Vince,
I'll play. I'd answer some of your questions.
We knew that the Taliban were responsible for the Emabassy bombings. Now,
they have escalated to civilians on American soil. How can you ask "... why
was there no talk of war against the Taliban on September 10th or any
day prior?" Vince, where are you coming from with that question? Surely
you know what changed. By framing the question, you have answered the
question.
Then you wrote:
"2. If we take military action against the Taliban because we think it
is an evil, oppressive, regime, is this nation then not taking an action
that says that we are the judge of all other nations? Why then couldn't
another nation go to war against us because they think that our
government is evil and oppressive? Who is to be the judge of the
governments of other nations? Where does the going to war because of
dislike of other nations or their governments stop?"
The USA is not bombing civilians in Afganistan, nor crashing planes full of
civilians into high rises. For goodness sake, here, Vince. Have you lost
it? Are you seriously equating bin Lauden's guilt for terrorism, with our
supposed guilt for *conducting military espionage on terrorists*? You can
hold 'em up together but they have nothing in common. Nothing. C'mon.
Killing school kids is "like" spying on terrorists? Mend your speech a
little, lest you mar your fortunes.
Number 3:You asked,
>>> Should we take military action against the Taliban because of our
opinion of its government and its values, then innocent people will be
killed. <snip> >>>>>>>>>>>
Vince, no one is talking about taking military action against the Taliban
because we trying to do a hostile takeover, promoting democracy. Read what
you wrote. This is not about declaring war on a government. It's about
declaring war on terrorists. Are you implying that if we DON"T dismantle
the terrorists, that they will go away? You imply that if we inflame the
terrorists, that we become the terrorists. That if we try to stop
terrorism, we are responsible for the death of innocents.
This is clearly absurd. You surely assume that the us military knows at
least a little about the Taliban already. If we have gathered intellegence
on the Taliban, then by your accusation, the US military brought on the
attacks. That's absurd. Maybe you're thinking "turn the other cheek" but
IMO, this is more like me giving up whole classrooms of school children
because of someone else's hangnail. There's a difference in degree that you
aren't getting at all.
Enough for now.
Jim
