Re: [FairfieldLife] 'Terrorists Like To Cause Mass Casualities'

[MDixon6569]

In a message dated 8/10/06 5:31:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is no challenger to match our bombing capability. But we don't like to create mass causalities. That is not our 'Christian Way' of conducting war. We call that 'collateral damage. Much 'collateral damage' is taking place in Lebanon right now. It is a waste; it is not the best way to resolve a conflict, as we can see. Except when we were faced with a suicidal enemy in Japan. But since then, these weapons have only been used as deterrents. Now, though, there they are; and the terrorists are dieing to get their hands on them. And they will use them once they have them. What do we do? That is the question, of our time... Robert, there is no"Christian way" of conducting war. But there have been politically correct  ways to conduct war developed in the later half of the 20th century. 1. The underdog is always a "freedom fighter" and his means of war, while they may be unconventional, must be accepted and tolerated. 2. The more powerful party is always seen as the aggressor or bad guy and must never exceed the force used against him and at the same time must observe to the letter, all civilized rules of war and woe be it if a civilian gets in the way and gets hurt. 3. For the two warring parties, the more powerful must fight with one hand tied behind his back so as not to take advantage of the freedom fighter because that wouldn't be fair. As long as the freedom fighter is only capable of being a dangerous nuisance, the more powerful party must accept that and not completely defeat his opponent, but give him plenty of opportunity to live to fight another day so eventually there will be a redistribution of power. Defeating ones enemy, especially if they are freedom fighter might lower there self esteem.< As for collateral damage in Lebanon, yes it is very unfortunate any innocent person dies, gets injured or loses property but Israelis would much rather spend their ordinance on the enemy that actually are causing them problems and its a shame if Hezbollah chooses to hide among civilians. However, Hezbollah chooses to attack, deliberately, civilian targets in Israel just as a suicide bomber chooses to attack civilians on the streets. The only difference is  a rocket eliminates the need for a person and a belt of explosives.  But we dare not criticize Hezbollah because they are the freedom fighters.< As for, what do we do? Let Israel take the gloves off and rout out Hezbollah  all through out Lebanon and if a trust worthy coalition will not act as a buffer between Lebanon and Israel to keep Hezbollah away from the border, then let Israel occupy southern Lebanon like they did for 19 years.< Once terrorist get there hands on WMD's all the rules change. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___