At 10:15 PM 1/26/02, you wrote: >\ *If* there is anything as a just war - which > > I don't say the 1967 war was - then it makes sense to use all valid ways > > to make it an easier win. > > > > A hypothetical example: imagine that the USSR and the USA were > > *almost* in a Global Termonuclear War. Then, the USSR strikes > > an attack against Washington and kills the USA president, and the > > USA (partially) surrenders (say, the USA gives South America to > > the USSR). This day becomes known in the USSR as "the Victory > > Day", and, as expected, it's celebrated with lots of vodka. So the > > USA intelligence learns that even the nuke-controllers consume > > half their yearly quota of vodka during this day. Wouldn't it be > > brilliant to launch a nuclear attack against the USSR on this day? > > > >But in fact most countries even in war follow certain rules. Attacking > when every one is drunk celebrating is one thing; attacking on a solemn > holy day is another.
In a case like this, though, the attackers could perhaps claim that the day is only "a solemn holy day" to their enemy who are practicing a false religion, thus there is no blasphemy in taking advantage of that fact to attack on that day. Of course, taking that argument further, one could say that if both sides share a common religion�like the Americans and the British in 1775 both being (more or less) Christian�it is a no-no. (Though one might question whether Christmas is indeed a solemn holy day for Christians� or just for retailers . . . ) _____ �Compared, say, to Easter. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
