On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:47:17 -0700 (PDT) "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- 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?? Not at all. But do you blame the fact that the TLD DNS servers weren't running on P4-3GHz or MainFrames running Linux, or do you blame the people who staged the DDOS? > > > > > 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. Let's get the first battle done and see where it takes us. If you think the Ireland/England issues need to be dealt with for war or peace, write your congressmen and write the president, or do you not believe in the republic in which we live? _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
