> From: Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: Xixter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Verzonden: Monday, September 24, 2001 4:24 PM
> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Onderwerp: Re: Benjamin Netanyahu on Bush's Speech
>
> > > Let's say that Syria fears an Israeli missile attack, and launches
a
> > > preemptive strike in which it destroys Israeli missile launchers.
> > > Syria will call it "defensive measures", but Israel will not see it
> > > that way, even though they call their own preemptive strikes
> > > "defensive measures".
> >
> > Nope. This is an act of war by one state on another state. It has
> > nothing to do with terrorism.
>
> OK, change "Syria" to "Hezbollah". Hezbollah will call it "preemptive
> measures" (because it will prevent Israel from attacking them), but
Israel
> will not see it that way.
Hezbollah is not a state. Hezbollah does commit terrorist acts against
civilians. "preemptive measures" defending whom? Defending the
terrorists who plan and carry out terrorist acts? So they can perpetrate
more terrorist acts?
Hezbollah IS state sponsored btw.
>
> > > This may come as a surprise to you, but people who are starving are
> > > not in the habit of revolting -- they are more concerned with
getting
> > > something to eat, and basically staying alive for another day.
> >
> > It's happened before, and will happen again.
>
> Where? When?
Rome. There are several historical accounts.
> Have you ever seen footage of starving people in, say, Ethiopia? They
hardly
> had the strength to hold up a bowl of food, let alone a weapon.
Ethiopia has severe famine, this != (not equal) the situations in Iraq /
Afganistan where the leaders live the high life, and the people
unequivocally support those leaders, while they are starving.
The eithipians starve because they are poor and have bad famines /
climate conditions. Iraqies starve because they will not overthrow the
dictators who build huge palaces and live in luxury. They could eat if
they overthew the government, but they wont. The Taliban arrests U.N.
aid workers trying to feed the populous.
I don't like the fact that they are starving. I would change that if I
could. But in these two cases the people are choosing to starve, so what
can you do?
