At 03:38 PM 9/14/01 -0500 CJ Kucera wrote:
>First, we have to know without a doubt who was behind this.
>Absolute proof. When we've got that, we restrict our operations
>to those people.
I have to say that I absolutely and totally disagree with this.
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, we did not engage a restricted
operation to apprehend the people responsible. (And do remember, the
Japanese did not follow-up Pearl Harbor with additional attacks, so its not
like a state of total war immediately existed between our two countries.)
We did not assemble evidence against Admiral Yamamoto and seek to bring him
to trial.
No, when Pearl Harbor was attacked the United States immediately resolved
to attack injustice wherever it was found. We set out to defend freedom
around the World, from Guadalcanal to the British Isles, from the Burma
Road to the shores of Africa.
That, is the response that is required of us today. We can no longer wait
until another terrorist hits us to attack. No. We will wait no longer.
If you are a State that actively sponsors terrorism, and if you are a State
that does not even have the basic humanity to condemn the attacks of
September 11th, then you are an enemy of the United States.
It is time for the United States to to unleash the full force of our
military might against these States - as there is no just basis for
permitting these States to stand, and to oppress humanity any longer.
As of today, the above conditions are met by Iraq and Afghanistan. Both
of them are known to harbor active terrorists, and quite frankly, whether
they were involved in the September 11th Massacre or not is irrelevant.
Moreover, both governments have quite pointedly refused to condemn the
massacres.
In the community of nations, Iraq and Afghanistan are the weakest links.
Goodbye.
JDG
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"Freedom itself was attacked today, and Freedom will be Defended."
-U.S. President George W. Bush, 09/11/01
