> As a matter of fact, Pearl Harbor was not an unprovoked attack!
>Japan was already engaged in war at the time. They certainly didn't
>want another enemy to fight. But, the United States set up a naval
>blockade around Japan preventing them from bringing in food and
>supplies. A naval blockade, by the by, is an act of war. So, the
>United States had already committed an act of war against Japan.
>Japan retaliated by bombing the harbor where those ships were
>stationed.
At that time Japan was ruled by one of the most terrible scum ever seen on
the face of the earth. They killed people by the thousands in the regions
they occupied. The US setting up a naval blockade was a good thing.
> If you mean "justified" in it's True definition... And
>after-market add-on explanation to make one's actions *appear* to be
>right, then yes, America was justified. If you mean "justified" as
>"Correct in the first place", then, no. America was not justified.
What!!!!??? Are you mad?
>> she is also justified in taking action after this cowardly attack.
>
> If the United States' military was as weak as the Islamic nations'
>military, and theirs was as strong as ours..... And the only way we
>had of "getting even" for the attack on New York was to fly a
>kamikazi jetliner into their capital... Would you pilot that jet?...
>Cowardly it was not!
Kamikazi's are always cowards. Everybody who does suicide is a coward.
> Absolutely! But, the greater part of "protecting her citizens"
>lies in not provoking others to attack her citizens. In that, the
>U.S. has failed miserably!
There will always people that will try to harm other people, provoked or
unprovoked. The only failure of the US was to have neglected their
Intelligence services.
> And, how does seeking revenge protect anyone? Will it bring back
>the lives that were lost? Absolutely not! It will only create more
>death and destruction... Leaving the Islamic people feeling justified
>in launching yet another attack on the U.S... Maybe Los Angeles next
>time... Maybe the white house and congress. That's protecting the
>citizens?
No, but the Muslim fundamentalists need to be stopped, just like the Nazi's
and the Japanees in the Second World War. The fundamentalists have proven
they do not value human life at all. I'm affraid most of the Muslim/Arabic
population support their act against the civilized and free world.
There is an Arabic/Muslim minority here in Europe. And those people were
celebrating and happy because of the Attack in the U.S.
The bombing of New York and Washington on the 11th September 2001 caused
not only the death of thousand but also the illusion of a peacefull
multicultural society in Europe.
> I speak the professional opinion of a skilled warrior. I'm
>Schooled in over 20 different Martial Arts. Just like the U.S. has
>the power to run rough-shod over the Islamic nations, I have the
>power to run rough-shod over anyone I damn well please... And there's
>not a damned thing they could do about it. But, I don't... Many is
>the time I've walked away from a fight. Many is the time I've been
>called a coward. Many is the time someone came to me later and said,
>"Thank you for being man enough to walk away & not put me in the
>hospital."
I always wonder about what possesses people in their right mind to even
consider training the arts of fighting and killing other people, let alone
20 of those arts.
> If George W. Bush isn't man enough to walk away, it's high time he
>step down from office and let an adult take over.
Should Roosevelt have walked away from the nazis to? Should everybody look
the other way when Evil attacks the free World?
Marten
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