In a message dated 9/14/01 2:51:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jeroen wrote:
>> In the case of a
>> terrorist attack, we will be quite able to deal with it without dragging
>> NATO into it.
Dan wrote:
> The government of the Neatherlands could take on the army of Afganastan
> and/or Iraq. Wow, I didn't know it was such an elite force. >>
No, the point Jeroen keeps making is that government-sponsored terrorism is
not war. He keeps repeating this in various ways without actually using
those words.
So we have the simple question: Should government-sponsored terrorism against
a sovereign nation be considered an act of war?
I would agree with the statement, but considering that the United States has,
at various times in it's history sponsored and supported internal guerilla
and revolutionary forces against their reigning governments and has not
considered it war, he may have a point.
Jon
