can even imagine that the US will declare war on
> >the country that is behind this. But the way you put it, you do not
> >just want the US to take revenge, you want to drag the whole world
> >into war with you.
>
> Indeed we do.
Great. We will remember that when the terrorists start attacking European
targets because of that. Since the US is dragging us into this, I suppose
that after the war the US will come this way to clean up the mess?
Jeroen
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