Gel,
much of what you said is true. You are saying however that the expected
action the US will take is to carpet bomb whomever. I really doubt that will
happen.
The point I was making is that out of respect for those who have been hurt
or died, hold off on the dissing of this country for a while.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:45 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Communication about the attack
>
>
> I agree with you, except about 'acting like a guest' and me
> being out of
> line ;-)
>
> All I'm saying, is that carpet bombing Afghanistan off the
> map which is what
> some people are saying, is not the answer.
> You DO know that is what people are recommending be done yes?
>
> At a time when no one knows for sure who did this, and there
> is no evidence
> that would support such a reaction.
>
> You would recall that in the Oklahoma city bombing, they
> blamed Bin Laden
> and Afghanistan as well very quickly too...and who did that?
>
> I'm not saying its the same thing here, but it could be...you
> cannot rule
> anything out at this stage. And if it DOES turn out to be
> Americans that did
> this...then who are you 'At War' with?Who are you going to attack
> militarily? Think about that aspect of it.
>
> I live in a country that has gone through an attempted coup
> brought about by
> Terrorists who were backed by Libya.
>
> And in case you forget, everyone has the right and the Freedom to
> question,and give their opinions.
> That is a part of America's ideals which you stated "Compared
> to most of the
> world this country has definitely lived up
> to its ideals"
>
> -Gel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Gel,
>
> I think that you are out of line on this one. We are both
> guests in this
> country. At this time in point lets act like it.
>
> I doubt that the US will "nuke" anyone. Remember what
> occurred with the last
> few terrorist actions that occurred against this country, the
> terrorists
> were captured, mostly, given a scrupulously fair trial and sentenced
> according to the laws of this country. To me that strikes me
> as being a far
> more ethical and moral approach than the actions like Bin
> Laden, or Saddam
> Hussein, or the former president of Syria - remember the
> Syrian town called
> Hama in the early 70's? All of its citizens were shot, man,
> woman and child,
> simply because the town was associated with an attempted
> coup. I do not
> think that you have any right to question the United State's ethics or
> morality. Compared to most of the world this country has
> definitely lived up
> to its ideals.
>
> larry
>
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