Hello Yuki,
On Wednesday, September 12, 2001 13:10:52 [ +0900
GMT], you wrote the following in regards to
'Terrorist Attacks':
Yuki> [...] anything other than thoroughly
Yuki> traumatizing both the perpetrators and the
Yuki> societies that shelter them will stop this.
Yuki> The cost needs to demonstrably outweigh the
Yuki> benefit. Only then will the act not be
Yuki> undertaken. Anything less than a
Yuki> comprehensive and forceful response will
Yuki> simply encourage further atrocities. [...]
When you the President of the United States use
the phrase "acts of war", I think it is probable
that what you say is already on the table. The
only question left is who to direct it at.
I can't help but believe that Afghanistan is now
in the U.S. crosshair. Perhaps if will also be
discovered that another country helped finance,
organize or was involved in this horror.
What you are now seeing is evidence of what the
U.S. can do in a national emergency. The country
was locked up in just a few hours. Borders
closed, all planes grounded, military jets &
AWACS flying over cities & security
installations, the entire military world-wide
placed on "Delta" alert, the highest possible
before war.
The only other time this country experienced a
sneak attack was the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Admiral Yamamoto, in charge of the Japanese
attack force, when informed that the early waves
of bombers were successful, is oft quoted as
saying I am afraid we have "awaken[ed] a sleeping
giant".
Even today what happened on Dec 7, 1941 is still
referred to as 'A Day in Infamy'. And we know
what happened then.
What happened yesterday in New York & Wash, DC
was worse.
--
Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield, CT USA
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