--- Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:20:09 -0700 (PDT) > "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > > 7000 miles or a million... Terrorism doesn't know any distance > > > boundaries. On 9/11 and ever since, how about a chorus of "It's a > > > small > > > world afterall!" > > > > 9/11 had nothing to do with that. The fact that the US govt > couldn't > > communicate intradepartmentally, nevermind, interdepartmentally, is > what > > caused it. > > That is indeed an interesting point of view, but I don't see a lick of > logic in it..
So all of the admissions by FBI, CIA & NSA personel that they didn't communicate effectively are just a figment of my imagination?? > > > > Where is there evidence that Iraq is harboring terrorists?? I > dont' > > > see > > > > us going into Northern Ireland to root out the IRA. I don't see > us > > > > > > overrunning the Spanish government to get rid of the Basque > > > Separatists. > > > > I don't see us bombing Sri Lanka to wipe out the Tamil Tigers. > If > > > > we're going to talk about seeking out & destroying terrorists > groups > > > in > > > > "other countries" then perhaps we need to talk about it > honestly. > > > > > > Northern Ireland hasn't caused us the grief which our friends in > Iraq > > > > and what grief is this? all of a sudden its ok to allow some > terrorists > > to remain, yet not others? That is quite perverse, to say the > least. > > One step at a time, here. Now it's you who appears to be thinking we > need > to fix everyone else's problems. I don't see it as our place to step No, i'm pointing out the hypocricy of having a "War on Terrorism" yet not having an interest in ridding the world of terrorism unless it fits some narrow pre-defined need. > > Once again, i didn't realize that some terrorist organizations had a > > right to exist, while others did not. I'd call Al Qaeda a clan. > > They're certainly not a country, or a governing body. > > Even if the happenings in Ireland were considered "Terrorism", would > you > take on every problem at once? See above. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
