> I was referring the untouched part to actual wars and not acts of > terrorism. > O.City was an act of terrorism but not an act of war? as in say the war in > Europe/Pacific.
Okay, war as defined by an actual congressionally declared act of war... we have had no battles on national soil... including 9/11 However, this "War on Terror" is being referred to as a war. Using that definition of war, OKC and the previous WTC bombings and 9/11 happened and count in my eyes. > The reason we as a civilised world have no real cusualties as we > are firing and forgetting etc.! Oh, being civilized and having wars with casualties are mutually exclusive concepts. A civilized country once took over most of Europe and is now remembered as a great (or evil) empire... that would be the Romans. For their time, they were extremely civilized. The Egyptians too waged war on other countries, took over lands and enslaved whole peoples, and they were a civilized nation for their time. The difference is that then they used swords and shields and today we use GPS guided bombs. We have real-time reporting inches from the battlefields, they had to wait for runners, travelers, poets or conquerors to return with news of their battles. We just have better toys. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
