At 11:11 PM 9/14/01 -0700 Christopher Gwyn wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> I have not advocated, nor
>> would I ever advocate, the mass slaughter of innocents. I _did_ say - when
>> I believed that the casualty count would be in the tens of thousands - that
>> a nuclear response would be appropriate were it identified that a
>> particular government was responsible for this.
> ?!?!?! How is it that you think a nuclear response will not slay
>masses of innocents???
A tactical nuclear strike against an isolated military facility would not
necessarily kill masses of innocents.
Think of a tactical nuke being launched against a US military base in Nevada.
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>> If a foreign government was responsible for
>> what happened, we're going to war. If a foreign government killed 5000
>> American citizens and we _aren't_ supposed to go to war over that, when the
>> hell are we supposed to go to war?
> And if no foreign government was behind the attacks?
This seems extremely unlikely at this point.
It is unlikely that an attack like this could be coordinated, prepared, and
executed without, at the very least, a safe haven.
JDG
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John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #3527685
"Freedom itself was attacked today, and Freedom will be Defended."
-U.S. President George W. Bush, 09/11/01
