----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 11:57 AM Subject: Re: NATO (Was: RE: Tragedy in Israel)
> "John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > > > At 11:25 AM 12/30/01 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote: > > >The WTC and Pentagon were hit by civilian airplanes; civilian airplanes are > > >not weapons. > > > > You can feel free to tell the several thousand people who died "Hey, at > > least you weren't killed by weapons!" > > > > Sorry, Jeroen, but both "traditional war" and "terrorism" constitute "armed > > attacks." The North Atlantic Treaty simply specifies that it refers to > > armed attacks. > > > > I am sorry if other North Atlantic Treaty Members who were victims of armed > > attacks did not feel that they needed the assistance of the Alliance to > > defend themselves, but it certainly was their right. The US certainly > > can't force anyone else to invoke the Treaty. > > I feel like the chief difference is that in this case, it was the US > that was injured. There isn't any difference between Lockerbie > (spelling?) or this (excepting final death toll) other than location. > How about magnitude. xponent 4Planes3Buildings Maru rob
