"Don't they? What is the difference between the US going after the people that fund Al Quaeda, and Al Quaeda going after the people that fund the US militairy?"
Your loosing sight of the fact that Al-Qaeda's beef isn't just with the US, it's with the whole of Western Civilization, the people in the London Tube had nothing to do with the US military, nor had anything to do with anything other than their own lives. Al Qaeda isn't any organized army, representing a particular country or countries, they're a criminal enterprise, there's nothing legal or justified about what they do. " The former, you are a footnote on page 15. The latter, you are frontpage news for weeks." Your right and it's really sad... Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 05:07 pm To: CF-Community Subject: RE: London?? Importance: Low SStewart wrote: > In my mind it has everything to do with cowardice the only ROI in > terrorism is involving people that have nothing to do with your > particular beef. Don't they? What is the difference between the US going after the people that fund Al Quaeda, and Al Quaeda going after the people that fund the US militairy? > There is *some* honor (more honor in finding a peaceful solution)in > two sides meeting on the field of battle and slugging it out. There is > none in planting a bomb in a train station and running away to set it > off remotely. > > The former, you're a warrior, a freedom fighter etc. The latter, > you're a criminal, a murderer, and a coward. The former, you are a footnote on page 15. The latter, you are frontpage news for weeks. > I don't want to stir up a shitstorm with these statements, it's my > personal gut-reaction opinion and nothing more or less. Nobody wants a shitstorm. But once you are past that initial gut-reaction, it is a good idea to take a step back and try to look at the subject objectively. If we want to convince them to use other tactics, we have to get the ROI of terrorism down. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163603 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
