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From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Preparations
> At 11:50 AM 9/14/01 -0500 Dan Minette wrote:
> >> I guess, although I have no information to back
> >> this up, that this would be accompanied by massive aid to organizations
> >> fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
> >
> >The problem I have with this is that we may be setting up groups that are
> >going to be as bad as the present one.
>
> I have to disagree with this.
>
> This surprise attack against unarmed civilians is completely unprecedented
> in the annals of world history.
>
> The odds of any other group being as bad as this one are, IMHO, very
small.
>
Are suicide bombers who kill 20 civilians better than those who kill 5000,
or just less able to get a big target? Given that you and I agree that this
is an act of war, I don't think that we can count on the morality of those
who might be willing to wage war on the United States to limit that damage
that will be done. I think that the way wars are fought may be changing,
and we cannot count on eliminating the potential for such threats simply by
eliminating this group. If we train, fund, and arm questionable people, we
need to look at what happens if they decide that we are now the enemy. I
realize that its going to be a judgement call, but I don't think that we can
just assume that these people are unique.
Dan M.
