> What risk would that be? The only action he is involved in is posting > Bush-regime propaganda to a mailing list; what risks he is exposing > himself to by doing that (other than having his arguments shot to > barrels time and time again)?
He lives in the DC area.
With all those security measures in place, and with all that military hardware in position around DC, it is probably one of the safest urban areas in the country right now... Given all those security measures, chances are that I am taking more risk than him right now.
Let's see. The Netherlands is supporting the US, which makes it a potential target. I am stationed at an Army base that is the largest one in the southern part of the country, and which is home to an entire brigade. Adjacent to the base[*] there is a dual-purpose air field: part of it is in use as a regional civilian airport (Eindhoven Airport), with flights to and from cities all over Europe, and part of it is in use as an Air Force base (Welschap Air Force Base, the largest of the three Air Force bases in the south), which functions as a hub for much of Dutch military transport (both road and air transports). It is currently also being used by the US military for their air transports of troops and equipment to the Middle East.
In a straight line, I only live a few kilometers from said locations. So, whether I am at work or at home, if the worst-case scenario happens (a nuclear attack), I'm history.
[*]The air field is almost literally on the other side of the fence; all that separates the two fences is a local two-lane road.
Jeroen "Make love, not war" van Baardwijk
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